While wealthier countries reopen, India and the rest of the world face a terrifying new peak in the pandemic. How did it come to this? What can be done? And with new variants and limited supplies, how does the global vaccine strategy need to change to prevent more coronavirus spikes?

Staff writer Yasmeen Serhan joins Jim and Maeve to explain.

Jim’s piece:  One Vaccine to Rule Them All

Yasmeen’s piece: India's COVID-19 Crisis Is the World's Crisis

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