The funding of both the production and distribution of the various COVID-19 vaccines have helped focus public attention on the obvious failings and injustices in access to health in our modern world. The push for a more just outcome that recognizes that human health must be safeguarded as a global commitment of all nations has broad public support. The story below from Yes! asks if political leaders will heed the call. – David Thornley
“Activist groups are pressuring wealthy countries and the World Trade Organization to let poorer countries manufacture their own vaccines. They just won a big victory. On a sunny April morning in Philadelphia, Tifrah Akhtar was racing the clock to pick up a rushed-printed sign. Her sign read, in bold […]”
