What the New York City Marathon Can Teach Us About Equitable Access to Vaccines
What can the New York City Marathon teach those hoping to increase global vaccine equity? Quite a lot, it turns out.
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Even before the first wave peaked, doctors suggested the worst was over and that measures to control the virus were more dangerous than the virus itself.
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Read more: 4 Years into the COVID-19 Pandemic: Where We Stand 4 Years into the COVID-19 Pandemic: Where We Stand
By declaring the pandemic over by fiat, the government is giving up the fight when they should be redoubling their efforts.
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Read more: The Pandemic Policy Excuse of ‘Meeting People Where They Are’ The Pandemic Policy Excuse of ‘Meeting People Where They Are’
Even where interventions are unpopular, the pursuit of a just world cannot be reduced to a popularity contest.
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Read more: For Whom Does the CDC Think it Works? For Whom Does the CDC Think it Works?
Protecting the public’s health stands in direct conflict with the interests of those who fund elections and those who hold political power.
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Read more: It’s Time for the Federal Government to Get Back to Protecting the Nation Against COVID-19 It’s Time for the Federal Government to Get Back to Protecting the Nation Against COVID-19
Despite recent Supreme Court rulings, the federal government still has considerable power to both lead and persuade.
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Read more: Using Contracts to Lessen Inequities in Access to Medicines in Pandemics and Epidemics Using Contracts to Lessen Inequities in Access to Medicines in Pandemics and Epidemics
Research funding contracts can help to safeguard against inequities in global allocation and distribution of lifesaving diagnostics, drugs, and vaccines.
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Read more: Reconsidering Mask Mandates Reconsidering Mask Mandates
Removing mask requirements means rejecting yet another public health tool to control the pandemic and protect our health care system.
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Read more: Who Has a Duty to Protect Your Health? The Answer May Surprise You Who Has a Duty to Protect Your Health? The Answer May Surprise You
The sources from which most people get health information provide advice without any obligation at all to individuals who hear and act on it.
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Read more: Being an Adult in the Face of Omicron Being an Adult in the Face of Omicron
It’s up to each of us to demand accountability and transparency, and to stay informed rather than assume others will act in our best interests.
