Public health advances top Merrill Goozner's wish list to Santa
Dear Santa,
You don’t hear from me very often because I’m old and I’m Jewish. But after 2020, I’m also a bit desperate. As Princess Leia said to Obi-Wan Kenobi: “You’re my only hope.”
Here’s my holiday wish list for 2021:
1. I want the global pharmaceutical industry to put public health ahead of profits by collaborating to produce enough doses of COVID-19 vaccines so that everyone who wants a vaccination can get it by midyear.
2. I want the World Health Organization (with the U.S. rejoined) to convene a Zoom meeting of all manufacturers and government leaders, and not let them off the call until they figure out how to make the vaccine free for all with adequate supply in every country.