Author of the article: Geoffrey P. Johnston
Publishing date: Mar 12, 2021 • March 12, 2021 • 9 minute read
New director-general of the World Trade Organization, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, left, speaks with chair of the WTO General Council Ambassador David Walker during a session at the WTO headquarters in Geneva on March 1. Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI /Getty Images
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It’s been a year since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic, ushering in an era of lockdowns, suffering and mass death.
“With 2.6 million people dead and tens of trillions in economic damage, we are living through the worst crisis of our lifetimes,” Dr. Peter Singer of the World Health Organization told the Whig-Standard in an email. “Vaccines are a critical tool for ending the pandemic and also for addressing variants and future pandemics.