Letter to the Editor - World needs a People's Vaccine

Dear Editor:

A safe, effective and accessible COVID-19 vaccine can help bring an end to today’s economic and health crisis — so our families are safe, so we can get back to work and live our lives again.

But only if everyone has access to it.

Despite largely being funded by public money, Moderna and other pharmaceutical companies developing vaccines have yet to make the necessary commitments to ensure global production and global access for a COVID-19 vaccine.

That’s why I joined more than 100 leaders from public health, faith-based, racial justice and labor organizations, as well as economist...