Only a Truly Global Vaccination Campaign Will End the Pandemic.

In order for a Romer-like plan around global vaccination to succeed, national rivalries must be temporarily set aside. As he watched his country flail early in the COVID-19 pandemic, the Nobel laureate economist Paul Romer argued that only by taking a dramatic, concerted step, carried out simultaneously nationwide, would the United States be able to stop the spread of the virus (https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/04/27/economy-coronavirus-romer-reopen) and contain its spiraling costs. [Extracted from the article]