So, the vaccine is here. Have we had any celebrations? https://twitter.com/jasoncrawford/status/1295455601829408768

Has President Trump called the BioNTech or Moderna founders or chief scientists, to congratulate them on their accomplishment? Has President-Elect Biden? Has any world leader?

Will they be received at a special White House ceremony in the Rose Garden, as Jonas Salk was for his polio vaccine?

Will they get a Congressional medal, as Salk did, and also Walter Reed did for his work on yellow fever?

Have any celebrities come forth to offer thanks and tribute? Have songs been written for them? A brief video at least, on Instagram or TikTok?

Will Hollywood studios fight for the rights to their life stories (as they did for Salk)?

Did people “ring bells, honk horns, fire salutes, drink toasts, hug children, and forgive enemies”?

Did anyone offer them a ticker-tape parade? https://twitter.com/jasoncrawford/status/1245218683447734274

Has anyone named a school, street, hospital, or baby after them, like they did for Jonas Salk?

Can you even *remember* their names without looking it up?

Uğur Şahin and Özlem Türeci are the BioNTech founders, by the way!

And Merkel has praised them publicly: https://www.dailysabah.com/world/europe/merkel-praises-turkish-german-couple-for-coronavirus-vaccine

But nothing from Trump or Biden that I can find.

And who are the equally deserving scientists and leaders at Moderna? They're barely in the news.

These people should be world heroes.