The fact that new #COVID19 variants are spreading to the US & other countries is both extremely concerning & tragically unsurprising.

The world needs a global strategy to combat this global pandemic. Full stop. 1/5 https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/south-africa-coronavirus-variant/2021/01/27/1b8ab6a0-5f4d-11eb-a177-7765f29a9524_story.html

Viruses love when countries compete for resources & nationalism drowns out collaboration.

Borders mean nothing to viruses & in today’s interconnected world, even stringent travel restrictions are incapable of preventing variants from spreading rapidly around the world. 2/5

The longer this pandemic persists, the more we’ll see dangerous variants arise.

The only way to reopen the global economy & end this pandemic is to beat it everywhere. Winning will require a coordinated global response & global vaccine campaign. 3/5

Allowing wealthy nations to gobble up vaccines while the world’s poorest countries fight for the scraps is a really dumb strategy.

Trickle-down vaccine access is creating a global Hunger Games that costs precious lives, money & extends the lifespan of this global crisis. 4/5

It’s time for world leaders to start working together to beat #COVID19, the same way that we rallied globally after 9/11 or are working now to combat climate change.

We’re all in the same boat together — whether or not it ends up like the Titanic is entirely up to us. 5/5