On the Ballot: The Coronavirus Endgame

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5 years ago

What should the United States be doing to support a global effort to combat the pandemic?

It has become increasingly clear that COVID-19 is not a problem that will be solved before the U.S. presidential election in November. Even as some countries and select U.S. states begin to emerge from lockdown, new cases are still rising globally—and as Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala wrote last week, “No one will be safe until everyone is safe.”

How to remove the threat will remain a key question for U.S. foreign policy until the disease is eradicated. What challenges lie ahead? And what should the United States be doing to support a global effort to combat the pandemic?

Okonjo-Iweala outlines a plan to make a coronavirus vaccine affordable and accessible to all. Robert Malley and Richard Malley discuss the devastation the virus may wreak in developing countries—and how wealthy countries can help them weather the impact. Nicholas Burns warns that worst-case scenarios will be hard to avoid without U.S. leadership and international cooperation. Philip H. Gordon argues that foreign aid and diplomacy will be crucial to a successful U.S. pandemic response. Finally, Louise Richardson describes how university researchers have stepped up in the absence of coordinated global action.