“HIV and AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria shouldn’t be labeled as “just” epidemics or endemic. They are…

“HIV and AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria shouldn’t be labeled as “just” epidemics or endemic. They are pandemics that have been beaten in rich countries. Allowing them to persist elsewhere is a policy choice and a budgetary decision.” /1 https://t.co/Gi1bXDteG3

We’re following the same script with Covid. Except this time we didn’t beat the pathogen at home. We called it endemic, as we’ve always done with other countries. We replaced nations with a global economy. The economy has no public, and therefore no public health. /end