Sometimes, treating an illness serves to expose an underlying malaise affecting the entire body. The same has been true for the international response to covid-19. As global vaccination efforts ramp up, it is increasingly clear that the fever of inequality in our so-called liberal world order shows no signs of breaking.

Black people, both in the West and in Africa, have been bearing the burden of this global medical inequality. Much attention has been given to the disproportionately higher infection and death rates in Black communities in the United States. The legacy of medical racism here has also led to vaccine skepticism among Black citizens.…  Seguir leyendo »