My wife works for one of the largest printers in the country. From August through October last year, nine of her co-workers died of COVID-19. All were shop-floor personnel who did not have the luxury of working from home. One was just 28 years old. None were vaccinated, despite ample monetary incentives to do so. Alarmed, the CEO held a companywide meeting via Zoom, begging employees to get vaccinated.
What a shame. How did we get here? Through Dec. 10, 2021, 60 percent of the U.S. population has been vaccinated against COVID-19. To put that in perspective, 80 countries have better vaccination rates than the U.S., among them Morocco, Brazil, Cambodia and Sri Lanka. Seriously? Cambodia ranks 170th in the world in per capita GDP and 116th in literacy rate. Surely we can do better.