Vaccines are one of our most important public health tools, preventing millions of illnesses and saving numerous lives every year. Vaccines allowed us to eradicate smallpox and nearly eradicate polio. We now have COVID vaccines, but just having vaccines will not halt the pandemic; vaccination programs will. People need to be vaccinated.

There are difficulties with the roll-out of our vaccination program. That is not surprising given the fragmented health-care system we have. Countries with well-organized health-care systems are doing much better with their vaccination rates.

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