17 JANUARY 2023 – The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent global rollout of vaccines revealed the good, the bad and the ugly of the global community’s ability to come together and respond. The good – the delivery of safe and effective vaccines in under a year, saving nearly 15 million lives. The bad – despite vaccine development, there have been 6.6 million confirmed deaths, as of December 2022, and an estimated $14—28 trillion of economic damage globally.