Activism Made AIDS Treatment More Accessible — That’s What It’ll Take for COVID

Participants in the Global Day of Action AIDS march and rally set out from Washington Square Park on the way to Sixth Ave in New York City, circa 2000. ROBERT ROSAMILIO / NY DAILY NEWS ARCHIVE VIA GETTY IMAGES

While many in the U.S. have breathed an understandable sigh of relief as COVID cases sharply decline across the country, cases have continued to climb across much of the world where the number of available vaccines ranges from few to none. And after President Joe Biden came out in support of waiving intellectual property protections for coronavirus…