The coronavirus has exposed the naked truth about defective global health, economic, and security systems more than millions of articles, publications and books ever could. It has uncovered the glaring truth about a neo-liberal system that allowed eight men to own the same amount of wealth as the poorest half of humanity.
This virus is reminding us of the disparity in global health expenditure, with health spending in 2017 for low incomecountries not exceeding USD 41 per person per year compared to USD 10 224 in the US, or USD 5 728 in Germany for example
The crisis has also demonstrated that the amount of money spent on health alone is not an adequate measure for good health standards. In the US, for instance, 17% of the gross national income is spent on healthcare, yet 27.5 million people did not have health insurance at any point during 2018 and only 34.4% of the population had public (non-private) health insurance.
