When I think of the research, the infrastructure, the systems in place in Canada, I am humbled and feel compelled to work harder at being sure Canada, its leaders and its people are being as generous as it can be to those in the developing world, many whom I am sure have not even thought about a vaccine for themselves or their family members. For them it’s the next protest, the next meal, the next police shooting, that crowd out thoughts of vaccination. We are [white] privileged, by virtue of being born in this place and time. God, may I never take this for granted and may I struggle for all to have this kind of access, peace, and freedom.
Why me when there are so many more vulnerable than I? We can’t just always chalk it up to logistics, or politics or place. It is about privilege. When Jesus says, “the poor you will always have with you,” he might well be asking us if indeed the poor are always with us. With us or us with them?