We Need a Dedicated COVID Vaccine Corps. Why Not an Intergenerational One? | Opinion
By
Gerald Bourne and Phyllis Segal
On 01/08/21 at 4:49 PM EST
If the COVID vaccine is to liberate us, we urgently need new ways to deliver it. Senator Mitt Romney (R-Utah) recently proposed enlisting retired medical professionals. Just a few days later, University of Massachusetts leaders Dr. Michael Collins and Martin Meehan, formerly a seven-term Democratic Congressman, called for a "Vaccine Corps" made up of college students and recent graduates.
Both are great ideas. Even better: Let's combine them, bring retired health care workers and young adults together, and create an intergenerational service corps that can quickly and efficiently vaccinate millions of Americans.