[Music] Anna Fisher-Pinkert: From the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, this is Better Off. A podcast about the biggest public health problems we face today . . . Mary Bassett: We have to remember the kinds of vulnerabilities that made the US have a disproportionate share of the world’s deaths, as compared to our population, despite our vast resources. Anna Fisher-Pinkert: . . . and the people innovating to create public health solutions. Mary Bassett: And those won’t be fixed with a vaccine. Anna Fisher-Pinkert: I’m your host, Anna Fisher-Pinkert. Anna Fisher-Pinkert: I got my COVID-19 vaccine in a busy clinic in Boston. As soon as the nurse gave me the shot, she handed me a little timer set for 15 minutes, the length of time they ask you to hang around to make sure you don’t have any adverse effects. I sat in the waiting room, surrounded by masked people sort of squirming impatiently in their seats. And one by one, the timers went off [beeping sound]. There’s one [beeping sound], there’s another one. . . each little beep inching us closer to the end of the pandemic. The people walking out of the clinic looked lighter, happier, than the people walking in.