Pandemic Profit Seekers

President Joko Widodo cancels the plan to allow individuals to pay for vaccinations, but retains the commercial vaccination program for corporations. The health minister must have the courage to say no.

Tempo

July 19, 2021

THE disarray over the scheme to allow individuals to pay for the Covid-19 vaccine reminds us of the line from a pop song. Released by Ebiet G. Ade in 1982 the song Untuk Kita Renungkan (For Us to Think About) was written to cast aspersions on those seeking to make a profit from the disaster caused by the eruption of Mount Galunggung in Tasikmalaya, West Java. The lyric went, “in the middle of turmoil, there are still those willing to behave

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