While overall global coronavirus cases and deaths rates have declined, with some countries reopening, several regions are experiencing escalating emergencies that warrant attention and action. With the Delta variant increasing infection rates and the possibility for additional variants to emerge among billions of unvaccinated people. “If we look at the facts and science, it’s evident that we are sitting on a new COVID-19 time bomb. While we celebrate declining cases and deaths in some parts of the world that are getting vaccinated and taking control measures seriously, most regions remain either at high risk or in full-blown emergency mode. As public health experts have long been predicting, new variants of the COVID-19 virus will likely emerge that are more infectious, make patients sicker, and potentially render our new vaccines less effective. “The Delta variant is now surging ahead wherever control measures or vaccination supply and/or services are weak, doubling every two weeks in the United States. It is highly contagious and on a pathway to becoming the predominant strain. This puts many populations in a precarious position. A variant anywhere is a variant everywhere.