Against all odds, we’ve made it to the end of 2020. Moving into the new year, we need to make sure our pandemic solutions (raised wages, rent moratoriums, etc.) aren’t short term. How do we reshape our public health structures to address longstanding inequities?

This week is our final episode with the editors of Vulnerable: The Law, Policy and Ethics of COVID-19. Three of its editors, Jane Philpott, Sophie Thériault, and Sridhar Venkatapuram, discuss the inequities and vulnerabilities further revealed by the pandemic. Each takes a unique look at what steps Canada (and other countries) need to take to prevent a crisis like this from happening again.

In our final episode, Jane explains how we need to support our frontline workers—not only hospital staff, but those in retail, grocery, food service, and more—moving forward. Sridhar addresses the global approach we must to take to public health, instead of the highly individualistic perspective that nations like the US hold. Finally, Sophie and Sridhar tackle the big questions together: how does the way a government allocates its resources reflect its own structural inequities; and how can we ensure our leaders enact policies that help everyone, not just the “standard citizen”?