Highpoints of 2020: The Most Inspiring Immigrants of 2020
Nurses, doctors and medical staff at an NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan medical facility. PACIFIC PRESS/LIGHTROCKET VIA GETTY IMAGES
Let’s close the book on a rotten 2020 on a positive note.
Stuart Anderson for Forbes highlights “The Most Inspiring Immigrants of 2020.” It truly is inspiring.
Immigrants Playing Role in the Covid-19 Vaccine
| Individual | Affiliation | Where Immigrated From |
|---|---|---|
|
Charles Pfizer |
Founder of Pfizer | Germany |
| Albert Bourla | CEO of Pfizer | Greece |
| Katalin Karikó | Sr. V.P. BioNTech | Hungary |
| Dr. Ugur Sahin | Founder of BioNTech | Turkey (to Germany) |
| Dr. Özlem Türeci | Founder of BioNTech | Daughter of Turkish Immigrants to Germany |
| Noubar Afeyan | Chairman and Cofounder of Moderna | Lebanon and Canada |
| Derrick Rossi | Cofounder of Moderna | Canada |
| Stéphane Bancel | CEO of Moderna | France |
| Tal Zaks | Moderna’s Chief Medical Officer | Israel |
| Marcello Damiani | Moderna’s Chief Digital and Operational Excellence Officer | France |
| Juan Andres | Moderna’s Chief Technical Operations and Quality Officer | Spain |
The Doctors and Nurses Who Gave Their Lives: More than 28% of physicians (281,000) and 15% of registered nurses (570,000) in America are foreign-born, according to a National Foundation for American Policy report. The sacrifices of native-born and immigrant health care professionals have been the backbone of the country’s response to Covid-19. “Nearly a third of the nurses who’ve died of coronavirus in the U.S. are Filipino, even though Filipino nurses make up just 4% of the nursing population nationwide,” according to CNN.
KJ