A common thread that runs through the many opinion and editorial articles that emerged following the onset of COVID around the world is the insight that the pandemic has exposed the extent of social vulnerabilities and inequalities that surround us. As it turns out, the slogan that “we are all in this together” has not quite measured up to the widely different experiences that populations have had in this pandemic. Environmental disasters caused by climate change have similar unequal impacts. These parallels require more scrutiny.