The 300 000+ deaths from COVID‐19 in the United States (now) 1 provide stark illustration of the well‐known fact that despite great wealth, and that we spend more than any other country on health care when compared to other high‐income nations, for decades we have ranked near the bottom in several metrics of health starting from birth 5 There are myriad reasons, including sexism, implicit bias, and structural racism [ ]the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute selected researchers to collaborate on antithrombotic trials based on submitted letters of intent and research progress over the first months of the pandemic, forming the Accelerating COVID‐19 Therapeutic Interventions and Vaccines (ACTIV)‐4 program At Research and Practice in Thrombosis and Haemostasis, we waived article publication charges and published original COVID‐19 research and articles that raise hypotheses relevant to treatment 9 We studied the authorship gender gap during the first COVID wave 10 and published articles on new ways to disseminate science 11 Dobson and Wolberg eloquently discussed scientific silver linings of COVID‐19 and considered the impact on institutional racism and increasing diversity in science 4 I call on you to continue to submit science to us;we are also interested in Forum articles on the social impact of COVID‐19 and the events of 2020
Goodbye 2020, hello to our future