A new variant of the Coronavirus, the Omicron variant, was just discovered in South Africa. We are faced with the possibility that the new variant may prove resistant to the vaccines that we had hoped to bring the pandemic under control. \n\nWe speak with author Costas Panayotakis about his recent article for The Indypendent, \u201cOmicron Variant Underscores Why We Must Abolish Global Vaccine Apartheid." Panayotakis is a professor of sociology at the New York City College of Technology (CUNY).