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After the world discovered days ago that those responsible for the “Pfizer” vaccine were two German doctors of Turkish origin, today it comes to light that a Canadian of Lebanese origin chairs the board of directors of “Moderna”.
The company was founded by a group of immigrants, the Canadian biologist Derek Rossi, the Lebanese scientist and investor Nubar Avian, and its CEO is French.
Avian (58 years old), a Lebanese Armenian investor, was born in Beirut in 1962 and emigrated with his family to Canada in 1976. Today he is known as one of the successful businessmen. He studied chemical engineering at McGill University in Montreal in 1983 and then continued his education at the Institute. Massachusetts Technology, from which he graduated with a Ph.D. in Bioengineering in 1987.
In this context, Foreign Policy magazine considered that foreign-born doctors and businessmen are at the forefront of the fight against the epidemic and the reactivation of economies, but politicians still want to deport them.
He stated that amid the Coronavirus pandemic, given that international mobility has been restricted for public health reasons, there is a growing chorus of those who argue that migration is no longer necessary. For example, the president of the United States, Donald Trump, reduced the number of work visas granted by the United States, apparently for economic reasons.
Source: Agencies
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