COVID-19 in Colombia and Venezuela: Two Sides of the Coin Alfonso J. Rodriguez-MoralesMD, MSc, HonDSc, and Manuel E. FigueraMD Affiliation Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales is with the Faculty of Medicine, Fundacion Universitaria Autonoma de las Americas, Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia, and the Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Cientifica del Sur, Lima, Peru. Manuel E. Figuera is with the Instituto Médico La Floresta, Caracas, Venezuela. CopyRightCorrespondence should be sent to Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales, Fundacion Universitaria Autonoma de las Americas, Faculty of Medicine, Belmonte, Pereira, Risaralda 660003, Colombia (e-mail: alfonso.rodriguez@uam.edu.co; arodriguezmo@cientifica.edu.pe). Reprints can be ordered at http://www.ajph.org by clicking the "Reprints" link. CONTRIBUTORS A. J. Rodriguez-Morales developed the first draft of the editorial and conceptualized the idea. M. E. Figuera contributed significantly to the editorial in subsequent versions. Both authors approved the final submitted version. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2021.37819 Accepted: February 23, 2022 Published Online: August 17, 2022