Like COVID-19 Vaccines? Thank Globalization!
The scientific and medical knowledge used to develop and distribute the vaccines is not, thankfully, trapped within national borders.
The scientific and medical knowledge used to develop and distribute the vaccines is not, thankfully, trapped within national borders.
It's not like we're in the middle of a pandemic or anything, right?
Especially if the COVID-19 inoculations are deployed speedily and accepted widely.
Blood test study finds that only about 10 percent of Americans are immune to the virus.
If governments stand in the way of vaccine production and distribution for the world market, the costs will be high in lives and in wealth.
Companies plan to seek emergency use authorization from the FDA almost immediately.
Legal responses to this fall's surge in new cases, like last spring's lockdowns, are frequently illogical and unscientific.
Hang in there, folks. Help looks to be on the way.
The president managed to generate controversy, however, with remarks about New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
And there looks to be more good vaccine news coming.
When a coronavirus vaccine is ready, it will be distributed through normal civilian supply chains to your doctor's office and local pharmacy.
The Libertarian ticket is campaigning against lockdowns, vaccine mandates, and the World Health Organization, in addition to the usual taxation, prohibition, and war.
A recent study finds broad support for the idea in many countries, including the US.
The Great Barrington Declaration asks how much collateral damage is too much.
Yes, but the Trump administration's politicization of the hunt for a vaccine is undermining public trust.
It's time to unleash America's 88,000 pharmacies and 314,000 pharmacists to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
Polls show a country increasingly leery of a politicized COVID-19 vaccine approval process.
The plan was first proposed by Robert Litan of the Brookings Institution.
"Economists are accustomed to thinking about tradeoffs," says economist and Nobel laureate Alvin Roth. "It appears that at least in some parts of the ethics community, they are not."
67 percent say they would get vaccinated as soon as an inoculation becomes available.
Economist Robert Litan makes a strong case that this step is likely to save both lives and money.
Researchers and public health authorities around the world are alarmed by the speed and possible political motivation of the Russian vaccine timeline
Why libertarians (and everybody else) should socially distance, wear masks and get vaccinated.
Government failure eroded public trust. Fact-based persuasion and brutal honesty about scientific uncertainty are the only way to win it back.
Safe and effective vaccines by the end of this year?
Antibodies may decline, but T-cells could provide effective long-term protection.
No, Gates didn't create COVID-19, and he does not want to microchip us all.
Doing so can potentially save many thousands of lives. And moral objections to this practice are weak. The issues here are very similar to the longstanding debate over whether we should legalize organ markets.
But if a shot becomes available, there's a good chance more people will choose to vaccinate without a government mandate.
Stocks rise steeply on good news about mRNA vaccines.
Volunteers would earn cash for the risks they take on our behalf.
Infectious disease, public health, and the Constitution
The article explains why the coronavirus crisis does not justify weakening constitutional limits on federal government power.
None have yet emerged that can clearly stem the tide of the ongoing pandemic.
An idea that could really speed up vaccine development
DIY biologists propose creating a public domain SARS-CoV-2 vaccine with $25,000 in funding.
It's too early to tell, but there are reasons for (relative) optimism.
From socialism to nationalism, debunked ideologies are making a return.
What happens when a kid raised by "all-natural" parents wants to make a different choice?
When quality of life improved, doctors discovered a new affliction.
Paul says benefits outweigh risks, but he unfortunately didn't leave it at that.
Robert Kennedy Jr. raves that vaccinations cause "ADD, ADHD, speech delay, autism, food allergy, autoimmune diseases."
Never let the facts get in the way of a good agenda-driven story.
Lyme disease vaccine has been available for dogs since the 1990s; humans may get it next year.
Kennedy once compared vaccination to the Holocaust*
Contra Congressional Republicans, fetal tissue has been used to make vaccines for rabies, chicken pox, shingles, Hepatitis A, polio, rubella, and the adenovirus.