The FDA's 'Safety Pause' Predictably Lowered Americans' Confidence in Safety of J&J COVID-19 Vaccine
Who could possibly have known that that would happen?
Vaccines
Why Are Parents Afraid To Let Vaccinated Grandparents Visit Unvaccinated Grandkids?
Evaluating risk is hard in an era of parenting panic.
After Thousands Die Unnecessarily, the U.S. Agrees to Let India Have Its AstraZeneca Vaccines
But only after the company jumps over more regulatory hurdles.
COVID-19 Industrial Policy Fails Again
A Connecticut company got a $138 million government contract in order to break America's supposed "dependence" on foreign-made syringes. It has yet to produce even a single one.
Public Health Experts Have Lost the Benefit of the Doubt
The decision by the CDC and FDA to pause the Johnson & Johnson vaccine was a disastrous misstep.
The FDA's Decision To Pause J&J Vaccination Will Kill People
The risks of blood clots are much lower than the risks of COVID-19 illness, hospitalizations, and deaths.
CNN Says 10 Percent of Vaccinated Air Travelers May Catch COVID. That's Completely Wrong.
Plus: Tyler Cowen on libertarianism now, inflation fears, and more...
Don't Suspend Vaccine Patents, We're Already on Track To Vaccinate 7 Billion People in 2021
This is no time to undermine intellectual property rights for vaccine makers.
Industrial Policy Failed With Vaccines Too
Global supply chains beat government-directed manufacturing once again.
Leave Walgreens Alone. They're Doing a Better Job Than the FDA and the CDC.
Yet the company is still getting stupidly scolded by public health busybodies
Voting Laws, High-Speed Rails, and Vaccine Passports
It's a regulation-heavy Monday.
May Employers and Universities Require COVID-19 Vaccinations?
At present, there is nothing in federal law that should preclude vaccination requirements for returns to workplaces and campuses.
The Last Pandemic
Technological breakthroughs and policy progress mean humanity may never again have to endure a disaster like COVID-19.
Abolish the FDA
The role of the state is to protect rights and guard against fraud, not to prevent people from making risky choices.
Vermont Is Prioritizing 'BIPOC' Households for Vaccines. That's Almost Certainly Unconstitutional.
Anyone 16 or older and identifying as BIPOC can get a vaccine in Vermont now. Whites under the age of 50 will have to wait a little longer.
How the Government Timidly Stood in the Way of COVID-Fighting Innovations
Without the feds in the way, we could have rolled out at-home diagnostic testing, set up human challenge trials, approved vaccines sooner, and vaccinated Americans more quickly.
Ronald Bailey: Covid-19 Should Be Our Last Pandemic
Technological breakthroughs mean we'll never again have to suffer with disasters like the novel coronavirus—if politicians will get out of the way.
It's Infrastructure Week. Really.
Plus: Pharmacies are doing a better job of vaccinating than the government, New York will legalize weed, and more...
The Accelerating Rollout of COVID-19 Vaccines Makes Domestic 'Immunity Passports' Largely Irrelevant
Vaccine hesitancy will decline as more family, friends, and neighbors get vaccinated.
Get Ready To Show Your Vaccine Passport Everywhere
It's too late for health passports to make a difference, but the damage could be immense.
Is It Time for a Boston Tea Party for Vaccines?
Would vaccine vigilantes be justified in stealing and distributing AstraZeneca doses locked up by order of the government?
How Britain Lost the Lockdown Battle
Even though COVID-19 spread is low, Brits love their lockdown.
Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine's Benefits Far Outweigh Risks, Say E.U. Regulators
The precautionary principle kills again.
How Far Are We From COVID-19 Herd Immunity?
A rough and optimistic projection for the pandemic ending sooner rather than later.
Let's Talk About Our Relationship with the State
The Reason Roundtable tackles COVID, Cuomo, and more.
Pausing AstraZeneca COVID-19 Shots Is a Bad Risk/Benefit Call
"The benefits of the AstraZeneca vaccine...outweigh the risks of side effects."
The U.S. Is Hoarding Vaccines It Won't Let Americans Take
"Vaccine nationalism" is going to make the pandemic last longer than it otherwise would.
Biden Pushes for K-8 School Reopening in COVID Anniversary Address
Many of the president’s pledges require state and local cooperation.
More Checks Are Coming After Congress Passes $1.9 Trillion COVID-19 Bill That Has Little To Do With COVID-19
Some provisions provide direct aid. Others, not so much.
The Government Has Botched the Vaccine Rollout at Every Step
Burdensome regulations have likely cost lives.
The Great Vaccine Fiasco
Federal predictions that 20 million Americans would be vaccinated by the end of 2020 were off by an order of magnitude.
Contrary to What the CDC's New COVID-19 Advice Implies, There Is Strong Evidence That Vaccination Curtails Virus Transmission
Research in Israel, the U.K., and the U.S. has found dramatic reductions in asymptomatic infections.
New CDC Guidance Says Vaccinated People Can Do a Tiny Bit of Socializing
But the vaccinated are still expected to wear masks and socially distance when in public.
Alex Tabarrok on 'First Doses First'
"When you push out the first doses faster, you get to herd immunity faster."
Detroit Mayor Is Wrong To Turn Down J&J COVID-19 Vaccines
"The best vaccine for you is the first one you can get."
Stop Saying We Can't Go Back to Normal After Vaccines
We can justifiably hope for normalcy by Independence Day.
'Normality' Draws Closer as FDA Panel Recommends Approval of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine
Adding a third vaccine could get America back to something resembling normal by this spring.
Vaccines Are 100% Effective at Preventing COVID-19 Hospitalizations and Deaths
Wondering what "95 percent efficacy" means? I've got some good news for you.
Here's How We Could Double the Number of Americans Vaccinated Against COVID-19
According to a new study, one dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine is nearly as effective as two.
UK Government Approves Challenge Trials For Research on Covid-19
The initiative could pave the way for other uses of challenge trials in the UK and beyond. It might even stimulate reconsideration of other policies banning payment for voluntary risk-taking that could save many lives.
U.K. Approves Clinical Trial That Will Deliberately Expose Volunteers to the COVID-19 Virus
It's a good idea, but it should have been done much earlier.
Conor Friedersdorf: Stand Against Left-Wing and Right-Wing P.C.
The Atlantic writer says that illiberalism and the urge to shut down debate need to be confronted across the political spectrum.
New York Never Built a Good System for Scheduling Vaccine Appointments, so a Random Software Engineer Did It in His Spare Time
Why didn't Cuomo and De Blasio build a decent, user-friendly website?
What the War on Drugs Can Teach Us About Fighting COVID-19
We can’t eliminate the virus, but we can reduce its harm to our lives and livelihoods.
Maryland Is Vaccinating Remote Public School Teachers Before In-Person Private School Teachers
Teachers who refuse to go back to work should not get to cut in line.
