Countrywide protests against China’s zero-COVID measures seek to force policy changes—and maybe more.
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Go Get an Omicron Booster Shot
We finally have updated vaccines, and not a moment too soon.
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WTO Fails to Promote COVID Vaccines
Today on TAP: And the U.S., despite Biden’s commitment to a waiver of drug company patent rights, sides with Pharma.
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Saving Lives Globally vs. Defending Pharma Profits
The U.S. position at a key WTO meeting on intellectual-property waivers for COVID vaccines will reveal which side Joe Biden is on.
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America, Unmasked
COVID is surging again, but masks are passé. What the hell is it with people?
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In Shanghai, the Essence of Authority Was Silence
The lockdown crisis in China’s richest city recalls decades of past food shortages and stirred a restless citizenry to speak out about a broken social contract.
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China’s Mysterious Vaccination Failure
Why did the Communist government fail to inoculate so many of its seniors?
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U.S., EU Back Pharma in Denying Access to Lifesaving COVID Products
A compromise effort to waive intellectual-property rights for vaccines, treatments, and tests will do little to expand supply, experts believe.
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Time for Another Major Vaccine Push
Congressional Democrats are defunding vaccines long before the pandemic is over. Unacceptable.
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The End of Zero COVID
Until omicron came along, the shutdowns of a Zero COVID policy were the best way to stop the disease’s spread. Now, more than ever, it’s the vaccines and antivirals that make the difference.