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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Posted inEconomic Policy
The Age of Rationing
From pandemic supply chain snarls to baby formula shortages, we forgot that physical production isn’t magic, and we need to engineer it for stability.
Posted inCoronavirus
China’s Mysterious Vaccination Failure
Why did the Communist government fail to inoculate so many of its seniors?
Posted inTAP
Alito, Gorsuch, and Thomas Declare They’re Also Admirals
Today on TAP: Injecting themselves into the military chain of command, they take judicial activism to a new depth.
Posted inCoronavirus
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.
Posted inCoronavirus
Time for Another Major Vaccine Push
Congressional Democrats are defunding vaccines long before the pandemic is over. Unacceptable.
Posted inCoronavirus
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.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Making the Next Coronavirus Vaccine Truly Public
The vaccine developed at the Walter Reed Army Institute should not be privatized for maximum profit.
Posted inPolitics
Making China’s Case: Manchin, Sinema, and the Six Supremes
By demonstrating America can’t ensure the right to vote or to survive a pandemic, they’re bolstering the argument that authoritarian regimes work better than ours.
Posted inPolitics
There Is a Bully Pulpit
And thanks to the Supreme Court, Biden will need to use it.
