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Are Rewards for Getting COVID-19 Vaccinations Really Such a Great Idea?

At first, getting vaccinated against COVID-19 seemed like enough of a reward. You got the satisfaction of protecting your health and that of the people around you, and the knowledge that soon you…

Doyle McManus 15 June 2021

Is the Covid-19 Vaccine Safe and Will it be Mandated?

On Monday, AstraZeneca saidits Covid-19 vaccinewas "highly effective." This comes after similarly positive vaccine news from drug companiesPfizer, which last week applied for emergency use,…

Majalla 27 November 2020

China Is Winning the Vaccine Race

In 2020,Chinabungled its initial response to COVID-19. As a result, the disease spread around the world, crippling economies, killing more than 1.2 million people, and badly damaging Beijing’s image…

Eyck Freymann and Justin Stebbing 13 November 2020

Oxford Vaccine Scientist Dr Ahmed Salman: The Arab World Will Have to Wait Longer for a Coronavirus Vaccine

Rarely has the fate of many millions of people rested on an international competition like the one for a Covid-19 vaccine - the only sure escape route from the pandemic that can put an end to the …

Yasmine El Geressi 08 August 2020

The Tragedy of Vaccine Nationalism

Trumpadministration officials have compared the global allocation of vaccines against the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 to oxygen masks dropping inside a depressurizing airplane. "You put on your…

Thomas J. Bollyky and Chad P. Bown 31 July 2020

Coronavirus Brings Tidal Waves of Fear and Hope

Six months after China first reported a cluster of mysterious pneumonia cases in the city of Wuhan, the World Health Organization had a stark warning for the world: ‘the worst is yet to come’…

Majalla 03 July 2020

The Next Victim of US-China Coronavirus War of Words: Science

As the world continues to grapple with the coronavirus outbreak, there is growing concern that China and the US, two countries with the greatest resources, are stuck in a propaganda-fueled dispute…

Majalla 22 May 2020

Finding a Vaccine Is Only the First Step

It is now abundantly clear that the world cannot fully emerge from its current state of novel coronavirus lockdown until a vaccine is found. Never before have so many lives, livelihoods, and…

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala 08 May 2020

The US and China’s Dangerous Race for a Vaccine

A dramatic deterioration in US-China relations in recent weeks has further destabilised a critical relationship between Washington and Beijing that was already under serious strain before the novel…

Yasmine El Geressi 08 May 2020
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