For the long-run threat to innovation, considering that companies used public money to develop the vaccine, and it worked in record time, the only thing that should be questioned is the current patent-based system. Innovation seemed to work fine with what amounts to a public process.
December 10, 2020That should be part of a relief bill entirely focused on getting the vaccine to people as fast as possible. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for December 10, 2020.
December 8, 2020Supply chain issues may be a concern; lack of access to the developing world is far greater of a calamity.
December 8, 2020Despite the coronavirus crisis, the Trump administration continues to put its energy into trying to overturn the 2020 election.
December 7, 2020Sens. Warner, Manchin, and Shaheen are conceding to McConnell’s expansive language, sources indicate.
December 7, 2020Black, Native, and Latinx people are between three and four times more likely to be hospitalized with the coronavirus than white people.
December 7, 2020As the arrival of the first COVID vaccines approaches, a political backlash has been brewing over the idea that inoculating people behind bars should be a priority.
December 4, 2020For those who cannot see it: we are in one of the most profound crises of American history.
December 3, 2020The president has largely ceased to govern, nursing his grievances in the White House and emerging only to golf. Mainstream Republicans have largely abdicated responsibility.
December 2, 2020Critics Smell 'Economic Sabotage' as McConnell Unveils Covid Plan With $0 for Unemployment Boost, Direct Payments
