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Covid-19 Vaccine Protocols Reveal That Trials Are Designed To Succeed
Several pharmaceutical companies have published their vaccine trial protocols. This unusually transparent action during a major drug trial deserves praise, close inspection of the protocols raises surprising concerns.
Why We Can’t Rely On Natural Immunity To Protect Us From Covid-19
A new study, compounded with recent reports of reinfection, shows why building immunity to Covid-19 is trickier than we’d like to believe.
Paused AstraZeneca Trials Emphasize Need For Vaccine Transparency
AstraZeneca, and all the other companies under Food and Drug Administration purview, are developing vaccines for Covid-19. In the midst of current trials across the globe, they paused operation when a participant in the United Kingdom developed symptom…
The University Of Illinois’s Covid-19 Control Shows That Mass Testing Is The Answer
The University of Illinois implemented an aggressive testing campaign to reign in the spread of Covid-19. The operation involves testing the entire student body and faculty twice per week—around fifteen thousand tests each day.
A Defense of Self-Testing and Supported Self-Isolation
In a recent CNN article, I proposed a new way of containing Covid-19. The strategy would be a self test and supported self isolation approach, but some are skeptical.
The Case For Safer Emergency Use Authorizations
There needs to be effective treatments and vaccines available to stop the spread of this virus. The failures like hydroxychloroquine show that the EUA process must be robust enough that the authorized products do not harm the public or entrench public …
Why Suspension Of The AstraZeneca Vaccine Trial Matters
The news highlights only one of the dangers of a rush to a Covid vaccine.
New CDC Guidelines Decrease Testing For Those Who Need It Most
The Center for Disease Control updated its Covid-19 testing guidelines to exclude those exposed to the virus who are asymptomatic.
Deregulating Covid-19 Treatment Sets Dangerous Precedent for Vaccine Approval
The FDA expedited the approval of convalescent plasma against the advice of its internal experts and those at the National Institute of Health. Were the federal government to continue this theme, one could expect the approval of an underregulated Covid…
Why Most Voters Oppose Schools Reopening
A recent survey shows that six in ten voters oppose reopening K-12 schools in their states. They have reason to be concerned.
