Pfizer began distributing its COVID-19 vaccine this week but the so-called light at the end of the tunnel already appears to have somewhat of a short circuit. In just the first round of vaccine distribution, several states are already reporting that the federal government has drastically decreased its vaccine allocations. Now health experts are raising questions about the mysterious decrease in vaccine doses.
According to Talking Points Memo, states across the country have reported declines in vaccine allocation while Pfizer reportedly has millions more doses sitting in our warehouse but, as of now, we have not received any shipment instructions for additional doses.
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In January of this year, researchers used cells derived from a frog embryo to create “manufactured organisms” designed to carry out different tasks. Here, a xenobot shuffles across the bottom of a petri dish.
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This photo, released in February, shows the characteristic “crown” of spikes on SARS-CoV-2 for which the coronavirus is named.
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Scientists in Germany reported in February a new tissue-clearing technique that allows them to view intact human organs such as the kidney (above), brain, eye, and thyroid.
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This white rat received a leg transplant from a brown rat, and thanks to a new method that mimics the mechanism by which tumors evade detection, the limb survived for more than 200 days, scientists reported in March.
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President-elect Joe Biden says ‘America first’ is history. But is the U.S. as world leader history, too? We discuss Biden’s foreign policy team and America’s place on the world stage.
Guests
Peter Beinart, contributing opinion writer for the New York Times and editor-at-large for Jewish Currents. Professor of journalism at the City University of New York. (@PeterBeinart)
Shaun Breslin, professor of politics and international studies at the University of Warwick. He led the EU’s GREEN Project, which studied the U.S. role in the evolving global order.
Kimberly Atkins, senior opinion writer for the Boston Globe. (@KimberlyEAtkins)
Puerto Rico’s nonprofits fear history repeating itself in homeless aid
Homeless providers in Puerto Rico fear that the history of federal emergency funding problems in the U.S. territory will continue with homeless aid provided by the CARES Act and impede their ability to care for those trying to survive the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Howard Center for Investigative Journalism
Since the coronavirus pandemic hit Puerto Rico in March, many homeless relief organizations have been scrambling to meet the basic needs of the island’s homeless population because the majority of federal homeless aid that was allocated has not yet reached them.
Karl Widerquist has written 994 articles.
Karl Widerquist is a Professor of political philosophy at Georgetown University-Qatar, specializing in distributive justice the ethics of who has what. Much of his work involves Universal Basic Income (UBI). He is a co-founder of the U.S. Basic Income Guarantee Network (USBIG). He served as co-chair of the Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) for 7 years, and a member of the BIEN EC for 14 years. He was the Editor of the USBIG NewsFlash for 15 years and of the BIEN NewsFlash for 4 years. He is a cofounder of BIEN’s news website, Basic Income News. He is a cofounder and editor of the journal Basic Income Studies, the only academic journal devoted to research on UBI.