Vaccines highlight differences between capitalism and socialism
By Joshua Hanks posted on April 12, 2021
Early on in the COVID-19 pandemic, it became clear which countries had effective responses to the spread of the virus, and which did not.
Under capitalism limited supplies despite clear need.
Wuhan, China, underwent a strict lockdown for 76 days, successfully bringing the virus under control in the world’s first city to identify an outbreak. The rest of China also controlled the virus, preventing potentially millions of deaths had they allowed it to spread at the same horrific scale as did Britain, Belgium, Italy and the U.S.
Dubai: The landscape of single-dose vaccines against COVID-19 just got more interesting. On Sunday, US health authorities approved the Janssen vaccine as a single-shot against COVID, with 78% efficacy. This is seen as a “game changer” in the global counter-coronavirus drive.
Data from the clinical trials and massive vaccination rollouts lead some experts to make a case for single shots from Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, too. The latter two are messenger RNA vaccines currently being rolled out in North America, Europe and the Middle East as a double dose.
With millions of doses per day being administered, there’s a decent amount of information for data scientists to crunch. Some experts argue this delayed or “fractional” dosing, could help the world achieve herd immunity sooner. Other scientists oppose the strategy. Here’s the lowdown on single-dose COVID shots:
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How China perceives itself has fundamentally changed in recent times. Erstwhile Chinese President Hu Jintao laid emphasis on Chinaâs âpeaceful riseâ; his successor Xi Jinping now has a bellicose tone. In November 2020, he told the Central Military Commission (CMC) â Chinaâs apex military authority â to improve training of Peopleâs Liberation Army (PLA) personnel to enable them to win wars. In October 2020, the Chinese Communist Partyâs Plenum â a key forum that discusses policy â resolved to expedite the modernisation of national defence capability. With Chinaâs rise as the second-largest economy, it is able to devote more resources to it