In September 2021, an assemblage of TikTok users anointed themselves “Purebloods” for their repudiation of the COVID vaccine. This was one month after the approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, the first major life-saving intervention of the pandemic. The social...
Vaccines
The True Cause of the Omicron Variant: Vaccine Hoarding
For months, health experts have warned wealthy countries of the dangers and the immoralities of hoarding the COVID-19 vaccines. Wealthy countries have fully vaccinated about 65% of their populations. In the absence of global vaccination, COVID-19 is not only spreading...
Vaccine Patent Waiver Languishes as Moderna Avoids Poor Countries
In October 2020, India and South Africa introduced a proposal to temporarily suspend patent protections for coronavirus vaccines to boost the inadequate global supply. One year and about 3.5 million deaths later, negotiations remain at a standstill. Marking the...
What I Learned Watching Fox News This Week
Fox News has recently been campaigning egregious right-wing talking points—from claims that “critical race theory” seeks to punish white people to encouraging the flouting of vaccines and public health practices even while the deadly Delta variant of COVID-19 spreads....
Media’s Vaccine Misinformation Problem
The extremely contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus has been spreading across the globe as vaccination rates lag. The U.S. is no exception. Reports from different parts of the country indicate that even fully vaccinated citizens have been susceptible to the...