Morning Jolt: WHO Squanders Cash on Shoddy Chinese Vaccines

On the menu today: The World Health Organization buys 100 million doses of Chinese vaccines that aren't all that effective against COVID-19; asking what's holding up the FDA from giving full final approval to the Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson vaccines; sorting out whether people who’ve had COVID-19 before should get vaccinated; and two left-of-center journalists inadvertently diagnose major flaws in how politics is covered.

WHO Buys a Bundle of Chinese Vaccines That Aren't Particularly Effective

For those who thought the U.S. rejoining the World Health Organization would lead to better decision-making in that international organization . . . nope. The WHO's COVAX vaccine-distribution program decided to buy "millions of doses" of two of China's COVID-19 vaccines, Sinopharm and Sinovax. Chinese state-run media puts the figure at 110 million doses ...

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WITH JIM GERAGHTY July 13 2021 WITH JIM GERAGHTY July 13 2021 WHO Squanders Cash on Shoddy Chinese Vaccines On the menu today: The World Health Organization buys 100 million doses of Chinese vaccines that aren't all that effective against COVID-19; asking what's holding up the FDA from giving full final approval to the Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson vaccines; sorting out whether people who’ve had COVID-19 before should get vaccinated; and two left-of-center journalists inadvertently diagnose major flaws in how politics is covered. WHO Buys a Bundle of Chinese Vaccines That Aren't Particularly Effective For those who thought the U.S. rejoining the World Health Organization would lead to better decision-making in that international organization . . . nope. The WHO's COVAX vaccine-distribution program decided to buy "millions of doses" of two of China's COVID-19 vaccines, Sinopharm and Sinovax. Chinese state-run media puts the figure at 110 million doses ...   READ MORE

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