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Vaccinated seniors are about to start going out again, and that could boost Texas' economy. Health economics fellow Vivian Ho discussed this and more.

U.S. oil refiners have had a great run this century. But market events in 2020 signal changes to come that will challenge the industry’s global competitiveness, wrote fellow in energy and global oil Mark Finley.

A toxic mix of inadequate health care, unequal vaccine distribution and hesitancy to get the shots means trouble for Black communities, wrote health policy fellow Peter Hotez — unless a plan is devised to prevent a potential surge in deaths and protracted illnesses. 

Is there anything you should or shouldn't do before getting vaccinated? Baker Institute fellow Peter Hotez answered some common questions. 

“If we didn’t have these variants looming,” we would be in a good place, said health policy fellow Peter Hotez. If those variants take over by spring, “as many of us are predicting,” he said, “it changes everything. Now, we really have to vaccinate the American population by late spring, early summer.”