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August 12, 2020
Hotez: What Scientists Should Do When Facts Are Ignored
Fellow Peter Hotez discussed the federal response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Listen to the discussion at The Daily Show. August 11, 2020
CARES Act Funds for Nonprofits Still Stuck in Distribution
Billions of dollars from the CARES Act, passed in March and intended to assist U.S. businesses and individuals affected by the pandemic, are still bottled up in the bureaucracy, said public finance fellow Joyce Beebe.
Read more at the Federal News Network. August 10, 2020
Developing a Safe COVID-19 Vaccine
Recent polls suggested that half of Americans would not get a Covid-19 vaccine if and when available. Health policy fellow Peter Hotez debunked some common vaccine myths to help separate fact from fiction.
Read more at KHOU11. August 9, 2020
Approval of Russian Vaccine Condemned as Dangerously Rushed
"That the Russians may be skipping steps is what worries our community of vaccine scientists. If they get it wrong it could undermine the entire global enterprise,” said health policy fellow Peter Hotez of an inadequately tested Covid-19 vaccine that Russia has approved for widespread use.
Read more at Nature. August 8, 2020
National Debt Is Rising, but Don't Cut Back Now
The national debt "will not disappear on its own," and at some point, we'll have to raise taxes or make painful spending cuts, said public finance fellow Jorge Barro. "When that time comes, there are going to be costs associated with it," but Barro did not call for immediate measures.
Read more at The New York Times.