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Why Poorer Countries Aren't Likely To Get The Pfizer Vaccine Any Time Soon

Fri, 2020-11-13 14:58 — mike kraft

This week, the world heard encouraging news about a vaccine for COVID-19.

On Monday, the pharmaceutical company Pfizer, and its partner BioNTech, said their experimental vaccine appears to work – and work quite well. A preliminary analysis suggests the vaccine is more than 90 percent effective at preventing COVID-19 symptoms.

Health officials hope to start vaccinating some Americans in a few months.

"The vaccine is on its way, folks," Dr. Anthony Fauci told a crowd Tuesday, via video link, outside Brooklyn Borough Hall.

But what about the rest of world, especially people in poorer counties. Is the vaccine "on its way for them?"

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Most States Aren’t Ready to Distribute the Leading COVID-19 Vaccine

Wed, 2020-11-11 10:40 — mike kraft
Most States Aren’t Ready to Distribute the Leading COVID-19 Vaccine A review of state distribution plans reveals that officials don’t know how they’ll deal with the difficult storage and transport requirements of Pfizer’s vaccine, especially in the rural areas… Isaac Arnsdorf,Ryan Gabrielson,Caroline Chen ProPublica
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Schoolchildren Seem Unlikely to Fuel Coronavirus Surges, Scientists Say

Fri, 2020-10-23 12:09 — mike kraft
Schoolchildren Seem Unlikely to Fuel Coronavirus Surges, Scientists Say Months into the school year, school reopenings across the United States remain a patchwork of plans: in-person, remote and hybrid; masked and not; socially distanced and not. But amid this jumble, one clear pattern is emerging.So far, schools do not seem to be stoking community transmission of the coronavirus YahooNews
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Resilience Alliance

Sat, 2012-01-28 13:29 — mdmcdonald

There are many definitions of resilience from simple deterministic views of resilience anchored in Newtonian mechanics to far more dynamic views of resilience from a systems perspective, including insights from quantum mechanics and the sciences of complexity.  One baseline perspective of resilience sees it in terms of the viability of socio-ecological systems as the foundation for sustainability.  For those that are ready to look beyond resilience as the ability to return to the "normal state" before a disaster, take a look at:

http://www.resalliance.org/

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