Biden announces federal vaccine mandate
The Biden administration will require private businesses with 100 or more employees to have their workers vaccinated against the coronavirus. The move is part of a series of action the…
Getting beyond vaccine mandate theater
The rapid expansion in the number of coronavirus infections and hospitalizations due to the delta variant has governments and pundits eyeing mask and vaccine mandates. Some businesses are getting in…
“What is the FDA waiting for?”
As the Delta variant coronavirus sweeps through the country, the Food and Drug Administration is supposedly working hard to give final approval to the mRNA vaccines that have helped stem…
Teacher unions balk at vaccine requirements
Teacher unions spent the bulk of the pandemic arguing their members should not be in classrooms teaching kids in person so long as there was no vaccine available to fight…
Incentives to get vaccinated multiply across the country
Every now and then, politicians and the press rediscover the power of incentives. And when they do, the means and methods are treated as something right out of the Wizard…
Biden Administration Virtue Signaling on Patents Won’t Fix Vaccine Bottlenecks
One big Biden administration gaffe was its proposal to suspend patent protection on coronavirus vaccines in order to combat global disease hotspots. It was a case of altruism and politics…
Centers for Disease Control Finally Sounds a (Qualified) All Clear
The Centers for Disease Control’s response to the coronavirus has not covered the agency with glory. But after both public and congressional backlash over to timid, too confusing, and sometimes…
A Quick Lesson on the Power of Incentives
Incentives can be powerful things, prodding the smallest child or the biggest government bureaucracy to act in a certain way. It’s no wonder, then, that some companies are creating incentives…
Cuomo’s Bullying Won’t Speed the Use or Availability of Vaccines
The federal, state, and local government rollout of coronavirus vaccines has been nothing short of a disaster. Who’s to blame? If you’re New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, everyone else is…
State-Sponsored Hackers May Be Behind Efforts to Crack Coronavirus Vaccine Supply Chain
Coronavirus vaccines may not yet be widely available, but hackers – possibly with foreign government backing – are attempting to disrupt the supply chains that will bring the drugs to…
