Kristin Lunz Trujillo, University of Minnesota and Matt Motta, Oklahoma State University The availability of a vaccine for the novel coronavirus will likely play a key role in determining when Americans can return to life as usual. Dr. Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, on April 30 announced…
Bruce Y. Lee, City University of New York The U.S. is pinning its hopes on a COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine, but will a vaccine alone be enough to stop the pandemic and allow life to return to normal? The answer depends on a how “good” the vaccine ends up being. In a study published July…
Editor’s Note: The current economic crisis, with its potential for becoming another Great Depression, makes the understanding of Modern Monetary Theory urgent, although it’s unlikely to be implemented by either party, no matter who wins in November. John Whittaker, Lancaster University There is no limit to the quantity of money that can be created…
The presence, or lack thereof, of antibodies in people who had previously been infected is worrisome MATTHEW ROZSA JULY 14, 2020 9:39PM (UTC) The coronavirus quarantine might last far longer than expected. A new study suggests that individual immunity to COVID-19 may not last more than a couple of months, meaning that a person could…
Don Pelton As someone who is a member of at least four demographic groups associated with a higher risk of death from Corona virus, I’m distressed to live in the least vaccine-compliant county in California. The scientific understanding of the Corona virus is changing rapidly, and the degree of vaccine compliance required to achieve…