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Volunteers wait for their names to be called before testing and taking part in a COVID-19 clinical trial at the Wits RHI Shandukani Research Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa, on August 27, 2020. Picture shows a waiting room full of people. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

Vaccine Nationalism and Africa

by Evaborhene Aghogho Nelson 

African Union calls for a “People's Vaccine” as African Academy of sciences begins mapping local clinical trials sites

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Each state's progress towards reduction in symptoms and cases, health system readiness, and increased testing. The image shows a map of the united states with four colors according to outbreak status. SOURCE: Covid Exit Strategy

COVID-19 This Week—The Looming Question: Internal Travel Restrictions

by Tom Frieden

To reduce risk, we must close bars and other indoor spaces, reduce crowds, mask up, wash hands, and increase distancing

COVID-19 has seen its share of protest and political theater—like one in London on August 9, 2020, to call attention to Brazil, a country also subject to conspiracy theories over the virus' origins. The photo shows a crowd of performance artists demonstrating with costumes and fake blood splashed everywhere. REUTERS/John Sibley
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How the Origins of COVID-19 Became Politicized

by Yanzhong Huang

Where the coronavirus came from is no longer a scientific question—thanks to narrative spin, agendas, and misinformation