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Covid-19 vaccines

 

 

 

 

 

WORLD FACES COVID-19 “VACCINE APARTHEID”

 

Even countries

that hosted vaccine trials

— like Argentina, South Africa,

Brazil, and Turkey —

will not receive

adequate supplies.

 

December 31 2020

The Intercept (USA)

 

https://theintercept.com/2020/12/31/
covid-vaccine-countries-scarcity-access/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Will everyone in the world have access to a Covid vaccine?        G        27 November 2020

 

 

 

 

Will everyone in the world have access to a Covid vaccine?        Video        G        27 November 2020

 

The hunt for a coronavirus vaccine is showing promise

but it is premature to say the end of the pandemic is nigh.

 

Several rich countries have signed a 'frenzy of deals'

that could prevent many poor nations

from getting access to immunisation until at least 2024.

 

Also, many drug firms are potentially refusing to waive patents

and other intellectual property rights

in order to secure exclusive rights to any cure.

 

YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVdROe2-J8I

 

Related

https://www.theguardian.com/society/video/2020/nov/27/
will-everyone-in-the-world-have-access-to-a-covid-vaccine-video-explainer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Poor Countries Fall Behind

In Race To Reserve COVID-19 Vaccine

 

17 November 2020

NPR (USA)

article + photo

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/11/05/
931397094/poor-countries-fall-behind-in-race-to-reserve-covid-19-vaccine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11 November 2020

NPR (USA)

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/11/11/
933942711/why-poorer-countries-arent-likely-to-get-the-pfizer-vaccine-any-time-soon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When We Cease to Understand the World

by Benjamín Labatut review

– the dark side of science

 

An extraordinary

‘nonfiction novel’

weaves a web of associations

between the founders

of quantum mechanics

and the evils of two world wars

 

10 Sep 2020

The Guardian (UK)

 

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/sep/10/
when-we-cease-to-understand-the-world-by-benjamin-labatut-review-the-dark-side-of-science

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

July 20, 2020

NPR (USA)

article + photo + podcast with transcript

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/07/20/
800556057/gene-therapy-shows-promise-for-hemophilia-but-could-be-most-expensive-u-s-drug-e

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

May 6, 2019

NPR (USA)

article + photo

 

https://www.npr.org/2019/05/06/
720800666/artificial-intelligence-can-make-our-lives-easier-but-it-can-also-go-awry

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Google Testing A Censored Search Engine

Just For China

 

August 2, 2018

NPR (USA)

article + photo

 

https://www.npr.org/2018/08/02/
634827587/google-testing-a-censored-search-engine-just-for-china

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1910s

 

Germany

 

 ammonia process

 

 

The ammonia process

– which uses nitrogen

from the atmosphere

as its key ingredient –

was invented

by German chemist

Fritz Haber

to solve a problem

that faced farmers

across the globe.

 

By the early 20th century

they were running out

of natural fertilisers

for their crops.

 

The Haber plant

at Ludwigshafen,

run by the chemical

giant BASF,

transformed

that grim picture

exactly 100 years ago

– by churning out ammonia

in industrial quantities

for the first time,

triggering a green revolution.

 

Several billion people

are alive today

only because Haber

found a way to turn

atmospheric nitrogen

into ammonia fertiliser.

 

"Bread from air,"

ran the slogan

that advertised

his work at the time.

 

But there is another,

far darker side

to the history

of the Haber process.

 

By providing Germany

with an industrial

source of ammonia,

the country was able

to extend its fight

in the first world war

by more than a year,

it is estimated.

 

Britain's sea blockade

would have ensured

Germany

quickly ran out

of natural fertilisers

for its crops.

 

In addition,

Germany

would also have run out

of nitrogen compounds,

such as saltpetre,

for its explosives.

 

The Haber process

met both demands.

 

Trains, bursting

with Haber-based explosives

and scrawled with

"Death to the French",

were soon

chugging to the front,

lengthening the war

and Europe's suffering.

 

(...)

 

Bald and absurdly Teutonic

in demeanour,

Haber was an ardent

German nationalist.

 

He was happy his invention

was used to make explosives

and was a fervent advocate

of gas weapons.

 

As a result,

on 22 April 1915 at Ypres,

400 tons of chlorine gas

were released

under his direction

and sent sweeping in clouds

over Allied troops.

 

It was the world's

first major chemical

weapons attack.

 

Around 6,000 men died.

 

Haber later

claimed asphyxiation

was no worse than blowing

a soldier's leg off

and letting him bleed to death,

but many others disagreed,

including his wife,

Clara, herself a chemist.

 

A week after the Ypres attack,

she took Haber's service revolver

and shot herself,

dying in the arms of Hermann,

their only son.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/nov/03/
fritz-haber-fertiliser-ammonia-centenary

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/nov/03/
fritz-haber-fertiliser-ammonia-centenary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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