Editorials, Opinion Pieces Discuss Various Aspects Of COVID-19 Pandemic, Including Vaccine Development, Economic Recovery

Bloomberg: What’s Really Going on With the CDC’s Virus Model?
Jonathan Bernstein, Bloomberg Opinion columnist (5/5).

The BMJ: Developing a vaccine for covid-19
Sarah Caddy, clinical research career development fellow at the Wellcome Trust (5/4).

Devex: Opinion: Building resilient businesses and economies in the coronavirus recovery
Nick O’Donohoe, chief executive at CDC Group and member of CDC Group’s board (5/6).

EuroNews: The E.U.’s COVID-19 budget and recovery plans must ensure a safe and healthy future for all
Jeni Miller, executive director of the Global Climate and Health Alliance (5/6).

Financial Times: Finding a Covid-19 vaccine needs a global effort
Editorial Board (5/6).

Financial Times: The World Health Organization can be reformed
Jennifer Prah Ruger, Amartya Sen professor of health equity, economics, and policy at the University of Pennsylvania (5/6).

Foreign Affairs: COVID-19 Tempts Would-Be Authoritarians
Ruth Ben-Ghiat, professor of history and Italian studies at New York University (5/5).

Foreign Affairs: Latin America’s Prison Gangs Draw Strength From the Pandemic
Steven Dudley, co-founder and co-director of InSight Crime (5/5).

The Hill: Coronavirus vaccines, drugs are just a Band-Aid approach to zoonotic viruses
Apryle Horbal, president of VetNow and One Health Solutions, veterinary medical doctor, diplomate of the American Veterinary Dental College (Equine Specialty), and member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (5/5).

Los Angeles Times: Column: Is it time for Drs. Fauci and Birx to quit on principle?
Nicholas Goldberg, associate editor and Op-Ed columnist for the Los Angeles Times (5/6).

New York Times: In Lebanon, a Pandemic of Hunger
Lina Mounzer, writer and translator in Beirut (5/6).

Project Syndicate: Who’s Afraid of COVID-19?
Kaushik Basu, professor of economics at Cornell University and nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (5/6).

Project Syndicate: The Misguided War on Global Value Chains
Célestin Monga, senior economic adviser at the World Bank (5/5).

Washington Post: Speed is essential in developing this vaccine. But so is safety
Editorial Board (5/5).

Washington Post: Trump wants to defund the World Health Organization. That could hurt health partnerships in Africa
Amy S. Patterson, professor of politics at University of the South, and Emmanuel Balogun, assistant professor of international relations at Webster University (5/5).

Washington Post: Chinese ambassador: Ignoring the facts to blame China will only make things worse
Cui Tiankai, China’s ambassador to the United States (5/5).

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