A number of Republican senators are urging President Joe Biden’s administration to reverse its “disastrous” decision to give U.S. COVID-19 medical technology and intellectual property to China under a controversial “Trips waiver.” The Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs) waiver was first proposed by India and South Africa, and would suspend intellectual property protections for products and technologies needed…
Senators Urge Biden to Reverse ‘Disastrous’ Decision to Give COVID-19 Medical Tech and Intellectual Property to China
Australia Wants mRNA Vaccines Made in Onshore
On Friday, the Australian government will commence an “approach to market” for developing the capacity to make messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines in Australia. This comes as the government negotiates with Moderna about setting up an onshore manufacturing facility for mRNA vaccines. In a statement, the government said onshore manufacturing would ensure a secure, long-term supply…
Australia Wants mRNA Vaccines Made Onshore
On Friday, the Australian government will commence an “approach to market” for developing the capacity to make messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines in Australia. This comes as the government negotiates with Moderna about setting up an onshore manufacturing facility for mRNA vaccines. In a statement, the government said onshore manufacturing would ensure a secure, long-term supply…
Natural Immunity: Public Health’s Forgotten Ally
In the United States, everyone, 16 years of age and older, is now eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine. HealthCare.gov, the agency behind the Affordable Care Act, recently sent out an email announcing the “good news.” They said the new shot was “an important tool to help end the pandemic, and it’s your best protection from…
600,000 Children From 12 to 15 Have Been Vaccinated Against COVID-19: CDC
In the United States, around 600,000 children aged 12 to 15 have been vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Tuesday, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said in a media call that the figures come after the COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer-BioNtech became the first to be cleared for that age group…
CDC Chief: ‘We’re Not Counting on Vaccine Mandates at All’
Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director of the CDC, said Sunday that the federal government is not “counting on vaccine mandates at all.”
Orange County Reports 52 New Cases of COVID-19, One Death
SANTA ANA—Orange County reported 52 new cases of COVID-19 and one additional death May 16. The number of coronavirus patients in county hospitals rose from 80 on May 15 to 82, while the number of those patients in intensive care decreased from 25 to 23, according to the Orange County Health Care Agency. The county…
Early Data Suggest Vaccines Work Against Indian CCP Virus Variant: UK Health Minister
Early lab data suggest the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus vaccines work against the Indian variant, UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Sunday. Speaking to Sky News, Hancock said the data gave the government a high degree of confidence. “There is new, very early data out from Oxford University. And I would stress that this…
On COVID Messaging, It’s Time Government Treated Us Like Adults
Commentary In the long, strange saga of Canadian governments’ response to COVID-19, one of the strangest crept by last weekend. Asked what difference getting vaccinated would make to our medical risks and severely impaired liberties, Health Minister Patty Hajdu said she had no idea but would have a really good one soon. It’s not strange…
Stealing Vaccine Patents Would Be a Big Mistake
Commentary The Chinese Communist Party is not the only national administration that believes in stealing intellectual property. The Biden administration, supported by much of the Democrat Party and their allied progressive minions in the globalist “international community,” now also support patent theft, an act that until now has always been grounds for civil liability and…
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