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Oklahoma has reached an agreement with a California-based pharmaceutical company to secure a $2.6 million refund for a stockpile of an ineffective drug the state purchased to fight the coronavirus pandemic.

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Mask disputes for children flare, Florida parents call an Asian American school board member a communist

Sat, 2021-05-08 12:06 — mike kraft

Florida parents heckle Asian American school board member over mask mandate: ‘You’re a communist’ The politicization of masks during the coronavirus pandemic has enflamed people, leading parents at Santa Rosa County in Florida to hurl insults at school board members Monday. Meryl Kornfield Washington Post

“Communists!” “Democrats!” “RINOS!”

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Many US states scale back vaccine orders as interest in shots wanes

Sat, 2021-05-08 11:53 — mike kraft

States scale back vaccine orders as interest in shots wanes MADISON, Wis. (AP) — States asked the federal government this week to withhold staggering amounts of COVID-19 vaccine amid plummeting demand for the shots, contributing to a growing U.S. stockpile of doses... AP NEWS

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — States asked the federal government this week to withhold staggering amounts of COVID-19 vaccine amid plummeting demand for the shots, contributing to a growing U.S. stockpile of doses.

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Description of how India's major vaccine producer fell short of promises to inoculate the world's poor

Sat, 2021-05-08 11:33 — mike kraft

NEW DELHI — Adar Poonawalla made big promises. The 40-year-old chief of the world’s largest vaccine maker pledged to take a leading role in the global effort to inoculate the poor against Covid-19. His India-based empire signed deals worth hundreds of millions of dollars to make and export doses to suffering countries.

Those promises have fallen apart. India, engulfed in a coronavirus second wave, is laying claim to his vaccines. Other countries and aid groups are now racing to find scarce doses elsewhere.

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Efforts to vaccinate the world lagging despite steps to provide more doses

Sat, 2021-05-08 11:20 — mike kraft

Even with more vaccines on the horizon, much of the world will most likely keep waiting for doses

The World Health Organization approved one Chinese-made Covid-19 vaccine and could soon approve another. The Biden administration has backed waiving intellectual property protections for vaccines, which could make it easier for more countries to make them.

But the campaign to vaccinate the world is floundering, and experts warn it will take more to reverse the trend.

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