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Anna Bizon / EyeEm / Getty The Problem With Being Too Cautious in Vaccine Trials
Scientists try to protect children and pregnant women from harm, but exclusion from early research carries a cost.
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Spencer Platt / Getty How Public Health Failed America
The U.S. clearly failed to heed expert advice, but there’s plenty of blame to go around.
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Getty; The Atlantic Not Every Question Has a Scientific Answer
The toughest COVID-19 policy questions are matters for politicians—not health experts—to decide.
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Douglas R. Clifford / Tampa Bay Times / … The Public-Health Calculus Has Shifted
Mandates and restrictions have a logical endpoint: when people can protect themselves through vaccination.
