Let’s Talk About the COVID-19 Vaccine
We won’t have it in 2020 and, when it happens, it’ll be hard to find it in Venezuela, where there’s already a dramatic shortage of vaccines we’ve used for decades.
Politics
COVID-19 Doesn’t Care About Political Spectrum
Left, right, socialism, capitalism… all those categories are irrelevant when it comes to stopping the pandemic. What matters is a science-based decision-making process
Elliott Abrams Discovers Warm Water
Just days after the Department of Justice offers rewards for the chavista regime’s top people, the Department of State comes with a layout for a power-sharing transition government. What’s the US doing?
Military Exercises As a Cure for Coronavirus
We’ve seen on social media all kinds of heartwarming videos of neighbors entertaining each other during the quarantine. In Venezuela, the regime only offers militarization in the place of a collective response.
Adapting Each Health System to COVID-19 Isn’t Easy
Not even the most functional countries are escaping the pandemic unscathed.
Weekly Wrap Up: Half a Million Cases of COVID-19
The world will see the transmission curve go up while Venezuela just reported its first official COVID-19 death.
Is There a Specific Treatment Against COVID-19 Yet?
Short answer: No, at least not one we’re absolutely sure it'll work, so let's review all the available options and their actual viability at this juncture against COVID-19.
Can We Fight COVID-19 the Same Way All Over the World?
Social distancing measures are based on projections and research applied to developed countries under the pandemic. Places like Venezuela require another approach.
No Food or Fuel, Just Homemade Masks: Quarantine in Cumaná
It’s hard to comply with mandatory isolation in Cumaná, the capital of Sucre State. Without food, fuel or cooking gas, people must improvise so they can eat amid a pandemic.
A New Week, Same Old Nonsense
While scientists in several countries join forces to stop the pandemic, Maduro defends a conspiracy theory of the coronavirus as biological ethnic-cleansing warfare.
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