Biden himself received the COVID-19 vaccine just before his inauguration
Dijana Roscic, DW: With COVID vaccines, Joe Biden keeps America First stance
Under Trump, Chancellor Angela Merkel said Europe should take its fate into its own hands.
COVID-19 has made this clearer than ever before and the new US president won't make much of a difference, says Dijana Roscic. Right now, the United States has a huge amount of the COVID-19 vaccine, perhaps too much even. As of February 3, only about 35 million of the 57.5 million doses available had been used. Half were of the all-American vaccine produced by Moderna, and half were of the vaccine mostly developed in Europe by the German startup BioNTech and the US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer. The latter is currently being produced at three sites in the US, as well as one in Belgium.
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- February 8, 2021
What’s driving the COVID lockdown protests? -- Elizabeth Melimopoulos, Al Jazeera
Myanmar coup: What now for Aung San Suu Kyi? -- Nick Beake, BBC News
Iran Is Already Winning -- Benham Ben Taleblu, The Spectator
To Continue Building Middle East Peace, Look to Africa -- Kaj Larsen, RCD WTO chief: Why the choice of an African woman is a big deal -- Fred Muvunyi, DW
Navalny Proves Too Hot for 'Poisoner Putin' -- Paul Roderick Gregory, The Hill
Biden’s Drive to War in the Middle East -- Caroline Glick
Russia-Iran cooperation poses challenges for U.S. cyber strategy, global norms -- John Hardie and Annie Fixler, C4ISRNet
