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Natural Pathogens and Social Affliction
Malik, Kenan
http://kenanmalik.com/2020/12/01/natural-pathogens-and-a-social-affliction/Date Written: 2020-12-01 Publisher: Pandaemonium - Kenan Malik Blog Year Published: 2020 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX24796 On how focus on COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a lack of attention and resources to other diseases, particularly in developing nations. Abstract: - Excerpt: Covid-19 highlights not just the lack of attention currently given to other diseases but also the lack of attention they received even before the coronovirus. A year ago, we did not know that Covid-19 existed. Three new vaccines have already been developed (two other have been approved in Russia, though details are scarce) while more than 200 are in various stages of develpment. TB has afflicted humanity since antiquity. Yet there is just one TB vaccine and it does not work well in adults, while a handful ofpossibilities are in the pipeline. There is currently no established vaccine to protect against either HIV or malaria. Subject Headings |