V for Vaccine ('Escape From Plan A' Ep. 225)

Jules, Michelle, Peter and Diana take a deep dive into the latest on COVID vaccine development (as of November 19). Why are the vaccines closest to approval from US companies mRNA-based? Why isn’t the US supporting COVAX, the international vaccine accelerator? We discuss the long, continuing legacy of white nations using POC as lab rats to advance medicine, what we’re suspicious of and optimistic about vaccine prospects.

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REFERENCED RESOURCES:

• SARS-CoV-2 Vaccines in Development, Nature
• COVAX, World Health Organization

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• "Fuck Out My Face" by Ayekay

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