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COVID-19 Showcased Failed Global Cooperation

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By Kayum Ahmed, Julia Bleckner, and Kyle Knight In mid-May, the World Health Organization officially declared the “emergency” phase of the COVID-19 pandemic over. This pattern has had lethal consequences during the COVID-19 pandemic, harming efforts to advance global solidarity.

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The Impossibility of Legal Accountability for COVID-19 Torts

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Since the first days of the COVID-19 pandemic, employers, businesses, and other entities have anticipated litigation around tort claims associated with the novel coronavirus. Some respondents analyze how we got here — the specific conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic that have influenced and constrained potential litigation.

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A Categorical No to Categorical Accommodation Denials Related to COVID-19?

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Remote accommodations were granted freely during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, but in 2021, the in-person aspect of teaching and learning was suddenly deemed essential, and at many institutions, remote classes came to an end. That same medication rendered him high-risk for severe illness or death from COVID-19.

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COVID-19 and the Problem of Multiple Sufficient Causes

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Although politicians and pundits warned that businesses would drown in a “ tidal wave ” of lawsuits seeking to hold them liable for COVID-19 infections, plaintiffs face significant barriers to recovery. At the time of the lunch, both were COVID-19 positive. However, B knew she was COVID-19 positive.

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‘We Want Them Infected’: An Excerpt from Jonathan Howard’s New Book on the COVID-19 Pandemic

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By Jonathan Howard On June 29, 2021, Dr. Harriet Hall penned an essay on the website Science Based Medicine titled “A New COVID-19 Myth?” 6 This didn’t stop her from making a nearly identical podcast in May 2022 titled “Living with COVID,” 7 which declared “we now have all the necessary tools to end the COVID ‘emergency phase’.

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Liability for COVID-19 Vaccine Harms: We Need to Do Better

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COVID-19 vaccines are extremely safe , and serious harms are rare. In an emergency, the concern is even higher: COVID-19 came with a large vaccination effort, and however safe the vaccines, claims of harm after them were inevitable. By Dorit Reiss. Nevertheless, rare injuries do happen.

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COVID-19, Patents, and Trade Secrets

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Has the worldwide distribution of COVID-19 vaccines been impacted by patent rights? It assumes that once you waive all the COVID patents, everyone all of the sudden starts getting vaccinated quicker and safer, but that’s just not the case. What other IP protections do COVID vaccine manufacturers use? What is a patent?

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