By Erik Sass, TES Editor-in-Chief Fears of a “second wave” of COVID-19, including in parts of the country that have not yet been badly hit, are growing in response to two nearly simultaneous events: the lifting of lockdowns and the wave of protests over George Floyd’s death. The mainstream media is fanning the flames […]
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How South Korea, Taiwan leveraged tech to contain COVID-19… and win FDI
By Frank Bickenbach and Wan-Hsin Liu, courtesy of IFW Kiel In the coronavirus crisis, Taiwan and South Korea have shown that they dispose of efficient governance systems, high-quality research and public services and highly developed digital skills and infrastructures, and that they can successfully use these capacities to meet challenges. These capacities are among […]
Freed from regulatory shackles, drug firms step up on COVID-19 testing
“Temporarily Unshackled Private Sector Responds to Demand for More Coronavirus Tests” By Jeffrey Singer, courtesy of the Cato Institute I and others have attributed much of the initially flat‐footed response of public health officials to the coronavirus pandemic to cumbersome, inflexible, and outdated regulations controlling the development and distribution of drugs and tests. As I pointed […]