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The pandemic

How well will vaccines work?

Covid-19 may become endemic. Governments need to start thinking about how to cope

Fear, uncertainty and doubt

Vaccine hesitancy is putting progress against covid-19 at risk

If the world is to tame the virus, the doubts will need to be fought


Vaccine efficacy

When covid-19 vaccines meet the new variants of the virus

A lot depends on blocking transmission, not just disease

A tale of two colleges

Covid-19 school closures are widening Europe’s class divisions

And it will only get worse

Jabs and jab-nots

There will be enough vaccines for all—if rich countries share

Half of the world’s supply has been reserved for just 15% of its population