Media/Policy Watch
This watch section is intended to alert readers to substantive news, analysis and opinion from the general media and selected think tanks and similar organizations on vaccines, immunization, global public health and related themes. Media Watch is not intended to be exhaustive, but indicative of themes and issues CVEP is actively tracking. This section will grow from an initial base of newspapers, magazines and blog sources, and is segregated from Journal Watch above which scans the peer-reviewed journal ecology.
We acknowledge the Western/Northern bias in this initial selection of titles and invite suggestions for expanded coverage. We are conservative in our outlook in adding news sources which largely report on primary content we are already covering above. Many electronic media sources have tiered, fee-based subscription models for access. We will provide full-text where content is published without restriction, but most publications require registration and some subscription level.
The sheer volume of vaccine and pandemic-related coverage is extraordinary. We will strive to present the most substantive analysis and commentary we encounter.

The Atlantic
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/
Accessed 3 Jul 2021
[No new, unique, relevant content]

BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/
Accessed 3 Jul 2021
[No new, unique, relevant content]

The Economist
http://www.economist.com/
Accessed 3 Jul 2021
After the disease
The long goodbye to covid-19
The pandemic is still far from over, but glimpses of its legacy are emerging
Jul 3, 2021
WHEN WILL it end? For a year and a half, covid-19 has gripped one country after another. Just when you think the virus is beaten, a new variant comes storming back, more infectious than the last. And yet, as the number of vaccinations passes 3bn, glimpses of post-covid life are emerging. Already, two things are clear: that the last phase of the pandemic will be drawn-out and painful; and that covid-19 will leave behind a different world…

Financial Times
https://www.ft.com/
Coronavirus latest: Fourth of July travel projected to near record high
Brazil’s top prosecutor opens investigation into Bolsonaro over vaccine deal
July 2, 2021

Coronavirus latest: Michigan’s $5m vaccine lottery draws 500,000 applicants in first day
Michigan’s $5m vaccine lottery draws 500,000 applicants in first day
July 2, 2021

Coronavirus: White House sets up ‘surge response teams’ to tackle Delta hotspots – as it happened
Africa’s head of vaccine procurement hits out at EU for hoarding jabs
July 1, 2021

Forbes
http://www.forbes.com/
Accessed 3 Jul 2021
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Foreign Affairs
http://www.foreignaffairs.com/
Accessed 3 Jul 2021
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Foreign Policy
http://foreignpolicy.com/
Accessed 3 Jul 2021
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New Yorker
http://www.newyorker.com/
Accessed 3 Jul 2021
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New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/
Accessed 3 Jul 2021
World
These are the U.S. states trying lotteries to increase Covid vaccinations.
By Adeel Hassan and Andrea Kannapell 3 July 2021

Middle East
Iran’s president warns of a potential fifth wave as the Delta variant spreads.
By Jesus Jiménez 3 July 2021

Americas
Brazil Vaccine Scandal Imperils Bolsonaro as Protests Spread
Brazilians were angry over how slowly their government moved to acquire coronavirus vaccines. Now they’re incensed over a corruption scandal involving vaccine deals.
By Ernesto Londoño and Flávia Milhorance 3 July 2021

Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/
Accessed 3 Jul 2021
[No new, unique, relevant content]

Think Tanks et al
 
 
Brookings
http://www.brookings.edu/
Accessed 3 Jul 2021
TechTank
Vaccine passports underscore the necessity of U.S. privacy legislation
Nicol Turner Lee, Samantha Lai, and Emily Skahill
Monday, June 28, 2021
 
 
Center for Global Development [to 3 Jul 2021]
http://www.cgdev.org/page/press-center
Publication
Plus ça change: COVID-19 and Its Collateral Impact during the Vaccine Era
July 1, 2021
Over the past year we partnered with researchers in Kenya, the Philippines, South Africa, and Uganda to document, from a whole-of-health perspective, what we know about the nature, scale, and scope of COVID-19’s disruptions to essential health services in those countries, and the health effects of such disruptions. In a working paper released today, we build on a blog we published in March when we released working papers from each country team (the papers are available here: Kenya, the Philippines, South Africa, Uganda). In this new working paper, we summarize the results and lessons across the four countries in more detail.  We also tie together many of the blogs we have written on this topic over the past year (this series of blogs can be found here).
Damian Walker et al.
 
 
Chatham House [to 3 Jul 2021]
https://www.chathamhouse.org/
Accessed 3 Jul 2021
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CSIS
https://www.csis.org/
Accessed 3 Jul 2021
Blog Post
Covid-19’s Toll on Youth in Southeast Asia
July 2, 2021

Podcast Episode
Richard Hatchett on CEPI in the Covid-19 Era
July 1, 2021 | By J. Stephen Morrison

Transcript
CEPI 2.0: A Critical Inflection Point
June 29, 2021

Transcript
The Reality of Rolling Out COVID-19 Vaccines
June 29, 2021

Commentary
The CPTPP and Intellectual Property Rights Protection
June 28, 2021 | By Joanna Shelton

Kaiser Family Foundation
https://www.kff.org/search/?post_type=press-release
June 30, 2021 News Release
Workers Are More Likely to Get a COVID-19 Vaccine When Their Employers Encourage It and Provide Paid Sick Leave, Though Most Workers Don’t Want Their Employers to Require It
A Third of Parents with Kids Ages 12-17 Report Their Kids Are Now Vaccinated; Most Parents Oppose Mandatory Vaccinations for School Children As more employers return to in-person work, the latest KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor report shows that workers are more likely to have gotten a COVID-19 vaccine when their…
 
 
Urban Institute [to 3 Jul 2021]
https://www.urban.org/publications
Publications
COVID-19 Vaccine Attitudes among Nonelderly Adults Who Reported Being Unlikely to Get Vaccinated
Adults’ decisionmaking about getting the COVID-19 vaccines is complex. This brief provides qualitative insights from interviews conducted in February 2021 with 40 nonelderly adults who reported in the Urban Institute’s December 2020 Well-Being and Basic Needs Survey (WBNS) that they would probably or definitely not get a COVID-19 vaccine. Our key findings are as follows: As of February 2021, most interviewees
Dulce Gonzalez, Haley Samuel-Jakubos, Brigette Courtot, Clara Alvarez Caraveo, Joshua Aarons
June 21, 2021
Brief