311: Corona Vaccine Gold Rush

The rush to save the world and get rich doing it is on, but let's take a realistic look at what is possible, and when.

And how the debate about renewing or curbing Section 215 of the US government's spying program is blocked by COVID-19 politics.

• Some express concerns over rush to find COVID-19 vaccine :: WRAL.com
• Unprecedented rush to find COVID-19 vaccine Video - ABC News
• COVID-19 and the rush to produce a vaccine | Northwell Health
• Zelensky seeks probe over leaked audio of Biden linking US aid to Ukraine prosecutor's ouster | Fox News
• Ukraine to investigate leaked calls between Joe Biden and ex-president | World news | The Guardian
• The CDC and States Are Misreporting COVID-19 Test Data - The Atlantic
• Texas stops combining coronavirus antibody, viral test data - News - Austin American-Statesman - Austin, TX
• TWiV 617: Coronavirus Times | This Week in Virology
• Pompeo declares Hong Kong no longer autonomous from China
• Rep. Devin Nunes: California Ballot Harvesting Law Has Permanently Altered Election Landscape | Video | RealClearPolitics
• Republicans Drop Bill to End Voting Practice Ripe for Fraud: Ballot Harvesting | Committee on House Administration Republicans
• He hates saying that. Just... hates it. - Album on Imgur
• For Better Or For Worse, Ballot Harvesting For Election Voting Would Be A Cinch With Self-Driving Cars
• What is ballot ‘harvesting,’ and why is Trump so against it? - The Washington Post
• Ballot harvesting - Wikipedia
• Local News Stations Run Propaganda Segment Scripted and Produced by Amazon - VICE
• A Covid-19 Vaccine Could Be Worth Billions for Moderna and Its Rivals - Barron's
• Influenza Vaccine Market 2020 : Covid 19 Impact Analysis with Top Countries Data, Market Size, Revenue Growth Development, Business Opportunities with Forecast to 2026 - MarketWatch
• The $1 billion bet: Pharma giant and U.S. government team up in all-out coronavirus vaccine push | Science | AAAS
• Merck CEO Warns of a Longer Wait for a Covid-19 Vaccine - Barron's
• UK minister resigns over Dominic Cummings’ lockdown trip - POLITICO
• Michigan Gov. Whitmer caught in Memorial Day lockdown controversy over husband's reported boat request | Fox News
• beth on Twitter: "if we only keep one thing from this pandemic, i hope it’s priests with water pistols https://t.co/2LNCjqEFtc" / Twitter
• Coronavirus 'disappearing' so fast Oxford vaccine has 'only 50% chance of working' | UK News | Sky News
• Joe Biden, Wearing Mask, Appears in Public at a Veterans Memorial - The New York Times
• Senate lets Patriot Act keep surveilling internet without a warrant - Vox
• Yes, the Patriot Act amendment to track us online is real | Engadget
• Joe Biden accuser Tara Reade let go by lawyer | Joe Biden | The Guardian
• Amazon’s Audible Goes Beyond Books to Chase Spotify in Podcasts - Bloomberg
• The podcasting world is now Spotify versus everybody else - The Verge
• ‘A Year’s Worth of Suicide Attempts in the Last Four Weeks’: California Doctor Calls for End to Lockdown
• Facts of international corruption: Conversations between P. Poroshenko, J. Biden and J. Kerry - YouTube
• Trump wears mask with presidential seal during part of Ford plant tour
• The CDC and States Are Misreporting COVID-19 Test Data - The Atlantic

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