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Health policy fellow Peter Hotez again explained how to curtail the spread of Covid-19, which he said is now "a direct threat to our homeland security."

Fellow Peter Hotez discussed the federal response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Billions of dollars from the CARES Act, passed in March and intended to assist U.S. businesses and individuals affected by the pandemic, are still bottled up in the bureaucracy, said public finance fellow Joyce Beebe.

Recent polls suggested that half of Americans would not get a Covid-19 vaccine if and when available. Health policy fellow Peter Hotez debunked some common vaccine myths to help separate fact from fiction.

"That the Russians may be skipping steps is what worries our community of vaccine scientists. If they get it wrong it could undermine the entire global enterprise,” said health policy fellow Peter Hotez of an inadequately tested Covid-19 vaccine that Russia has approved for widespread use.