When Alexander Ginzburg injected himself with the vaccine he developed, he hadn't even begun testing the substance on monkeys. That was four months ago, and Ginzburg, a microbiologist and director of the state-owned Gamaleya Institute in Moscow, says he is still feeling just fine. One hundred institute employees also agreed to be vaccinated. And all are still healthy.Ginzburg is working on what is called a vector vaccine, which involves introducing genetic material from the SARS-CoV-2 virus into a harmless carrier virus in order to trigger the human immune system to produce antibodies. The...…When Alexander Ginzburg injected himself with the vaccine he developed, he hadn't even begun testing the substance on monkeys. That was four months ago, and Ginzburg, a microbiologist and director of the state-owned Gamaleya Institute in Moscow, says he is still feeling just fine. One hundred institute employees also agreed to be vaccinated. And all are still healthy.Ginzburg is working on what is called a vector vaccine, which involves introducing genetic material from the SARS-CoV-2 virus into a harmless carrier virus in order to trigger the human immune system to produce antibodies. The...WW…

I recently became conscious of my privilege when I made a phone call from Beijing to a friend in Berlin. We talked about what we planned to do over the New Year, a time I've been hoping to spend in Europe. I suggested skiing. My friend told me that it was a nice idea, but he could hardly imagine that the Austrians would be able to COVID-proof their ski resorts. Even without an après-ski scene like the one that had turned , the Austrian resort town, into a coronavirus hotspot this spring, how would that work? Would people have to social distance in the lines to the chairlifts and in the...…I recently became conscious of my privilege when I made a phone call from Beijing to a friend in Berlin. We talked about what we planned to do over the New Year, a time I've been hoping to spend in Europe. I suggested skiing. My friend told me that it was a nice idea, but he could hardly imagine that the Austrians would be able to COVID-proof their ski resorts. Even without an après-ski scene like the one that had turned , the Austrian resort town, into a coronavirus hotspot this spring, how would that work? Would people have to social distance in the lines to the chairlifts and in the...WW…