To provide the most protection, for the most people, in the least amount of time during a pandemic, an efficient and effective system is needed for allocating and distributing vaccines. By doing so, the risk and severity of illness and the impact of virus variants can be reduced. Short response...

When planning responses to pandemics, public policies should be based on appropriate scientific fields of study. Accurate application of non-pharmaceutical interventions rests on knowledge of pathogens’ biology and pathogenesis; similarly, pharmacological responses to pandemics policies should...