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US ends federal mask mandate; COVID protection is personal responsibility

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US ends federal mask mandate; COVID protection is personal responsibility

What are the implications of the end of the federal mask mandate? Jon Lieber, head of Eurasia Group's coverage of political and policy developments in Washington, shares his perspective.

Mark Suzman’s big lesson learned from COVID

Mark Suzman’s big lesson learned from COVID

When now-CEO Mark Suzman joined the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 2007, global health efforts were focused on the transition to fighting diseases like HIV, malaria, or TB under initiatives such as The Global Fund or PEPFAR.Fifteen years later, the main lesson he's learned from COVID is is that "we have and did in the end respond albeit late," Suzman said during a livestream discussion on equitable vaccine distribution hosted by GZERO Media in partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.What we've seen in the response, he explained, is "to some degree back in the glass half-full, half-empty response" with delays and setbacks caused by nationalism and inequitable vaccine distribution that caused many needless deaths. "

GDP should reflect cost of polluting planet, says Microsoft's John Frank

GDP should reflect cost of polluting planet, says Microsoft's John Frank

As the 76th UN General Assembly gets underway, dealing with the pandemic is still the top priority for world leaders. But for John Frank, vice president of UN Global Affairs at Microsoft, COVID is not the only major challenge the world faces today.

Niall Ferguson: Blame bureaucrats, not leaders, for mismanaging disasters

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Niall Ferguson: Blame bureaucrats, not leaders, for mismanaging disasters

When a government fails on disaster response, Stanford University historian Niall Ferguson says we often point the finger at the wrong person: the president — even if he's Donald Trump — instead of the mid-level bureaucrats who're actually responsible for most decisions. "When people are inclined to blame the person at the top, on closer inspection the point of failure is not there," Ferguson tells Ian Bremmer in the upcoming episode of GZERO World. Check local listings to watch on US public television.

Dr. Fauci on the world's nightmare year and when the COVID-19 pandemic could end

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Dr. Fauci on the world's nightmare year and when the COVID-19 pandemic could end

In the fall of 2019, weeks before the COVID-19 pandemic would change the world, Ian Bremmer asked Dr. Fauci what kept him up at night and he described a "a pandemic-like respiratory infection." Fast-forward to late February 2021 and Dr. Fauci tells Ian, "I think we are living through much of that worst nightmare." Dr. Fauci returns to GZERO World to take stock of the nightmare year and to paint a picture of what the end of the pandemic could look like—and when it could finally arrive.

What we learned, and didn’t, from (virtual) Munich

What we learned, and didn’t, from (virtual) Munich

A year after COVID, a group of world leaders gathered again for a socially distanced Munich Security Conference. Here are a few takeaways on what they discussed regarding the future of global cooperation — particularly between the US and Europe — in the post-Trump era.