{"id":10315,"date":"2020-07-07T23:11:30","date_gmt":"2020-07-08T06:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldcampaign.net\/?p=10315"},"modified":"2020-07-08T06:56:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-08T13:56:00","slug":"post2-98","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldcampaign.net\/?p=10315","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Dangerous Race for the Covid Vaccine&#8221;, Politico Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By\u00a0Elizabeth Ralph, deputy editor at Politico Magazine, 7\/07\/20<\/p>\n<p><em>The international competition for a coronavirus vaccine harkens back to the golden age of Edison and the Wright Brothers. But excesses of national pride and one-upmanship are threatening to overwhelm the common good.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"An illustration with multiple countries vying to get the covid-19 vaccine\" src=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/dims4\/default\/330ac8c\/2147483647\/resize\/1160x%3E\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2F73%2Fd3%2F4d0f36e74a3a98c4e923752615bb%2Fvaccine-final-durt-v2-copy.jpg\" alt=\"An illustration with multiple countries vying to get the covid-19 vaccine\" \/><\/p>\n<section class=\"page-content__row page-content__row--story mobile-spacing\">\n<div class=\"container container--story story-layout--fluid-fixed\">\n<div class=\"container__column container__column--story\">\n<div class=\"container__row container__row--story story-layout--fixed-fluid\">\n<div class=\"container__column container__column--story center-horizontally\">\n<div class=\"story-text\">\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph story-text__drop-cap\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Illustration by Elzo Durt<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph story-text__drop-cap\">\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph story-text__drop-cap\">Michael Piontek believes his native Germany is putting too much money on one vaccine.<\/p>\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph\">The reason is Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"story-enhancement\">\n<p class=\"story-continued\">\n<div id=\"pol-05-wrap\" class=\"content-group ad  is-loaded\"><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph\">In June, Germany paid a whopping sum for a large stake in German drugmaker CureVac, which was developing a Covid-19 vaccine. Piontek was shocked. \u201cWhy CureVac?\u201d he thought. The company\u2019s vaccine is based on promising but untried and untested technology and its manufacturing capacities are limited.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"container__column container__column--story hide-under-small\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"page-content__row page-content__row--story main-section\" data-content-section=\"3\">\n<div class=\"container container--story story-layout--fixed-fluid\">\n<div class=\"container__column container__column--story center-horizontally hide-under-medium\">But, months earlier, the American president had insulted German pride by musing about paying CureVac to relocate to the United States. The offer, first reported in the German press under the headline \u201cTrump vs. Berlin,\u201d set off outrage in the Bundestag, elicited cries of \u201cGermany is not for sale!\u201d and led the government to shell out 300 million euros for 23 percent of the firm\u2014an unprecedented move.<\/div>\n<div class=\"container__column container__column--story\">\n<div class=\"container__row container__row--story story-layout--fluid-fixed\">\n<div class=\"container__column container__column--story center-horizontally\">\n<div class=\"story-text\">\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph\" data-content-child-index=\"0-1\">Piontek, whose biotech firm is also developing a Covid-19 vaccine, says Germany would have done better to invest in multiple companies with different approaches. \u201cBetting on one horse,\u201d he says, is a mistake.<\/p>\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph\" data-content-child-index=\"0-2\">The strange fate of CureVac shows just how much national pride is defining the lines of the global race for the Covid-19 vaccine. While scientists try to collaborate across national boundaries, national leaders are caught up in an old-fashioned game of one-upmanship\u2014a competition that is driving, and in some cases complicating, the most consequential medical challenge of the 21st century. Public health experts say we should be worried.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"story-enhancement  \" data-content-child-index=\"0-3\">\n<figure class=\"story-photo\">\n<div class=\"story-photo__image\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/dims4\/default\/f891766\/2147483647\/resize\/2000x\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2F62%2F66%2F426f9b0d4584b5c45485b001a09e%2Fvaccinerace-image1.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 1921px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/dims4\/default\/f7f300f\/2147483647\/resize\/1920x\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2F62%2F66%2F426f9b0d4584b5c45485b001a09e%2Fvaccinerace-image1.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 1681px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/dims4\/default\/0bf40f4\/2147483647\/resize\/1160x\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2F62%2F66%2F426f9b0d4584b5c45485b001a09e%2Fvaccinerace-image1.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 1012px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/dims4\/default\/057a8b0\/2147483647\/resize\/971x\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2F62%2F66%2F426f9b0d4584b5c45485b001a09e%2Fvaccinerace-image1.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 667px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/dims4\/default\/1a98f8b\/2147483647\/resize\/646x\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2F62%2F66%2F426f9b0d4584b5c45485b001a09e%2Fvaccinerace-image1.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 485px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/dims4\/default\/9c3383a\/2147483647\/resize\/463x\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2F62%2F66%2F426f9b0d4584b5c45485b001a09e%2Fvaccinerace-image1.jpg\" media=\"(max-width: 484px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Top: CureVac main shareholder Dietmar Hopp, left, and CureVac CEO Franz-Werner Haas, right, during a news conference with German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier on June 15, 2020. Below: The CureVac headquarters in Tubingen, Germany. \" src=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/62\/66\/426f9b0d4584b5c45485b001a09e\/vaccinerace-image1.jpg\" alt=\"Top: CureVac main shareholder Dietmar Hopp, left, and CureVac CEO Franz-Werner Haas, right, during a news conference with German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier on June 15, 2020. Below: The CureVac headquarters in Tubingen, Germany. \" \/><\/picture><\/div><figcaption class=\"story-photo__caption\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Top: CureVac main shareholder Dietmar Hopp, left, and CureVac CEO Franz-Werner Haas, right, during a news conference with German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier on June 15, 2020. Below: The CureVac headquarters in Tubingen, Germany. | AP Photo\/Markus Schreiber, Pool; Matthias Hangst\/Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph\" data-content-child-index=\"0-4\">In China, where a vaccine victory could turn a country that started the virus\u2019 spread into the savior of the world, the virologist and major general leading the country\u2019s vaccine project has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/world-nation\/story\/2020-06-17\/china-aims-to-lead-the-world-by-winning-the-coronavirus-vaccine-race\" target=\"_blank\">hailed<\/a> as a \u201cgoddess\u201d on social media. \u201cIf China is the first to develop this weapon with its own intellectual property rights, it will demonstrate not only the progress of Chinese science and technology, but also our image as a major power,\u201d she said on state TV in March.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"page-content__row page-content__row--story is-full-width-bleed\" data-ad-section=\"3\">\n<aside class=\"story-enhancement\">\n<div class=\"ad is-loaded\"><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"page-content__row page-content__row--story main-section\">\n<div class=\"container container--story story-layout--fixed-fluid\">\n<div class=\"container__column container__column--story center-horizontally hide-under-medium\">In June, following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2020-05-13\/u-s-to-get-sanofi-covid-vaccine-first-if-it-succeeds-ceo-says\" target=\"_blank\">fears<\/a> that the U.S. could get first access to a vaccine produced by French pharma giant Sanofi, President Emmanuel Macron announced that Sanofi would be dramatically ramping up operations in France to put \u201cSanofi and France at the heart of excellence in the fight \u2026 to find a vaccine.\u201d Invoking the \u201cgenius of Louis Pasteur,\u201d Marcon hailed France as \u201ca great vaccine country.\u201d<\/div>\n<div class=\"container__column container__column--story\">\n<div class=\"container__row container__row--story story-layout--fluid-fixed\">\n<div class=\"container__column container__column--story center-vertically right-zone hide-under-small\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"page-content__row page-content__row--story is-medium-width\">\n<div class=\"container container--story\">\n<div class=\"container__column container__column--story\">\n<aside class=\"story-enhancement  \">\n<div id=\"vaccinepromo\">\n<div class=\"vaccine-parent\">\n<section class=\"vaccine-parent-flex\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/coronavirus-vaccine-update-and-latest-developments\/?cid=vaccine_m\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/interactives\/uploads\/image-service\/2020\/6\/26\/7572af6ba0-600.png\" width=\"230\" height=\"40\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"center2\" src=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/e1\/3a\/02f34ab343be8e4322ffd9f9e7f6\/thevaccineraceblackred-1.png\" width=\"220\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"vaccine-today\">\n<div class=\"vaccine-headline\">\n<p class=\"vaccine-dek\">The world is waiting on a coronavirus vaccine. We&#8217;re tracking the global competition, the research and development, the rollout plan and how effective the vaccine will be.<\/p>\n<div class=\"vaccine-goto-tag-page\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/coronavirus-vaccine-update-and-latest-developments\" target=\"_blank\">Full coverage \u00bb<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"page-content__row page-content__row--story main-section\">\n<div class=\"container container--story story-layout--fixed-fluid\">\n<div class=\"container__column container__column--story center-horizontally hide-under-medium\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"container__column container__column--story\">\n<div class=\"container__row container__row--story story-layout--fluid-fixed\">\n<div class=\"container__column container__column--story center-horizontally\">\n<div class=\"story-text\">\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph\">Meanwhile, across the English Channel, Britain is celebrating the news that its own Oxford scientists are \u201csprinting fastest\u201d to develop a vaccine, in the words of an April 27 <i>New York Times <\/i>article\u2014though the news site <i>Irish Central<\/i> took pains to point out that the lead scientist is Irish, not English.<\/p>\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph\">And then there\u2019s Trump, who stood in the Rose Garden in May and stated definitively that \u201cAmerica is blessed to have the most brilliant, talented doctors and researchers anywhere in the world. And now we\u2019re combining all of these amazing strengths for the most aggressive vaccine project in history. There\u2019s never been a vaccine project anywhere in history like this.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"story-enhancement  \">\n<figure class=\"story-photo\">\n<div class=\"story-photo__image\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/dims4\/default\/a0ce14a\/2147483647\/resize\/2000x\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2F4c%2F74%2F322d46f14737a0935a5e66473bb8%2Fvaccinerace-image2.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 1921px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/dims4\/default\/92603de\/2147483647\/resize\/1920x\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2F4c%2F74%2F322d46f14737a0935a5e66473bb8%2Fvaccinerace-image2.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 1681px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/dims4\/default\/b0cd8b1\/2147483647\/resize\/1160x\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2F4c%2F74%2F322d46f14737a0935a5e66473bb8%2Fvaccinerace-image2.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 1012px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/dims4\/default\/7fdb872\/2147483647\/resize\/971x\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2F4c%2F74%2F322d46f14737a0935a5e66473bb8%2Fvaccinerace-image2.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 667px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/dims4\/default\/ead38e2\/2147483647\/resize\/646x\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2F4c%2F74%2F322d46f14737a0935a5e66473bb8%2Fvaccinerace-image2.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 485px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/dims4\/default\/0c63161\/2147483647\/resize\/463x\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2F4c%2F74%2F322d46f14737a0935a5e66473bb8%2Fvaccinerace-image2.jpg\" media=\"(max-width: 484px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"President Donald Trump speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House, Friday, May 29, 2020, in Washington. \" src=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/4c\/74\/322d46f14737a0935a5e66473bb8\/vaccinerace-image2.jpg\" alt=\"President Donald Trump speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House, Friday, May 29, 2020, in Washington. \" \/><\/picture><\/div><figcaption class=\"story-photo__caption\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">President Donald Trump speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House on May 29, 2020. | AP Photo\/Alex Brandon<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph\">Some think the contest recalls the antagonistic days of the Cold War\u2014\u201ca sputnik moment,\u201d says biotech investor Brad Loncar. Others see parallels to the dash to invent a marketable light bulb\u2014an American discovery that stunned Europe and put the United States on the map as a center of innovation. As coronavirus cases mount around the world and economies continue to limp through lockdowns, nations are not just competing for first access to the vaccine, they\u2019re also hoping<b> <\/b>to claim victory in a race that would affirm their national identities, resourcefulness and power\u2014proving that their character, systems and intellect are superior.<\/p>\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph\">\u201cThis national-type race is something that has been around for maybe 200 years at least,\u201d says Naomi Rogers, a history of medicine professor at Yale University. \u201cIt\u2019s an incredible coup to have somebody in your country develop something that has such incredible global significance. It\u2019s hard not to feel that their discovery \u2026 was the result of the special training that they received in that country, the special resources that they were able to access in that country.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"page-content__row page-content__row--story main-section\" data-content-section=\"8\">\n<div class=\"container container--story story-layout--fixed-fluid\">\n<div class=\"container__column container__column--story\">\n<div class=\"container__row container__row--story story-layout--fluid-fixed\">\n<div class=\"container__column container__column--story center-horizontally\">\n<div class=\"story-text\">\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph\" data-content-child-index=\"2-0\">Visible, prominent scientific achievements \u201creflect across a country\u2019s political system, its economic system, its educational system,\u201d says Jason Schwartz, a professor at the Yale School of Public Health, becoming \u201ca beacon for how countries view themselves and \u2026 how they want to be viewed around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"container__column container__column--story center-vertically right-zone hide-under-small\">In eras of great power competition, like today, these victories take on special significance, no matter how minuscule the achievement or how tangible the benefits. \u201cIt\u2019s like the difference between the Soviet and American [Olympic] medal count during the Cold War,\u201d when competition was intense, and during the 1990s, \u201cwhen nobody really cared,\u201d says James Carafano, a national security expert at the Heritage Foundation.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"page-content__row page-content__row--story main-section\">\n<div class=\"container container--story story-layout--fixed-fluid\">\n<div class=\"container__column container__column--story\">\n<div class=\"container__row container__row--story story-layout--fluid-fixed\">\n<div class=\"container__column container__column--story center-vertically right-zone hide-under-small\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"page-content__row page-content__row--story is-medium-width\">\n<div class=\"container container--story\">\n<div class=\"container__column container__column--story\">\n<aside class=\"story-enhancement  \">\n<figure class=\"story-photo\">\n<div class=\"story-photo__image\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/dims4\/default\/508c121\/2147483647\/resize\/2000x\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2F34%2F93%2F9482a1ed42afaf3162b4263b362c%2Fvaccinerace-image4.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 1921px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/dims4\/default\/d11d04b\/2147483647\/resize\/1920x\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2F34%2F93%2F9482a1ed42afaf3162b4263b362c%2Fvaccinerace-image4.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 1681px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/dims4\/default\/742eb71\/2147483647\/resize\/1160x\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2F34%2F93%2F9482a1ed42afaf3162b4263b362c%2Fvaccinerace-image4.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 1012px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/dims4\/default\/fb3dc2f\/2147483647\/resize\/971x\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2F34%2F93%2F9482a1ed42afaf3162b4263b362c%2Fvaccinerace-image4.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 667px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/dims4\/default\/0621263\/2147483647\/resize\/646x\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2F34%2F93%2F9482a1ed42afaf3162b4263b362c%2Fvaccinerace-image4.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 485px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/dims4\/default\/5d16aca\/2147483647\/resize\/463x\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2F34%2F93%2F9482a1ed42afaf3162b4263b362c%2Fvaccinerace-image4.jpg\" media=\"(max-width: 484px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"The American, Soviet and Norwegian flags are raised at an Olympic medal ceremony in Austria on Feb. 4, 1964.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/34\/93\/9482a1ed42afaf3162b4263b362c\/vaccinerace-image4.jpg\" alt=\"The American, Soviet and Norwegian flags are raised at an Olympic medal ceremony in Austria on Feb. 4, 1964.\" \/><\/picture><\/div><figcaption class=\"story-photo__caption\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">The American, Soviet and Norwegian flags are raised at an Olympic medal ceremony in Austria on Feb. 4, 1964. | AP File Photo<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"page-content__row page-content__row--story main-section\">\n<div class=\"container container--story story-layout--fixed-fluid\">\n<div class=\"container__column container__column--story\">\n<div class=\"container__row container__row--story story-layout--fluid-fixed\">\n<div class=\"container__column container__column--story center-horizontally\">\n<div class=\"story-text\">\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph\">Today, eyes are on the not-quite-cold-war rivalry between China and the United States, who have been trading blame for the current pandemic. Beijing is gunning to eclipse the U.S. as the world leader in biotech and has put the full weight of the state behind the country\u2019s vaccine candidates. Of the 10 vaccines currently in clinical trials globally, five are from China, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/publications\/m\/item\/draft-landscape-of-covid-19-candidate-vaccines\" target=\"_blank\">according<\/a> to the World Health Organization. \u201cFor China, it would be awesome to be first,\u201d says Carafano, even if the benefits are ephemeral\u2014so much so that Chinese hackers have, according to the FBI, been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2020\/05\/13\/coronavirus-vaccine-china-linked-hackers-are-targeting-us-research-fbi-warns.html\" target=\"_blank\">attempting to steal<\/a> U.S. vaccine research to get there.<\/p>\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph\">Meanwhile in the U.S., months out from a presidential election, Trump is relying on the government\u2019s Operation Warp Speed to deliver a Covid-19 vaccine by January 2021\u2014a feat that \u201cwill be one of the greatest scientific and humanitarian accomplishments in history,\u201d according to the administration. Warp Speed is pouring billions into vaccine candidates around the world, except in China.<\/p>\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph\">Patriotic competitions, however, have dark sides. Friendly races can spur scientists to innovate better and faster, but experts in public health, biotech and national security see many ways today\u2019s vaccine nationalism might backfire. It can scramble priorities and lead to bad bets, as Piontek fears. It can goad countries to cheat and take shortcuts, ultimately rolling back progress. A \u201cme first\u201d attitude can also undermine global health. \u201cThe danger in vaccine nationalism is that it\u2019s not a race to the top, and of sharing, but it\u2019s some sort of zero-sum game,\u201d warns Ian Goldin, a professor of globalization and development at Oxford University. \u201cThat\u2019s what we need to guard against.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph\">Loncar doesn\u2019t see much of a way out. \u201cOne thing that the whole Covid-19 event has taught the world is how important biotech is to society,\u201d he says. From now on, \u201cgovernments are going to view their biotech industries as a component of national security.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph\">The \u201cunprecedented\u201d CureVac investment, he says, is just the beginning of a new era of global competition.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"container__column container__column--story center-vertically right-zone hide-under-small\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"page-content__row page-content__row--story is-medium-width\">\n<div class=\"container container--story\">\n<div class=\"container__column container__column--story\">\n<aside class=\"story-enhancement  \">\n<figure class=\"story-photo\">\n<div class=\"story-photo__image\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/dims4\/default\/60fbed6\/2147483647\/resize\/2000x\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2Ff7%2F35%2F81424ef343c6baa46d9d9a785223%2Fgrid1.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 1921px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/dims4\/default\/a90413c\/2147483647\/resize\/1920x\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2Ff7%2F35%2F81424ef343c6baa46d9d9a785223%2Fgrid1.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 1681px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/dims4\/default\/50b9eaf\/2147483647\/resize\/1160x\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2Ff7%2F35%2F81424ef343c6baa46d9d9a785223%2Fgrid1.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 1012px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/dims4\/default\/7185d35\/2147483647\/resize\/971x\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2Ff7%2F35%2F81424ef343c6baa46d9d9a785223%2Fgrid1.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 667px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/dims4\/default\/9860d88\/2147483647\/resize\/646x\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2Ff7%2F35%2F81424ef343c6baa46d9d9a785223%2Fgrid1.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 485px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/dims4\/default\/2bb0634\/2147483647\/resize\/463x\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2Ff7%2F35%2F81424ef343c6baa46d9d9a785223%2Fgrid1.jpg\" media=\"(max-width: 484px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"A patent of an Edison lightbulb from 1880; Thomas Edison's incandescent lamp, which was developed in 1879. \" src=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/f7\/35\/81424ef343c6baa46d9d9a785223\/grid1.jpg\" alt=\"A patent of an Edison lightbulb from 1880; Thomas Edison's incandescent lamp, which was developed in 1879. \" \/><\/picture><\/div><figcaption class=\"story-photo__caption\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Left: A page of Thomas Edison\u2019s patent application for his electric lamp. Right: Edison\u2019s incandescent lamp, the first practical light bulb, which was developed in 1879. | Wikimedia Commons \/ AP File photo<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"page-content__row page-content__row--story main-section\" data-content-section=\"15\">\n<div class=\"container container--story story-layout--fixed-fluid\">\n<div class=\"container__column container__column--story\">\n<div class=\"container__row container__row--story story-layout--fluid-fixed\">\n<div class=\"container__column container__column--story center-horizontally\">\n<div class=\"story-text\">\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph\" data-content-child-index=\"4-1\">Scientific accomplishment has long been a country\u2019s ticket to prominence.<\/p>\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph\" data-content-child-index=\"4-2\">When Thomas Edison announced he had cracked safe, functional, indoor light\u2014a discovery that inventors had been chasing for a century\u2014Europeans refused to believe that an American with next to no formal education who had spent his teenage years selling candy on trains (and conducting chemistry experiments in the baggage car) could have beaten them to the finish line. \u201cAmerica in the late 19th century was absolutely seen as a technological backwater compared to Europe,\u201d says Graham Moore, author of <i>The Last Days of Night<\/i>, which chronicles the rivalry between Edison and George Westinghouse. Only after Edison displayed his luminous creation in Paris did the French daily <i>Le Figaro<\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=mLmxDwAAQBAJ&amp;pg=PA414&amp;lpg=PA414&amp;dq=%E2%80%9CEdison+is+not+a+myth.%E2%80%9D+%5C&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=KKhVpTK6Zv&amp;sig=ACfU3U2R2JTeol_85f7s1sLmSyDvoKKGRg&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjSj6GP1qrqAhW4lHIEHTCBAOcQ6AEwAHoECAIQAQ#v=onepage&amp;q=%E2%80%9CEdison%20is%20not%20a%20myth.%E2%80%9D%20%5C&amp;f=false\" target=\"_blank\">admit<\/a>\u201cEdison is not a myth.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"container__column container__column--story center-vertically right-zone hide-under-small\">\u00a0Edison\u2019s invention was a boon for his country, which was now seen as an exciting place for innovation, says Moore. No longer was premier scientific research confined to the walls of austere European universities. Talent flooded in. When Nikola Tesla, a Serbian immigrant, debarked in New York City, Moore says, he directly sought work in an Edison office.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"page-content__row page-content__row--story main-section\">\n<div class=\"container container--story story-layout--fixed-fluid\">\n<div class=\"container__column container__column--story\">\n<div class=\"container__row container__row--story story-layout--fluid-fixed\">\n<div class=\"container__column container__column--story center-vertically right-zone hide-under-small\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"page-content__row page-content__row--story is-medium-width\">\n<div class=\"container container--story\">\n<div class=\"container__column container__column--story\">\n<aside class=\"story-enhancement  \">\n<figure class=\"story-photo\">\n<div class=\"story-photo__image\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/dims4\/default\/ddfe43d\/2147483647\/resize\/2000x\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2F5b%2F7c%2F64bcbccb4ecf85a1955cf82ac455%2Fgrid2.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 1921px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/dims4\/default\/4901c64\/2147483647\/resize\/1920x\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2F5b%2F7c%2F64bcbccb4ecf85a1955cf82ac455%2Fgrid2.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 1681px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/dims4\/default\/abb4e60\/2147483647\/resize\/1160x\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2F5b%2F7c%2F64bcbccb4ecf85a1955cf82ac455%2Fgrid2.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 1012px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/dims4\/default\/1b8fa6f\/2147483647\/resize\/971x\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2F5b%2F7c%2F64bcbccb4ecf85a1955cf82ac455%2Fgrid2.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 667px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/dims4\/default\/2f03f32\/2147483647\/resize\/646x\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2F5b%2F7c%2F64bcbccb4ecf85a1955cf82ac455%2Fgrid2.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 485px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/dims4\/default\/80e128d\/2147483647\/resize\/463x\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2F5b%2F7c%2F64bcbccb4ecf85a1955cf82ac455%2Fgrid2.jpg\" media=\"(max-width: 484px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Thomas Edison posing with a tin-foil phonograph, Nikola Tesla, and George Westinghouse \" src=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/5b\/7c\/64bcbccb4ecf85a1955cf82ac455\/grid2.jpg\" alt=\"Thomas Edison posing with a tin-foil phonograph, Nikola Tesla, and George Westinghouse \" \/><\/picture><\/div><figcaption class=\"story-photo__caption\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Top: Thomas Edison. Bottom left: Nikola Tesla. Bottom right: George Westinghouse | AP File photo \/ Wikimedia Commons<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"page-content__row page-content__row--story main-section\">\n<div class=\"container container--story story-layout--fixed-fluid\">\n<div class=\"container__column container__column--story\">\n<div class=\"container__row container__row--story story-layout--fluid-fixed\">\n<div class=\"container__column container__column--story center-horizontally\">\n<div class=\"story-text\">\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph\">\u201cIn the U.S., we didn\u2019t have a Pasteur or [German scientist Robert] Koch at that time, but we certainly had people who wanted to provide the opportunity for the U.S. to get one,\u201d Rogers says. \u201cSo John D. Rockefeller set up an institution in New York City to be the equivalent\u201d of the Koch Institute in Berlin and the Pasteur Institute in Paris, where scientists from around the world could receive fully paid, full-time research jobs.<\/p>\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph\">The nationalism of World War I further boosted the U.S. to scientific fame. After the war, \u201cthere was increasing discomfort in much of the world about the reliance everyone had put on German science,\u201d Rogers says. \u201cThe \u2018Germanness\u2019 was seen as a little bit more relevant than it had been before.\u201d The U.S. seized the vacuum and built public health schools like Johns Hopkins and Harvard, becoming by the 1920s \u201ca place where the people from around the world wanted to come and study,\u201d Rogers says.<\/p>\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph\">But the Great War also turned quaint patriot rivalries into contests of life or death. The French had been apoplectic after they heard rumors of Wilbur and Orville Wright\u2019s first flight at Kitty Hawk in 1903, says Jim Tobin, author of <i>To Conquer the Air: The Wright Brothers and the Great Race for Flight, <\/i>but at the time believed only their pride to be at stake, considerable as it may have been. \u201cMust we one day read in history that aviation, born in France, only became successful thanks to the Americans; and that the French only obtained results by slavishly copying them?\u201d one member of the A\u00e9ro-Club in Paris <a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=yTmyKpzQ2agC&amp;pg=PT256&amp;lpg=PT256&amp;dq=Must+we+one+day+read+in+history+that+aviation,+born+in+France,+only+became+successful+thanks+to+the+Americans;+and+that+the+France+only+obtained+results+by+slavishly+copying+them?&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=mRcvYbJptQ&amp;sig=ACfU3U3phaLoUrMCGcmf9qZg0rjLCV57Xg&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwi7qo7457bqAhWcl3IEHXOHCxwQ6AEwCXoECA0QAQ#v=onepage&amp;q=Must%20we%20one%20day%20read%20in%20history%20that%20aviation%2C%20born%20in%20France%2C%20only%20became%20successful%20thanks%20to%20the%20Americans%3B%20and%20that%20the%20France%20only%20obtained%20results%20by%20slavishly%20copying%20them%3F&amp;f=false\" target=\"_blank\">sputtered<\/a> to his fellow members after hearing reports of the Wright\u2019s accomplishment.<\/p>\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph\">It wasn\u2019t until the end of the decade that the French dropped the attitude, and (along with the British and the Americans) began circling the Wrights, looking to turn their planes into military aircraft for a looming war.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"page-content__row page-content__row--story is-medium-width\">\n<div class=\"container container--story\">\n<div class=\"container__column container__column--story\">\n<aside class=\"story-enhancement  \">\n<figure class=\"story-photo\">\n<div class=\"story-photo__image\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/dims4\/default\/5d26213\/2147483647\/resize\/2000x\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2Fcc%2F7a%2F7ab1e75643ab85ed26997f197332%2Fgrid3.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 1921px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/dims4\/default\/56ccbd3\/2147483647\/resize\/1920x\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2Fcc%2F7a%2F7ab1e75643ab85ed26997f197332%2Fgrid3.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 1681px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/dims4\/default\/6f9862d\/2147483647\/resize\/1160x\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2Fcc%2F7a%2F7ab1e75643ab85ed26997f197332%2Fgrid3.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 1012px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/dims4\/default\/3f80d47\/2147483647\/resize\/971x\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2Fcc%2F7a%2F7ab1e75643ab85ed26997f197332%2Fgrid3.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 667px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/dims4\/default\/5aee01d\/2147483647\/resize\/646x\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2Fcc%2F7a%2F7ab1e75643ab85ed26997f197332%2Fgrid3.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 485px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/dims4\/default\/d3f16c1\/2147483647\/resize\/463x\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2Fcc%2F7a%2F7ab1e75643ab85ed26997f197332%2Fgrid3.jpg\" media=\"(max-width: 484px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Above: The first flight by the Wright Brothers in Kitty Hawk, N.C. in 1903. Below: President Franklin D. Roosevelt tours the U.S. Army Air Corps\u2019 Wright Field in 1940, with Orville Wright. \" src=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/cc\/7a\/7ab1e75643ab85ed26997f197332\/grid3.jpg\" alt=\"Above: The first flight by the Wright Brothers in Kitty Hawk, N.C. in 1903. Below: President Franklin D. Roosevelt tours the U.S. Army Air Corps\u2019 Wright Field in 1940, with Orville Wright. \" \/><\/picture><\/div><figcaption class=\"story-photo__caption\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Top: The first flight by the Wright Brothers in Kitty Hawk, N.C. in 1903. Bottom: President Franklin D. Roosevelt tours the U.S. Army Air Corps\u2019 Wright Field in 1940, with Orville Wright. | AP Photo\/Library of Congress, John T. Daniels; AP Photo\/George R. Skadding<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"page-content__row page-content__row--story main-section\" data-content-section=\"20\">\n<div class=\"container container--story story-layout--fixed-fluid\">\n<div class=\"container__column container__column--story\">\n<div class=\"container__row container__row--story story-layout--fluid-fixed\">\n<div class=\"container__column container__column--story center-horizontally\">\n<div class=\"story-text\">\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph\" data-content-child-index=\"6-0\">The Wright brothers thought their invention would make war between great powers obsolete, according to Tobin. Edison, who advised the U.S. Navy during World War I, made the same prediction, declaring the possibility of aerial bombing would cow countries looking to go to war. \u201cInvention has got beyond the thirst for blood,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=mLmxDwAAQBAJ&amp;pg=PA123&amp;lpg=PA123&amp;dq=%E2%80%9CThe+power+of+science+that+has+been+let+loose+must+overwhelm+aggressive+diplomacy.%E2%80%9D&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=KKhVpTJc0u&amp;sig=ACfU3U302nWX_ih-TZnz11p89gfQbVW-8A&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwj524re1KrqAhV2j3IEHTZoDiMQ6AEwAHoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&amp;q=%E2%80%9CThe%20power%20of%20science%20that%20has%20been%20let%20loose%20must%20overwhelm%20aggressive%20diplomacy.%E2%80%9D&amp;f=false\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a> after the war. \u201cThe power of science that has been let loose must overwhelm aggressive diplomacy.\u201d Edison didn\u2019t live to see World War II, when leaders co-opted science\u2014from chemical weapons to atomic bombs\u2014to wreak unspeakable damage.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"container__column container__column--story center-vertically right-zone hide-under-small\">During the Cold War, rivals saw scientific breakthroughs as potent displays of power and pushed a generation of young citizens into engineering careers. But the rush sometimes backfired. The USSR became so obsessed with bridging a small gap between Soviet and Western computing technology that it became dependent on Western computer science, which it had to copy and steal, <a href=\"http:\/\/ojs.stanford.edu\/ojs\/index.php\/intersect\/article\/view\/691\" target=\"_blank\">writes<\/a> Chi Ling Chan in<b><\/b><i>The Stanford Journal of Science, Technology, and Society<\/i>. When the U.S. found out the Soviets were cribbing their software, they sabotaged it; one bug caused a Siberian pipeline to explode.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"page-content__row page-content__row--story main-section\">\n<div class=\"container container--story story-layout--fixed-fluid\">\n<div class=\"container__column container__column--story\">\n<div class=\"container__row container__row--story story-layout--fluid-fixed\">\n<div class=\"container__column container__column--story center-horizontally\">\n<div class=\"story-text\">\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph\">Desperation to be first poisoned the USSR in other ways, too, Carafano says. Their obsession with a competition as meaningless as the Olympic medal count, for one, \u201ccompletely corrupted [Russian] sports infrastructure,\u201d he says. \u201cIt remains corrupt to this day, when they continue to cheat and use steroids.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph\">\u201cI do think getting wrapped up in the superficial aspects of competition, that\u2019s a mistake,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"page-content__row page-content__row--story is-medium-width\">\n<div class=\"container container--story\">\n<div class=\"container__column container__column--story\">\n<aside class=\"story-enhancement  \">\n<figure class=\"story-photo\">\n<div class=\"story-photo__image\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/dims4\/default\/dc95ae1\/2147483647\/resize\/2000x\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2F94%2F3f%2F817daeb441dbb857800e21703c2f%2Fvaccinerace-image9.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 1921px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/dims4\/default\/a4bed92\/2147483647\/resize\/1920x\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2F94%2F3f%2F817daeb441dbb857800e21703c2f%2Fvaccinerace-image9.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 1681px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/dims4\/default\/d53764e\/2147483647\/resize\/1160x\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2F94%2F3f%2F817daeb441dbb857800e21703c2f%2Fvaccinerace-image9.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 1012px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/dims4\/default\/8b180ec\/2147483647\/resize\/971x\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2F94%2F3f%2F817daeb441dbb857800e21703c2f%2Fvaccinerace-image9.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 667px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/dims4\/default\/8032ce3\/2147483647\/resize\/646x\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2F94%2F3f%2F817daeb441dbb857800e21703c2f%2Fvaccinerace-image9.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 485px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/dims4\/default\/bc380aa\/2147483647\/resize\/463x\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2F94%2F3f%2F817daeb441dbb857800e21703c2f%2Fvaccinerace-image9.jpg\" media=\"(max-width: 484px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"French President Emmanuel Macron listens to researchers as he visits an industrial development laboratory at French drugmaker's vaccine unit Sanofi Pasteur plant in Marcy-l'Etoile, near Lyon, central France, in June\" src=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/94\/3f\/817daeb441dbb857800e21703c2f\/vaccinerace-image9.jpg\" alt=\"French President Emmanuel Macron listens to researchers as he visits an industrial development laboratory at French drugmaker's vaccine unit Sanofi Pasteur plant in Marcy-l'Etoile, near Lyon, central France, in June\" \/><\/picture><\/div><figcaption class=\"story-photo__caption\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">French President Emmanuel Macron visits a Sanofi plant in France in June. | AP Photo\/Laurent Cipriani, Pool, File<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"page-content__row page-content__row--story main-section\" data-content-section=\"26\">\n<div class=\"container container--story story-layout--fixed-fluid\">\n<div class=\"container__column container__column--story center-horizontally hide-under-medium\">\u00a0To those in the health world today, science is, at its best, a global, collaborative enterprise.<\/div>\n<div class=\"container__column container__column--story\">\n<div class=\"container__row container__row--story story-layout--fluid-fixed\">\n<div class=\"container__column container__column--story center-horizontally\">\n<div class=\"story-text\">\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph\" data-content-child-index=\"7-2\">And in fighting Covid-19, scientists and biotech leaders say they\u2019re still working across borders, even as politicians harden them.<\/p>\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph\" data-content-child-index=\"7-3\">\u201cPoliticians make a national story out of [the race],\u201d Piontek says. \u201cI don\u2019t think that the industry does.\u201d His German biotech firm, ARTES, has been in touch with everyone from the National Institutes of Health and the Gates Foundation to Indian vaccine manufacturers and British scientists. His one exception: China.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"page-content__row page-content__row--story main-section\">\n<div class=\"container container--story story-layout--fixed-fluid\">\n<div class=\"container__column container__column--story\">\n<div class=\"container__row container__row--story story-layout--fluid-fixed\">\n<div class=\"container__column container__column--story center-horizontally\">\n<div class=\"story-text\">\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph\">\u201cWe are not extremely active in approaching the Chinese market because, to be honest, we are a bit afraid our technology would get lost if we work too much with them,\u201d he says. Still, one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-scientist.com\/news-opinion\/opinion-scientists-in-the-us-and-china-collaborating-on-covid-19-67651\" target=\"_blank\">survey<\/a> found that Chinese and U.S. scientists are collaborating heavily on Covid-19.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"page-content__row page-content__row--story is-medium-width\">\n<div class=\"container container--story\">\n<div class=\"container__column container__column--story\">\n<aside class=\"story-enhancement  \">\n<figure class=\"story-photo\">\n<div class=\"story-photo__image\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/dims4\/default\/3a2904b\/2147483647\/resize\/2000x\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2Fcc%2F3f%2F7e3e8ce34f1ca03127b6e34f91ce%2Fap20176442470207.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 1921px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/dims4\/default\/e65d645\/2147483647\/resize\/1920x\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2Fcc%2F3f%2F7e3e8ce34f1ca03127b6e34f91ce%2Fap20176442470207.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 1681px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/dims4\/default\/3d04e6f\/2147483647\/resize\/1160x\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2Fcc%2F3f%2F7e3e8ce34f1ca03127b6e34f91ce%2Fap20176442470207.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 1012px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/dims4\/default\/124dba6\/2147483647\/resize\/971x\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2Fcc%2F3f%2F7e3e8ce34f1ca03127b6e34f91ce%2Fap20176442470207.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 667px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/dims4\/default\/bcbb4bc\/2147483647\/resize\/646x\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2Fcc%2F3f%2F7e3e8ce34f1ca03127b6e34f91ce%2Fap20176442470207.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 485px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/dims4\/default\/fe8afdd\/2147483647\/resize\/463x\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2Fcc%2F3f%2F7e3e8ce34f1ca03127b6e34f91ce%2Fap20176442470207.jpg\" media=\"(max-width: 484px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Staffers at Chinese biotech company work in an inflatable Covid-19 testing lab in Beijing. \" src=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/cc\/3f\/7e3e8ce34f1ca03127b6e34f91ce\/ap20176442470207.jpg\" alt=\"Staffers at Chinese biotech company work in an inflatable Covid-19 testing lab in Beijing. \" \/><\/picture><\/div><figcaption class=\"story-photo__caption\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Staffers at Chinese biotech company work in an inflatable Covid-19 testing lab in Beijing. | Chen Zhonghao\/Xinhua via AP<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"page-content__row page-content__row--story main-section\">\n<div class=\"container container--story story-layout--fixed-fluid\">\n<div class=\"container__column container__column--story center-horizontally hide-under-medium\">\u00a0But many in biotech and public health worry that the kind of cooperation necessary to beat Covid-19 is being undermined by some national leaders\u2019 hunger for bragging rights, and refusal to endorse a global response. With the world now facing the most devastating health crisis in many generations, the United States, Russia and India have all refused to join a WHO initiative to promote collaboration in the development and distribution of coronavirus vaccines and treatments.<\/div>\n<div class=\"container__column container__column--story\">\n<div class=\"container__row container__row--story story-layout--fluid-fixed\">\n<div class=\"container__column container__column--story center-horizontally\">\n<div class=\"story-text\">\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph\">While Chinese President Xi Jinping has struck a more collaborative tone in public, many feel it\u2019s a cover for China\u2019s frantic efforts to boost its own fortunes and global influence. Xi\u2019s patriotic \u201cMade in China 2025\u201d campaign has invested heavily in biotech\u2014partly to take care of the country\u2019s growing health care needs and rebalance its economy, says Jennifer Huang Bouey, an epidemiologist and senior policy researcher at the RAND Corp., but also to flex China\u2019s muscles at home and abroad. A Chinese vaccine could be a valuable geopolitical tool, if Xi were to dole it out in, say, Africa or Latin America.<\/p>\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph\">At the same time, both the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.scientificamerican.com\/observations\/the-china-threat-and-the-future-of-global-science\/\" target=\"_blank\">U.S<\/a>. and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-scientist.com\/news-opinion\/opinion-scientists-in-the-us-and-china-collaborating-on-covid-19-67651\" target=\"_blank\">Chinese <\/a>governments have recently moved to chill international research collaboration\u2014which some public health figures <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.scientificamerican.com\/observations\/the-china-threat-and-the-future-of-global-science\/\" target=\"_blank\">worry<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2020\/06\/26\/trump-administration-is-curtailing-visas-chinese-scientists-that-could-backfire\/\" target=\"_blank\">could<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityworldnews.com\/post.php?story=20200415141352492\" target=\"_blank\">stifle<\/a> innovation at the worst possible time.<\/p>\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph\">\u201cWe all know that we will rely on international cooperation to get the logistics of a vaccine to work,\u201d one senior European official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/6d542894-6483-446c-87b0-96c65e89bb2c\" target=\"_blank\">told<\/a> the Financial Times. \u201cChina will be crucial, the U.S. will be crucial. If we don\u2019t have their support, then what?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph\">China and the United States aren\u2019t the only countries protecting their own resources and reputation. The European Union, along with member states France, Germany, Italy and Spain, have all <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2020\/04\/15\/coronavirus-pandemic-foreign-investment-protectionism\/\" target=\"_blank\">tightened<\/a> restrictions on foreign investment since the start of the pandemic, along with Australia and <a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/how-coronavirus-is-changing-the-rules-on-foreign-investment-in-essential-areas-135660\" target=\"_blank\">Canada<\/a>. Many countries are already <a href=\"https:\/\/hbr.org\/2020\/05\/the-danger-of-vaccine-nationalism\" target=\"_blank\">inking deals<\/a> to get their hands on whatever precious vaccine vials might emerge first, and dozens have <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/04\/10\/business\/coronavirus-vaccine-nationalism.html\" target=\"_blank\">restricted<\/a> or cut off exports of protective equipment, medical devices or medicines.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"page-content__row page-content__row--story is-medium-width\">\n<div class=\"container container--story\">\n<div class=\"container__column container__column--story\">\n<aside class=\"story-enhancement  \">\n<figure class=\"story-photo\">\n<div class=\"story-photo__image\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/dims4\/default\/b712c99\/2147483647\/resize\/2000x\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2F06%2F61%2F8a3242f94fbd90de8fcfe217b308%2Fgrid4.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 1921px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/dims4\/default\/2c53671\/2147483647\/resize\/1920x\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2F06%2F61%2F8a3242f94fbd90de8fcfe217b308%2Fgrid4.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 1681px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/dims4\/default\/48ced39\/2147483647\/resize\/1160x\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2F06%2F61%2F8a3242f94fbd90de8fcfe217b308%2Fgrid4.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 1012px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/dims4\/default\/d1b6a42\/2147483647\/resize\/971x\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2F06%2F61%2F8a3242f94fbd90de8fcfe217b308%2Fgrid4.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 667px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/dims4\/default\/bcb63a1\/2147483647\/resize\/646x\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2F06%2F61%2F8a3242f94fbd90de8fcfe217b308%2Fgrid4.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 485px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/dims4\/default\/9bcc873\/2147483647\/resize\/463x\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2F06%2F61%2F8a3242f94fbd90de8fcfe217b308%2Fgrid4.jpg\" media=\"(max-width: 484px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"A researcher at Protein Sciences works in a lab in Meriden, Conn. in March. They are currently researching a vaccine for Covid-19. The first patient enrolled in Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Balitmore. \" src=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/06\/61\/8a3242f94fbd90de8fcfe217b308\/grid4.jpg\" alt=\"A researcher at Protein Sciences works in a lab in Meriden, Conn. in March. They are currently researching a vaccine for Covid-19. The first patient enrolled in Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Balitmore. \" \/><\/picture><\/div><figcaption class=\"story-photo__caption\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Top: A researcher at Protein Sciences works in a lab in Meriden, Conn. in March. The biotech company is currently researching a vaccine for Covid-19. Bottom: The first patient enrolled in Pfizer\u2019s Covid-19 vaccine clinical trial at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore. | AP Photo\/Jessica Hill; University of Maryland School of Medicine via AP<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"page-content__row page-content__row--story main-section\" data-content-section=\"32\">\n<div class=\"container container--story story-layout--fixed-fluid\">\n<div class=\"container__column container__column--story\">\n<div class=\"container__row container__row--story story-layout--fluid-fixed\">\n<div class=\"container__column container__column--story center-horizontally\">\n<div class=\"story-text\">\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph\" data-content-child-index=\"9-0\">In April, the American CEO of Sanofi, a crown jewel of French industry, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2020-05-13\/u-s-to-get-sanofi-covid-vaccine-first-if-it-succeeds-ceo-says\" target=\"_blank\">said <\/a>the United States could claim first access to the company\u2019s vaccine thanks to heavy U.S. investment. French heads exploded; it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/sanofi-faces-more-heat-in-france-after-ceos-vaccine-comments\/\" target=\"_blank\">was<\/a>\u201cunacceptable\u201d\u2014\u201cunthinkable\u201d that a French-based firm \u201cbenefiting from research tax credits would deliver a vaccine to the United States before [France],\u201d French lawmakers and officials told POLITICO Europe. Sanofi walked back the statement; Macron summoned the Sanofi CEO to the \u00c9lys\u00e9e Palace, and by mid-June, both men were announcing the company\u2019s new expansion in France, with the CEO declaring \u201cSanofi\u2019s heart beats in France.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"container__column container__column--story center-vertically right-zone hide-under-small\">\u00a0\u201cI\u2019ll bet you [Sanofi\u2019s] next CEO is going to be French,\u201d predicts Loncar, the biotech investor.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"page-content__row page-content__row--story main-section\">\n<div class=\"container container--story story-layout--fixed-fluid\">\n<div class=\"container__column container__column--story\">\n<div class=\"container__row container__row--story story-layout--fluid-fixed\">\n<div class=\"container__column container__column--story center-horizontally\">\n<div class=\"story-text\">\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph\">In Germany, CureVac\u2019s American CEO did not survive. Just days after a controversial March White House meeting with Trump in which the president reportedly tried to coax CureVac to the U.S., the CEO was replaced by a German, without explanation. (CureVac declined to comment for the story.)<\/p>\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph\">The competition for a vaccine has spurred countries to invest heavily in health care and research. And many public health and biotech experts think that with so many vaccines in the running, multiple are likely to enter production around the same time, which will be the only way to vaccinate a significant portion of the globe.<\/p>\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph\">There\u2019s also the chance of significant breakthroughs that could end up benefiting everyone; some vaccine candidates, coming from the highly touted U.S. firm of Moderna and Germany\u2019s CureVac, for example, use new genetic technology that, if successful, could revolutionize vaccine development. \u201cGoing to the moon itself was almost an incidental part of [the space race],\u201d Loncar says. \u201cThe technologies that came out of it, from microchips to solar panels\u201d were transformative. \u201cThis is somewhat of a similar type thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"page-content__row page-content__row--story is-medium-width\">\n<div class=\"container container--story\">\n<div class=\"container__column container__column--story\">\n<aside class=\"story-enhancement  \">\n<figure class=\"story-photo\">\n<div class=\"story-photo__image\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/dims4\/default\/f2ab42f\/2147483647\/resize\/2000x\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2Fe6%2F65%2Fae0989f74e3090e02e9d133931c0%2Fvaccinerace-image10.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 1921px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/dims4\/default\/9ca38f1\/2147483647\/resize\/1920x\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2Fe6%2F65%2Fae0989f74e3090e02e9d133931c0%2Fvaccinerace-image10.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 1681px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/dims4\/default\/4f76df5\/2147483647\/resize\/1160x\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2Fe6%2F65%2Fae0989f74e3090e02e9d133931c0%2Fvaccinerace-image10.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 1012px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/dims4\/default\/9ac769b\/2147483647\/resize\/971x\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2Fe6%2F65%2Fae0989f74e3090e02e9d133931c0%2Fvaccinerace-image10.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 667px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/dims4\/default\/69be87b\/2147483647\/resize\/646x\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2Fe6%2F65%2Fae0989f74e3090e02e9d133931c0%2Fvaccinerace-image10.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 485px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/dims4\/default\/b5a244e\/2147483647\/resize\/463x\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2Fe6%2F65%2Fae0989f74e3090e02e9d133931c0%2Fvaccinerace-image10.jpg\" media=\"(max-width: 484px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Dr. Francis Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), holds up a model of COVID-19, known as coronavirus, during a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing on the plan to research, manufacture and distribute a coronavirus vaccine, known as Operation Warp Speed, Thursday, July 2, 2020,\" src=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/e6\/65\/ae0989f74e3090e02e9d133931c0\/vaccinerace-image10.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Francis Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), holds up a model of COVID-19, known as coronavirus, during a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing on the plan to research, manufacture and distribute a coronavirus vaccine, known as Operation Warp Speed, Thursday, July 2, 2020,\" \/><\/picture><\/div><figcaption class=\"story-photo__caption\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Dr. Francis Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), holds up a model of Covid-19 during a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing on the plan to research, manufacture and distribute a coronavirus vaccine, known as Operation Warp Speed, in July on Capitol Hill in Washington. | Saul Loeb\/Pool via AP<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"page-content__row page-content__row--story main-section\" data-content-section=\"38\">\n<div class=\"container container--story story-layout--fixed-fluid\">\n<div class=\"container__column container__column--story\">\n<div class=\"container__row container__row--story story-layout--fluid-fixed\">\n<div class=\"container__column container__column--story center-horizontally\">\n<div class=\"story-text\">\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph\" data-content-child-index=\"10-0\">But if countries think of themselves, rather than the public good, no amount of innovation could stop the devastation of Covid-19.<\/p>\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph\" data-content-child-index=\"10-1\">Health experts particularly fear a repeat of 2009, when during the H1N1 flu outbreak, rich countries raced to get limited doses of vaccine for themselves \u201cwithout thinking about where a vaccine could do the most good,\u201d Schwartz says. Mexico, where the disease originated, was still struggling to get supplies even as other countries had extra supplies. Only after the threat had passed did richer countries donate their stockpiles to poorer ones.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"container__column container__column--story center-vertically right-zone hide-under-small\">Students of pandemics say that any rich country who thinks that this kind of \u201cvaccine nationalism\u201d will save it is nuts.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"page-content__row page-content__row--story main-section\" data-content-section=\"45\">\n<div class=\"container container--story story-layout--fixed-fluid\">\n<div class=\"container__column container__column--story\">\n<div class=\"container__row container__row--story story-layout--fluid-fixed\">\n<div class=\"container__column container__column--story center-horizontally\">\n<div class=\"story-text\">\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph\" data-content-child-index=\"10-1\">\u201cA pandemic only subsides when transmission is halted globally,\u201d Scott Rosenstein, director of Eurasia Group&#8217;s global health group, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/how-vaccine-nationalism-threatens-global-war-against-covid-19-1505388\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a> in May. \u201cThe most effective way to do that would likely be to vaccinate front-line health care workers and at risk populations first in as many countries as possible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"story-enhancement  \" data-content-child-index=\"10-2\"><\/aside>\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph\" data-content-child-index=\"10-3\">\u201cNationalism is not beneficial for anyone, because it slows global growth,\u201d says Goldin, the Oxford professor. \u201cIt slows the global response to the pandemic and undermines the ability to deal with other threats.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph\" data-content-child-index=\"10-5\">Complicating the race is the fact that biotech supremacy is increasingly regarded as a source of wealth and power.<\/p>\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph\" data-content-child-index=\"10-6\">\u201cI\u2019m a little biased,\u201d Loncar says. \u201cBut you could argue that in the future, the most important inventions will be from biology and biotech,\u201d he says, pointing to gene editing and CRISPR. With these developments increasingly seen as not just profitable but also as components of national security, he points out, \u201ccountries and regions around the world are going to heavily invest in making their biotech sectors self-sufficient. You want to be at the forefront.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph\" data-content-child-index=\"10-7\">But for countries looking for that edge in the future, competition can be a double-edged sword. \u201cIf being first is the goal, and then you cheat and lie and steal and cut corners and don\u2019t tell the truth, that actually undermines your competitiveness,\u201d Carafano says.<\/p>\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph\" data-content-child-index=\"10-8\">In his quest to make China a scientific powerhouse, for example, Xi has made scientists\u2019 promotions and salaries dependent on publishing in high-impact journals, says Bouey, leading to a number of damaging retraction and falsification scandals. International trust in Chinese vaccines has already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/health-wellness\/article\/3078079\/coronavirus-2018-chinese-vaccine-scandal-may-hinder\" target=\"_blank\">eroded<\/a> significantly since 2018, when a Chinese company was found to be making vaccines with expired products.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"container__column container__column--story center-vertically right-zone hide-under-small\">In Russia, there are fears President Vladimir Putin\u2019s aggressive vaccine timeline <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/europe\/russia-coronavirus-vaccine-race-ethics\/2020\/06\/04\/ce8b9464-a598-11ea-b619-3f9133bbb482_story.html\" target=\"_blank\">could lead<\/a> to safety problems. Some suspect Putin is using this race to try to conjure the glory days of the Soviet Union, when Russia led high-profile vaccine campaigns.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"page-content__row page-content__row--story main-section\">\n<div class=\"container container--story story-layout--fixed-fluid\">\n<div class=\"container__column container__column--story\">\n<div class=\"container__row container__row--story story-layout--fluid-fixed\">\n<div class=\"container__column container__column--story center-horizontally\">\n<div class=\"story-text\">\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph\">\u201cIf you\u2019re first to market and it turns out the vaccine is not effective or has terrible side effects,\u201d warns Carafano, \u201cthe blowback will far exceed the fact that you\u2019re the first guy out the door.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph\">All that risk for victory that could be quite fleeting. While the first vaccine across the finish line will certainly be an immediate source of pride for the researchers, the manufacturers and the countries behind them\u2014not to mention a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/2020\/07\/01\/vaccine-coronavirus-barda-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\">profit opportunity<\/a> for the producers\u2014\u201cfrankly the real achievement, the one the record books will recount, will be the vaccine that really does provide \u2026 long-lasting, strong, robust, safe protection,\u201d Schwartz says.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"story-enhancement  \"><\/aside>\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph\">That kind of long-term recognition could come well after the current crop of world leaders is off the stage. For now, victory in the vaccine race may stand as a political, as well as medical, achievement. Any excuse to rally people around a flag looms large at a time when hundreds of thousands are dying and losing jobs. And as long as there are headlines to be made, leaders will reach for them.<\/p>\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph\">Goldin had to laugh when Trump, with dreams of scientific victories sliding into political ones, hit patriotic notes in a campaign rally-style victory speech after watching the silver SpaceX rocket carry two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station in May. \u201cThe same spirit of American determination that sends our people into space will conquer this disease on Earth,\u201d the president intoned, praising America\u2019s \u201climitless reserves of talent, tenacity, and resolve.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"page-content__row page-content__row--story is-medium-width\">\n<div class=\"container container--story\">\n<div class=\"container__column container__column--story\">\n<aside class=\"story-enhancement  \">\n<figure class=\"story-photo\">\n<div class=\"story-photo__image\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/dims4\/default\/1177c3a\/2147483647\/resize\/2000x\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2F72%2Fea%2F17e2e34041d2954aaf7f647b15b5%2Fgrid5.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 1921px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/dims4\/default\/68aad2c\/2147483647\/resize\/1920x\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2F72%2Fea%2F17e2e34041d2954aaf7f647b15b5%2Fgrid5.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 1681px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/dims4\/default\/d87de84\/2147483647\/resize\/1160x\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2F72%2Fea%2F17e2e34041d2954aaf7f647b15b5%2Fgrid5.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 1012px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/dims4\/default\/a0ca2db\/2147483647\/resize\/971x\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2F72%2Fea%2F17e2e34041d2954aaf7f647b15b5%2Fgrid5.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 667px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/dims4\/default\/b87c9ae\/2147483647\/resize\/646x\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2F72%2Fea%2F17e2e34041d2954aaf7f647b15b5%2Fgrid5.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 485px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/dims4\/default\/f7f4a66\/2147483647\/resize\/463x\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2F72%2Fea%2F17e2e34041d2954aaf7f647b15b5%2Fgrid5.jpg\" media=\"(max-width: 484px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"The SpaceX rocket launching in June. NASA astronauts Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken on their way to Pad 39-A in Cape Canaveral, Fla. in May. \" src=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/72\/ea\/17e2e34041d2954aaf7f647b15b5\/grid5.jpg\" alt=\"The SpaceX rocket launching in June. NASA astronauts Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken on their way to Pad 39-A in Cape Canaveral, Fla. in May. \" \/><\/picture><\/div><figcaption class=\"story-photo__caption\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">A Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket, with a global positioning satellite for the U.S. Space Force, lifts off from Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Tuesday, June 30, 2020. (AP Photo\/John Raoux) NASA astronauts Douglas Hurley, left, and Robert Behnken on their way to Pad 39-A, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Saturday, May 30, 2020. The two astronauts will fly on a SpaceX test flight to the International Space Station. For the first time in nearly a decade, astronauts will blast into orbit aboard an American rocket from American soil, a first for a private company. (AP Photo\/John Raoux) | AP Photo\/John Raoux<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"page-content__row page-content__row--story main-section\">\n<div class=\"container container--story story-layout--fixed-fluid\">\n<div class=\"container__column container__column--story\">\n<div class=\"container__row container__row--story story-layout--fluid-fixed\">\n<div class=\"container__column container__column--story center-horizontally\">\n<div class=\"story-text\">\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph\">\u201cWatching the excitement \u2026 you\u2019d think that the U.S. had landed on Mars,\u201d Goldin mused. \u201c[Sending men to the International Space Station] is like so routine for the Russians, and the whole of the U.S. was glued to what had been done for the past 25 years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph\">\u201cThe claiming of victory is not so difficult,\u201d says Rogers, the Yale professor. Winning the fight against Covid-19 is much harder, and that requires a different mindset.<\/p>\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph\">\u201cIt is very dangerous to call it a race,\u201d Lawrence Gostin, professor of global health law at Georgetown University and an adviser to the WHO, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/world-nation\/story\/2020-06-17\/china-aims-to-lead-the-world-by-winning-the-coronavirus-vaccine-race\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a> in June. \u201cIt\u2019s playing with fire.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/magazine\/2020\/07\/07\/vaccine-race-covid-national-pride-348072\">Politico Magazine<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By\u00a0Elizabeth Ralph, deputy editor at Politico Magazine, 7\/07\/20 The international competition for a coronavirus vaccine harkens back to the golden age of Edison and the Wright Brothers. But excesses of national pride and one-upmanship are threatening to overwhelm the common good. 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