WHO wants first shots, not boosters

The rest of the world needs vaccines first, WHO says.

Biden has announced new car emissions targets; WHO wants countries to slow down on booster Covid-19 vaccines.   Tonight's Sentences was written by Gabby Birenbaum. TOP NEWS A new car standard     Paul Warner/Getty Images In an executive order Thursday, President Joe Biden announced he will strengthen auto pollution regulations in order to spur the development and sales of more electric vehicles. [The New York Times / Coral Davenport] The order is supported by both automakers and autoworkers, who have agreed to Biden's nonbinding target of making half of all vehicle sales in 2030 to be electric or plug-in hybrid. But environmental advocates say lost progress during the Trump administration means Biden should pick a bigger goal. [The Guardian / Oliver Milman] In addition, the order will restore tailpipe emissions standards for light-duty vehicles to a higher level after those regulations were weakened significantly by the Trump administration, raising them by 10 percent for next year and then an additional 5 percent each year. [CNN / Ella Nilsen] White House estimates place the energy savings at around 200 billion gallons of gasoline and 2 billion metric tons of carbon pollution from current levels. [USA Today / Joey Garrison and Courtney Subramanian] Biden's goal is boosting electric vehicle sales, which have lagged at about 2 percent of new car sales annually in recent years. In the bipartisan infrastructure bill, billions of dollars would be allocated to boost electric vehicles and transit buses. [NPR / Roberta Rampton and Asma Khalid] Experts say car models from 2030 to 2035 will be a critical period; while automakers are eager to get in on the electric vehicle market, they will not want to spend money curbing emissions on existing models. [Politico / Alex Guillén] WHO wants a booster pause The World Health Organization's director-general is asking wealthy nations to implement a moratorium on coronavirus vaccine booster shots until other countries have greater access to vaccines. [USA Today / John Bacon, Jorge L. Ortiz, and Elinor Aspegren] Low-income countries have only been able to administer 1.5 vaccine doses per 100 people, according to WHO data. The organization wants a booster pause until the end of September. [Reuters / Manas Mishra and Dania Nadeem] Ultimately, WHO's director-general wants every country to reach a 10 percent vaccination rate before nations introduce boosters to maximize existing supply. [The Hill / Nathaniel Weixel] Of the vaccine doses administered in the world thus far, 80 percent have gone to high-income and middle-income countries, despite these countries containing less than half of the world's population. [The Washington Post / Emily Rauhala, Hannah Knowles, Lena H. Sun, and Laurie McGinley] Israel and the Dominican Republic are administering boosters, and Germany has planned to do so. The US Food and Drug Administration has not yet authorized booster shots. [CNBC / Rich Mendez] MISCELLANEOUS AFL-CIO head and longtime labor leader Richard Trumka died at age 72. [NPR / Benjamin Swasey] Vaccine rates are rising significantly in states with high Covid-19 spread, with over 500,000 receiving their first doses daily. [The Hill / Justine Coleman] The Federal Aviation Administration wants greater prosecution of unruly passengers, with 3,715 having already occurred this year. [The Associated Press / David Koenig] The impeachment probe into Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) in New York's state house is nearing an end, with the potential to draft articles of impeachment in early September. [CNBC / Christina Wilkie] Support our journalism Reader contributions help keep Vox and newsletters like Sentences free for all. Support our work from as little as $3. Contribute $3 VERBATIM "Biden cannot think of himself as the climate president with a 50 percent electric vehicles goal. FDR didn't set a goal to half win the war, and JFK didn't set a goal to get halfway to the moon." [Sunrise Movement executive director Varshini Prakash, on Biden's goal of having 50 percent of new vehicle sales be electric by 2030] LISTEN TO THIS     The new Matt Damon movie, Stillwater, is based on Amanda Knox's story. She wishes someone had asked her to tell it. [Spotify] Read more from Vox Covid-19 cases fall into 3 distinct categories   How Gossip Girl broke the fantasy of being the world's most special girl   The surprisingly okay state of consumer debt   What a meatless future could mean for farmers   The chip shortage is getting worse     This email was sent to edwardlorilla1986.paxforex@blogger.com. Manage your email preferences or unsubscribe. If you value Vox's unique explanatory journalism, support our work with a one-time or recurring contribution.   View our Privacy Notice and our Terms of Service.   Vox Media, 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, Floor 11, Washington, DC 20036. Copyright © 2021. All rights reserved.