Vaccines and variants

This year is shaping up to be the year of the jabs and the jab-nots. In a subscriber-only live event, Alok Jha, The Economist’s science correspondent, and Natasha Loder, our health-policy editor, discuss what another year of covid-19 might bring for the global vaccination campaign. They explore innovations that make new vaccines possible and the politics of distribution. You can watch the conversation in full below.

The Booster Shot is a one-off digital event picking up where Economist Radio’s “The Jab” podcast left off—reporting from the sharp end of the vaccination race. The podcast series covers a range of topics, including why Latin America was hit so hard by covid-19, what the end of the pandemic might look like and how vaccine technology can improve.

Visit this page to view the schedule for our upcoming events. Subscribers can also watch recordings of all our previous sessions.