The Health and Human Services Department has ended a crucial vaccine research contract.

The administration expects to stop buying vaccines and treatment by year’s end, handing over these responsibilities to for-profit companies that are salivating at the opportunity.

Nationalist vaccine hoarding and pharmaceutical companies’ profit motives have contributed to the endless pandemic.

Why are so many people drawn to stories and videos of the unvaccinated dying of Covid-19—and, at the final moment, wishing for the vaccine?

The delta variant is dangerous. A third vaccine dose could be helpful for those with weaker immune systems, but giving third doses to healthy people would be wildly counterproductive.

The timing of the announcements, and their lack of detail, are raising worries about insider trading and unrealistic expectations.