Why we still don't know whether it's safe to fly, and more

Health policy is always a matter of life and death — and even more so during a pandemic. This week, health economist Vivian Ho grapples with some of our moment’s big questions:

How is Texas doing with its vaccine rollout? What’s baked into our state’s unusual choice to prioritize people over 65 or with underlying conditions, rather than teachers and other frontline workers? How fair has it been so far? And what does it mean that even the Centers for Disease Control and Protection’s data isn’t good enough to answer basic questions about reopening safely?

At Rice University, Ho is the James A. Baker III Institute Chair in Health Economics, and she directs the Baker Institute’s Center for Health and Biosciences. She is also a professor at Baylor College of Medicine, and was recently elected to the National Academy of Medicine, one of the highest honors in the field.

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