Sanofi to help J&J with output

PARIS — French drugmaker Sanofi, battling development delays with its own vaccine candidates against COVID-19, is turning over more of its vaccine production facilities to industrial competitors, teaming up with Johnson & Johnson to produce millions of doses of its rival coronavirus vaccine.

Johnson & Johnson is the second rival to have struck a deal with Sanofi to use its facilities, an unusual collaboration for the competitive industry now facing intense pressure from governments to speed up the production of vaccines against the devastating global pandemic.

Part of Donald Trump’s defense in the impeachment trial on the charge of inciting a riot was his First Amendment right to free speech. Isn’t it ironic, then, that state Republican parties have censured or are considering censuring the Republican senators (including Pennsylvania’s Pat Toomey) who exercised their First Amendment rights to say that Donald Trump is guilty as charged?

It’s a sad day when weighing the evidence as a juror in a trial and coming to a conclusion based on the evidence is an activity worthy of censure — and causing a riot isn’t.

Diane Halasz

Palmer Township