💊 Churches cause contagion in Zimbabwe; A nasal Covid vaccine on the anvil; Enzymes to eat up all the plastic

Vietnam says it's okay to be gay

Hello and welcome back to The Kable after a longer-than-usual weekend break away from us. We're beginning the week with the news that the Pfizer CEO is directly contributing to Pfizer's bumper Covid revenues. Talk about walking the talk, eh? What were you up to on the weekend? If in Shanghai, you were probably trying to get out of Ikea.

In today's Covid- and Ikea-free Kable: Experts agree monkeypox needs a new name; Spirit (and supplies) in the sky; Vietnam says gay; Egypt gets a green hospital; Zimbabwe grapples with churches... and measles; Bolivia goes nuclear; Plague in the US; Moderna in the UK; Mushrooms get more money than Italian truffles; More AMR TB on the way; A trial for RSV begins; A trial for cancer winds down; Don't overthink it; Your gut bacteria are trying to leave your gut; Cows in Switzerland are so posh they need water from the sky.