Coronavirus

We Won’t Go Back To Normal, Because Normal Was The Problem

March 27, 2020 Vijay Prashad, Tricontinental Institute Educate! Capitalism, China, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Neoliberalism

It is hard to remember that just a few weeks ago, the planet was in motion. There were protests in Delhi (India) and Quito (Ecuador), eruptions against the old order that ranged from anger at the economic policies of austerity and neoliberalism to frustration with the cultural policies of misogyny and racism. Ingeniously, in Santiago (Chile), during its wave after wave of protests, someone projected a powerful slogan onto the side of a building: ‘we won’t go back to normal, because normal was the problem’. Now, in the midst of the novel coronavirus, it seems impossible to imagine a return to the old world, the world that left us so helpless before the arrival of these deadly microscopic particles. Waves of anxiety prevail; death continues to stalk us. If there is a future, we say to each other, it cannot mimic the past.

Massive Scandal: FDA Grants Exclusive Coronavirus Drug Monopoly Rights

March 26, 2020 By Julia Conley, Common Dreams Educate! Coronavirus, Pharmaceutical Drugs

As healthcare providers across the U.S. desperately attempt to treat a rapidly growing number of patients with the coronavirus, a pharmaceutical company with ties to the Trump administration has been granted exclusive status for a drug it is developing to treat the illness—a potential windfall for the company that could put the medication out of reach for many Americans. As The Intercept reported Monday, the Food and Drug Administration granted Gilead Sciences "orphan" drug status for remdesivir, one of several drugs being tested as potential treatments for the coronavirus

Boston School Bus Drivers Win Emergency Full Pay During School Closure

March 25, 2020 By Steve Gillis, Workers.org Resist! Boston, Bus Driver, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Workers

On March 16, elected officers of United Steelworkers Local 8751, the Boston School Bus Drivers Union, conducted mass meetings in the bus yards over loudspeakers with hundreds of drivers, monitors, dispatchers and support staff. They presented a multipart agreement reached with Transdev — a division of the Paris-based transnational conglomerate Veolia, which employs over 170,000 workers in 104 countries and specializes in contracting with neoliberal governments to privatize water, waste, energy and transportation.

In Pursuit Of Chinese Scapegoats, Media Reject Life-Saving Lessons

March 25, 2020 Alan Macleod, Fair.org Educate! Coronavirus, COVID-19, health, Media, Pandemic

We are barely a few months into the year, but it is already clear that the coronavirus will be 2020’s defining event in media and politics. For weeks, conservative media echoed the explicit Trump line that the reaction to COVID-19 was a liberal “hoax” weaponized against the White House. Recent Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Rush Limbaugh has been pouring scorn on the media “hysteria”: Extolling how the market was “roaring” (Rush Limbaugh Show, 3/2/20), he claimed it was nothing to worry about. “This virus is the common cold,” he confidently predicted (3/11/20).

Are Hospitals Near Me Ready For Coronavirus? Here Are Nine Different Scenarios.

March 25, 2020 By Annie Waldman, Al Shaw, Ash Ngu, and Sean Campbell, Projects.propublica.org Educate! Coronavirus, COVID-19, Hospitals

Though the U.S. health care system is projected to be overwhelmed by an influx of patients infected with the novel coronavirus, the pressure on hospitals will vary dramatically across the country. That’s according to new data released by the Harvard Global Health Institute...

Not This Time: Watch Out For Wall Street In A Pandemic

March 25, 2020 Staff, Takeonwallst.com Create! Coronavirus, COVID-19, New Economy, Pandemic, Wall Street

We have entered uncertain times. The novel coronavirus has upended life around the globe, and none of us knows exactly how long the outbreak or its ramifications will last. But daily reminders of how much we can’t control shouldn’t stop us from seizing upon those things we can.

“Herd Immunity” Is Epidemiological Neoliberalism

March 24, 2020 Isabel Frey, Thequarantimes.wordpress.com Educate! Coronavirus, COVID-19, Neoliberalism, Pandemic

While most European countries are preparing for lock-downs to stop the spread of the coronavirus, a few countries are opting for a different strategy: herd immunity. Instead of testing as many people as possible and implementing measures to increase social distancing, they want to purposefully let the virus spread among people who are at low risk...

The Doctor Who Helped Defeat Smallpox Explains What’s Coming

March 24, 2020 Steven Levy, Wired.com Educate! Coronavirus, COVID-19, health, Pandemic

Larry Brilliant says he doesn’t have a crystal ball. But 14 years ago, Brilliant, the epidemiologist who helped eradicate smallpox, spoke to a TED audience and described what the next pandemic would look like. At the time, it sounded almost too horrible to take seriously. “A billion people would get sick," he said.

Coastal Gas Link Continues Work Despite COVID 19

March 24, 2020 UnistotenCamp, Dissidentvoice.org Resist! Canada, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Pipelines

As people around the world are taking social distancing measures to keep their communities safe Coastal Gas Link and the RCMP continue to bring in workers from all over Canada during a pandemic putting both workers and entire northern communities with limited medical staff at grave risk.

We Are Entering A Recession – But What Did We Learn From The Last One?

March 24, 2020 Ken-Hou Lin and Megan Neely, Theconversation.com Create! Coronavirus, COVID-19, New Economy, Recession

Ken-Hou Lin receives funding from the National Institutes of Health, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Joyce Foundation, and the Institute for New Economic Thinking. Megan Neely does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization...

Dispatch From Italy: Class Struggle In The Time Of Coronavirus

March 24, 2020 Leopoldo Tartaglia, Labornotes.org Resist! Coronavirus, COVID-19, Italy

Italy is the Western European country where the coronavirus pandemic spread first and where its tragic effects are being felt the most. As of March 17, the official data say 26,062 have tested positive in Italy for COVID-19, 12,894 have been hospitalized—including 2,060 in intensive care—and 2,503 have died.

Coronavirus: Rough Sleepers In London Given Hotel Rooms

March 24, 2020 Staff, Bbc.com Educate! Coronavirus, COVID-19, Homelessness, London, United Kingdom (UK)

About 300 rooms were made available this weekend to vulnerable people already known to homelessness charities as part of an initial trial. London Mayor Sadiq Khan's office is working with Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG) to block-book rooms at a discounted rate for the next 12 weeks. It comes as Londoners and visitors stay away from central London.

Fears Rise As Two COVID-19 Cases Confirmed In Besieged Gaza Strip

March 24, 2020 Yumna Patel, Mondoweiss.net Educate! Coronavirus, COVID-19, Gaza, Middle East, Palestine

It was an announcement Palestinians were hoping they would never have to hear in the midst of the global COVID-19 pandemic. On Sunday, the first two cases of the novel coronavirus were confirmed in the besieged Gaza Strip, home to over 2 million Palestinians. According to the health officials in Gaza...

Israel Violating Law When It Comes To Coronavirus And Palestinian People

March 24, 2020 Staff, Middleeastmonitor.com Educate! Coronavirus, COVID-19, Israel, Palestine, United Nations

Israel is legally responsible for providing health services to ensure the safety of Palestinians in the occupied territories during the fight against the coronavirus, a senior United Nations official has announced. “The legal duty, anchored in Article 56 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, requires that Israel, the occupying power...

A Debt Jubilee Is The Only Way To Avoid A Depression

March 24, 2020 By Michael Hudson, Nakedcapitalism.com Create! Coronavirus, COVID-19, Ideology

Even before the novel coronavirus appeared, many American families were falling behind on student loans, auto loans, credit cards and other payments. America’s debt overhead was pricing its labor and industry out of world markets. A debt crisis was inevitable eventually, but covid-19 has made it immediate.

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