Coronavirus

The Best Health System To React To COVID-19

March 22, 2020 Suzanne Gordon and Jasper Craven, The American Prospect. Educate! Coronavirus, COVID-19, Health Care, VA Hospital

As the coronavirus surges through America, the country’s only national health care system—the Veterans Health Administration (VHA)—is facing a massive test. The agency must simultaneously treat its vulnerable population of nine million patients, while preparing to fulfill its so-called “fourth mission,” which is to help respond to national emergencies and pandemics. For years, the VHA has been unfairly cast in the press and in Congress as a failing institution, even as its care has consistently outperformed the private sector on key metrics. In recent years, the VHA has developed unique and necessary tools that could play a critically helpful role in containing this public health crisis. Yet this work could be greatly complicated by the outright neglect and hostility from the Trump administration and Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie.

We Can’t Let This Economic Crisis Go To Waste

March 22, 2020 Thomas M. Hanna and Carlos Santos Skandier, Open Democracy. Create! Coronavirus, COVID-19, New Economy, Recession

The rapid spread of COVID-19, or the coronavirus as it is commonly known, has heightened economic fears and anxiety around the world. On Thursday March 12, US stock markets saw their biggest single day losses since Black Monday in 1987 and three days later the Federal Reserve announced that it would be cutting its benchmark interest rate to effectively zero and restarting its Quantitative Easing program. With businesses and whole cities shut down for the foreseeable future, a full-blown financial crisis is not out of the question and many analysts now see a recession later this year as an inevitability. As was the case during the last major financial crisis 12 years ago, the Trump administration appears to be considering and readying a wide range of government interventions to prop up collapsing markets and failing industries.

No Need To Wait For Pandemics: The Public Health Case For Criminal Justice Reform

March 18, 2020 By Peter Wagner and Emily Widra, Prisonpolicy.org Create! Coronavirus, COVID-19, Criminal Justice, Pandemic, Public Health, Reform

The United States incarcerates a greater share of its population than any other nation in the world, so it is urgent that policymakers think about how a viral pandemic would impact people in prisons, in jails, on probation, and on parole, and to take seriously the public health case for criminal justice reform.

The Corona Crisis Will Define Our Era

March 17, 2020 By Karin Pettersson, Socialeurope.eu Create! Coronavirus, COVID-19, Pandemic

Mike Pence bowed his head in prayer. Around him in the White House, some of the world’s most prominent scientists were gathered. It was February 26th when the US vice-president and the scientists united in prayer, for—or, rather, against—the coronavirus epidemic. As governor of Indiana, Pence had made a name for himself driving drastic cuts in public-health funding and access to HIV-testing. This contributed to one of the largest outbreaks of the infection ever in his home state.

Some Economic Responses To The Coronavirus Recession

March 17, 2020 Matt Bruenig, Peoplespolicyproject.org Create! Coronavirus, COVID-19, Finance and the Economy, Recession

In a normal recession, the proper goal of a policy response is pretty simple: increase output and employment by directly or indirectly increasing aggregate demand. Many proposed responses to this recession have fallen into this typical model. But, strictly speaking, this model does not really make sense for our current situation.

Does The Coronavirus Crisis Have To End With A Wealthier Wealthy?

March 17, 2020 By Sarah Anderson and Sam Pizzigati, Inequality.org Strategize! Coronavirus, COVID-19, Inequality

In times of crisis — the current coronavirus pandemic, for instance — these sorts of calls for cooperation become the drumbeat of our daily lives. And most all of us march to that drumbeat because we understand that we do need to cooperate and help each other when crises crash down upon us.

5 Lessons For Using Universal Basic Income During A Pandemic

March 17, 2020 Ugo Gentilini, Brookings.edu Create! Coronavirus, COVID-19, Pandemic, Universal Income

When crises hit, cash transfers are a part of the package of policies that governments deploy to ameliorate their economic effects. Whether it’s about refugees, economic downturns, or natural disasters, countries have used cash extensively. Empirical evidence shows that cash transfers are generally spent judiciously, they can save lives and, if they are designed well, can help people get permanently out of poverty.

Sanctions Against Iran And Venezuela During A Pandemic Are Cruel

March 17, 2020 By Vijay Prashad and Paola Estrada, Peoplesdispatch.org Educate! Coronavirus, COVID-19, Inter-Imperialist Rivalry, Iran, Pandemic, Sanctions, Venezuela

Swiftly moves the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), dashing across continents, skipping over oceans, terrifying populations in every country. The numbers of those infected rises, as do the numbers of those who have died. Hands are being washed, tests are being done, social distancing has become a new phrase. It is unclear how devastating this pandemic will be; certainly, the experience of the 1918-1920 Spanish Flu hangs heavily...

U.S. Prevents Venezuela From Buying Drugs To Treat COVID-19

March 17, 2020 Staff, Radiohc.cu Educate! Coronavirus, COVID-19, Inter-Imperialist Rivalry, Latin America, Venezuela

Caracas, March 14 (RHC)--Venezuela's Attorney General Tarek William Saab denounced Friday that coercive and unilateral measures imposed by the United States prevent the purchase of drugs and supplies to confront COVID-19. Speaking about the confirmation of the first two cases of the disease this Friday, the magistrate reaffirmed that in the midst of the situation the world is going through because of the pandemic, it is unacceptable that punitive actions be maintained, which constitute a massive violation of human rights.

Coronavirus Fallout Could Be The ‘Nail In The Coffin’ For Smaller Oil Companies

March 17, 2020 By Naveena Sadasivam, Grist.org Educate! Coronavirus, COVID-19, Oil

At the State of the Union in February, President Trump boasted that his administration’s deregulatory agenda had made the U.S. “energy independent.” It was a dubious claim at the time, but recent events stemming from the outbreak of the novel coronavirus have shown it to be even more of a ruse. This month oil prices plummeted about 25 percent and settled around $35 per barrel — the biggest slide in nearly 30 years.

London Postal Workers Take Strike Action Over Coronavirus Concerns

March 17, 2020 Staff, Wsws.org Resist! Coronavirus, COVID-19, Postal Workers, Strikes

Postal workers in several depots across south west London and other parts of the capital have mounted a de facto wildcat strike/work to rule over concerns regarding coronavirus safety. They did so in the face of the refusal of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) to mount any protest against Royal Mail management.

Wildcat Strikes Erupt Across Italy To Demand Idling Of Plants During Coronavirus Pandemic

March 16, 2020 Will Morrow and Alex Lantier, Wsws.org Resist! Class Struggle, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Italy, Strikes, Workers Rights and Jobs

As the death toll in Italy from the global coronavirus pandemic surged on Thursday and Friday, wildcat strikes erupted across the peninsula, fighting to halt the spread of the deadly disease. As Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte’s government calls on white collar workers to avoid going out and work from home, factory workers are demanding to limit the contagion by shutting down industrial plants whose operations are not essential to fighting the virus.

Venezuela Confirms Coronavirus Cases As US Slaps New Sanctions

March 16, 2020 By Ricardo Vaz and Lucas Koerner, Venezuelanalysis.com Educate! Coronavirus, COVID-19, Latin America, Sanctions, Venezuela

Mérida, March 13, 2020 (venezuelanalysis.com) – The Venezuelan government has confirmed the first cases of the coronavirus in the country. Vice President Delcy Rodriguez announced on Friday that two people had tested positive for Covid-19 in Miranda State. Both had recently arrived from Spain, and all passengers who shared the flights have been ordered into quarantine.

To Help Stem Coronavirus, Lift Sanctions On Iran

March 16, 2020 Ariel Gold and Medea Benjamin, Codepink.org Resist! Coronavirus, COVID-19, Iran, Sanctions

The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic is far from the first proof of how intertwined we are as a global community. The climate crisis and the refugee crisis have long been glaring examples that the wars or CO2 emissions on one continent risk the lives and well-being of people on another continent. What coronavirus is providing...

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