The coronavirus pandemic and the need for global socialized medicine
wsws.org | 2020-02-27
A planned, rational deployment of worldwide medical and industrial resources is essential to keep the disease from potentially claiming millions of lives.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/27/pers…
Save lives, earn money! Chinese city offers $1,000+ REWARD for self-reporting coronavirus symptoms in bid to quell outbreak
rt.com | 2020-02-27
A city in China decided that a money giveaway would be the best motivation for people to report coronavirus symptoms to authorities as the death toll from the infection continues to grow. | The new measure is set to "incentivize" residents to report their symptoms to authorities, the disease prevention taskforce of the city of Qianjiang in central Hubei Province said in a notice on Thursday. | According to the scheme, those whose diagnosis is confirmed will be paid 10,000 yuan ($1,426). Likewise, people who cannot be immediately ruled out as having contracted the disease will be given 1,000 yuan ($142.50), whi…
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British Tory government's general practitioner contracts intensify assault on healthcare
wsws.org | 2020-02-27
Over a 12 month period, 55 million patients had to wait longer than a fortnight to see a GP.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/27/doct…
Toxic Agriculture and the Gates Foundation
Colin Todhunter | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-27
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation was launched in 2000 and has $46.8 billion in assets (December 2018). It is the largest charitable foundation in the world and distributes more aid for global health than any government. One of the …
globalresearch.ca/toxic-agriculture-gates-foundation/5704895
Trump Betrays His Promise to Protect and Fight for American Workers
Lawrence Wittner | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-27
Campaigning for the presidency in 2016, Donald Trump promised that, if he was elected, "American worker[s] will finally have a president who will protect them and fight for them." Has he kept this promise? When it comes to protecting workers' health and safety, his administration has been a disaster. Once in office, Trump packed the leadership of U.S. regulatory agencies…
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New study reveals growing health crisis in Greece
wsws.org | 2020-02-27
The health of Greek workers continues to deteriorate after years of austerity measures imposed by Syriza and previous capitalist governments.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/27/gree…
California confirms first possible 'community transmission' of coronavirus as China reports fewest new fatalities in a month
rt.com | 2020-02-27
California health officials have detected what may be the first local transmission of the deadly COVID-19 virus in the US
22 Studies Agree: 'Medicare for All' Saves Money
Diane Archer | zcomm.org | 2020-02-27
Every single study, regardless of ideological orientation, predicted that it would yield net savings…
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No escape from low growth
C.P. Chandrasekhar | mronline.org | 2020-02-27
Discussions on the state of the world economy centre around the likely negative impact of the novel coronavirus epidemic and the potential positive effect of the truce reflected in the "phase 1" trade deal between China and India. | Source…
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Macron Reportedly Warns of Coronavirus 'Epidemic' in France, Says It's Only the 'Beginning'
sputniknews.com | 2020-02-27
In February, France became the first European country to report a death from the novel coronavirus that originated in the Chinese city Wuhan. More than a dozen cases of infection have been confirmed in the country so far.
sputniknews.com/europe/20200227107841956…
India: Delhi riots death toll hits 34
yenisafak.com | 2020-02-27
The death toll in ongoing communal riots in India's capital New Delhi has risen to 34, a Health Ministry official said on Thursday.The number of fatalities was 27 on Wednesday but seven more deaths were reported overnight, said the official, requesting anonymity due to restrictions on speaking to the media.He added that more than 170 people have been injured in the violence.However, local media broadcaster NDTV reported that death toll has climbed to 35, leaving more than 200 people injured.Clashes between pro- and anti-citizenship law protesters started on Sunday and have devolved into communal violence between…
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Two more people die from coronavirus in Italy
yenisafak.com | 2020-02-27
Two more people have died in Italy from coronavirus, bringing the death toll from the worst outbreak of the disease yet seen in Europe to 14, the Civil Protection agency said in a statement on Thursday.The agency chief, Angelo Borrelli, had earlier told reporters that officials were still seeking confirmation that coronavirus was responsible for the latest two deaths. The number of confirmed cases has risen to 528 from some 420 announced on Wednesday, the vast majority in northern Italy.
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Macron warns France that coronavirus epidemic is coming
yenisafak.com | 2020-02-27
President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday said a coronavirus epidemic was inevitable in France as his government and others worldwide bolstered measures to fight the spread of infection.Macron visited a Paris hospital where a 60-year-old Frenchman this week became the second person to die from the coronavirus in France, and sought to reassure a medical profession angry over healthcare spending that it had his support."We have a crisis before us. An epidemic is on its way," Macron, dressed in a suit and without any protective gear, told a group of doctors.The coronavirus has infected more than 80,000 people and killed…
yenisafak.com/en/world/macron-warns-fran…
'One-fifth of heart attacks occur before 50 in Turkey'
yenisafak.com | 2020-02-27
One-fifth of heart attacks occur before patients turn 50 in Turkey, a country with one of the youngest populations in Europe, according to a Turkish cardiologist."20% of heart attacks in Turkey occur before the age of 50, while the average age in European countries is 60-65," Dr. Ozlem Esen, a professor at Altinbas University's medical school in Istanbul, told Anadolu Agency.Esen said heart attack is in the first place among health problems in Turkey with a rate of 42%.Heart attacks were seen only in patients over 60 years of age 20 years ago, Esen said, adding that it can now be seen among those under the age of…
yenisafak.com/en/life/one-fifth-of-heart…
Turkish citizens returning from Iran to be quarantined
yenisafak.com | 2020-02-27
Turkish health minister on Thursday informed the Turkish citizens living in Iran about a 14-day compulsory quarantine period in case they want to return to Turkey.Fahrettin Koca's remarks came in eastern Agri province where he was investigating measures against novel coronavirus known as COVID-19 at the Gurbulak-Bazargan customs gate between Turkey and Iran.Koca urged the Turkish citizens currently living in Iran to refrain from going out especially without wearing a mask and said they also need to ventilate their home.He said the citizens should pay attention to personal hygiene, wash hands properly and avoid cl…
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'An Outrage': HHS Chief Azar Refuses to Vow Coronavirus Vaccine Will Be Affordable for All, Not Just the Rich
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-02-27
"This is what happens when you put a Big Pharma CEO who doubled the price of insulin in charge of regulating Big Pharma." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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How Globalization and China's Economic Crisis Might Jeopardize Our Precarious Medical Supply Chains
F. William Engdahl | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-26
The grave risks and dangers in the process of worldwide out-sourcing and so-called globalization of the past 30 years or so are becoming starkly clear as the ongoing health emergency across China threatens vital world supply chains from China to …
globalresearch.ca/globalization-medical-supply-chains/5704794
COVID-19: More new virus cases outside China than in, 'no time for complacency', says UN health agency
news.un.org | 2020-02-26
The number of new COVID-19, or coronavirus, infections outside China has outpaced those inside the country for the first time, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
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GOP Senators Slam Trump Administration Over Coronavirus
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-02-26
Senators from both parties slammed the Trump administration's response to the coronavirus amid dire warnings from health officials. | The Senate was briefed by Trump administration officials after Democratic leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said the administration was "asleep at the wheel" as the country faces a "pandemic." | Senators apparently did not get the answers they were looking for. | "This morning's classified coronavirus briefing sho…
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South Carolina Dem debate reflects different approaches to defeating Trump
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-02-26
CHARLESTON, S.C.–After they trooped onto the stage in Charleston, S.C., most of the other Democrats jumped on Bernie Sanders over the cost of Medicare For All. Although it's almost impossible to pick a debate "winner" after the heated exchange of barbs against one another it is clear that the biggest tactical difference in the primary …
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Trump Reportedly Trying to Siphon $37 Million From Heating Assistance for the Poor to Fund Coronavirus Response
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-02-26
"Because if we have to prevent the spread of an infectious disease, we might as well take the opportunity to make some poor families freeze." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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There Is No Reason To Panic Because We Have Done Very Very Good On This Coronavirus Thing Which Anyway Is Just the Flu Also Dems Are Bad and Go USA!
Futher Column, By Abby Zimet, Staff Writer | commondreams.org | 2020-02-26
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Trump Betrays His Promise to Protect and Fight for American Workers
Lawrence Wittner | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-02-25
Campaigning for the presidency in 2016, Donald Trump promised that, if he was elected, "American worker[s] will finally have a president who will protect them and fight for them." Has he kept this promise? When it comes to protecting workers' health and safety, his administration has been a disaster. Once in office, Trump packed the …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/02/trump-betrays…
Call-In to save the life of Facundo Molares!
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-02-25
Call-In to save the life of Facundo Molares! | Call Bolivian Ambassador | Walter Oscar Serrate Cuellar at | 202-483-4410 ex. 4 | | When: Tuesday, February 25, 2020 | between 8 am and 4 pm Eastern time | Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from Committee To Free Facundo Molares. | Demand, "We want Facundo Molares Schoenfeld released so he can go home to his family now!" | Tell them, "I am concerned for the health and well-being of Facundo Molares. Release him now and allow him to go home to his family!" | Facundo Molares is an Argentinian photojournalist illegally impri…
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Austerity is fuelling a 'national scandal' of rising inequality between rich and poor areas
Ed Sykes | thecanary.co | 2020-02-25
A health inequality expert has put together a damning report showing how Tory-led austerity has fuelled a 'national scandal' in England.According to professor Sir Michael Marmot, the rise in life expectancy has "slowed dramatically" since 2010. Health inequalities between the most and least deprived parts of the country, meanwhile, have been widening."England has lost a decade": The new report, Health Equity In England: The Marmot Review 10 Years On, showed that the difference in life expectancy at birth between the least and most deprived communities was 9.5 years for men and 7.7 years for women in 2016-1…
thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2020/02/25/austerity-is-fuelling-a-national-scandal-of-rising-inequality-between-rich-and-poor-areas/
COVID-19 not yet a pandemic, says UN health agency chief
news.un.org | 2020-02-24
While a sudden increase in new cases of COVID-19 is of concern, the spread of coronavirus is not yet a pandemic, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.
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Trump Betrays His Promise to Protect and Fight for American Workers
Lawrence Wittner | zcomm.org | 2020-02-23
Campaigning for the presidency in 2016, Donald Trump promised that, if he was elected, "American worker[s] will finally have a president who will protect them and fight for them." Has he kept this promise? When it comes to protecting workers' health and safety, his administration has been a disaster. Once in office, Trump packed the Read…
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Apocalypse Now! Insects, Pesticide and a Public Health Crisis
Colin Todhunter | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-02-22
In 2017, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Hilal Elver, and UN Special Rapporteur on Toxics, Baskut Tuncak, produced a report that called for a comprehensive new global treaty to regulate and phase out the use of dangerous pesticides in farming and move towards sustainable agricultural practices. In addition to the devastating impacts …
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"Most Important Issue for Most People": Split on Healthcare Continues to Define 2020 Race
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-02-20
Healthcare continues to be a central issue of the Democratic nomination fight, with Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren repeating their calls for Medicare for All on the debate stage Wednesday night while their rivals proposed more incremental approaches. | We continue our roundtable discussion on Wednesday's Democratic debate in Nevada. Our guests are Katrina vanden Heuvel, editorial director and publisher of The Nation, America's oldest weekly magazine, and a columnist for WashingtonPost.com; journalist and activist Raquel Willis, executive editor of Out magazine, who has endorsed Senator Elizabeth War…
www.democracynow.org/2020/2/20/nevada_de…
Nevada Culinary Workers Union Member: I Would Trade My Union Healthcare for Medicare for All
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-02-19
The third presidential contest of the primary season takes place Saturday in Nevada. One of the state's most coveted endorsements is from the Culinary Workers Union, which represents some 60,000 workers in the restaurant and hospitality industries in Las Vegas and Reno. Its membership is 54% Latinx. But last week they decided not to endorse any of the candidates. Nevada is a "right to work" state, and the Culinary Workers Union has attracted members by offering them healthcare. It has said it supports "choices" in healthcare. The mobilization of service employees could be critical to winning the Nevada caucuses.
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Yale Study Says Medicare for All Would Save U.S. $450 Billion, Prevent Nearly 70,000 Deaths a Year
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-02-19
As the Democratic presidential hopefuls prepare to take to the debate stage tonight, we turn to a central issue of the campaign: Medicare for All. In a new study, Yale scholars have found that Medicare for All will save Americans more than $450 billion and prevent 68,000 deaths every year. The study in The Lancet