Vaccine Equity: Why Communities of Color & Incarcerated People Should Get Early Access to Shots
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-12-14
As the first shipments of a federally approved COVID-19 vaccine arrive across the United States, healthcare workers and residents of nursing homes will receive the first shipments, and epidemiologist Camara Phyllis Jones says communities of color with high rates of COVID-19 should also get consideration for early access.
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John Pilger: The Most Lethal Virus Is Not COVID. It Is War
John Pilger | mintpressnews.com | 2020-12-14
In the midst of the greatest health emergency in modern times, with more than 4 million surgical procedures delayed by the National Health Service, Britain has announced a record increase of £16.5 billion in so-called defense spending.
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Pandemic Failure, Vaccine Success Indict American Monopoly Capitalism
Juan Cole | commondreams.org | 2020-12-14
This vaccine victory is bittersweet. We have lost so many Americans to the virus, who didn't have to die. Many of them died because of stubbornly pro-capitalist public policy. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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The discussion about Corona
Herbert Bottcher and Gunther Salz | indybay.org | 2020-12-14
Corona can only become a kairos if we gain the theoretical capacity of recovery and create the conditions for a transformation. Taking the healthcare system away from the markets and obliging large companies to be oriented in the common good would be steps to infrastructure socialism.
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Cautionary Tale: This COVID Vaccine Could Heighten HIV Risk for Some, Scientists Warn
Richard Gale | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-14
In a letter published in The Lancet, researchers warn that the adenovirus vector technology being used around the world to develop vaccines against SARS-Cov-2 could put populations at risk of developing HIV infections. | The researchers — from the Fred Hutchinson …
globalresearch.ca/covid-vaccine-could-heighten-hiv-risk-some-scientists-warn/5732218
Big Pharma Strikes Back
Dean Baker — Arjun Jayadev | counterpunch.org | 2020-12-14
On Monday, we, along with Achal Prabhala, had a column in the New York Times arguing in support of a resolution put forward before the WTO by India and South Africa, which would suspend intellectual property rights related to vaccines and treatments during the pandemic. The main point is that these rights are slowing the…
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Thousands are facing famine in Yemen due to continuing war and lack of foreign aid
Jasmine Norden | thecanary.co | 2020-12-14
Thousands of people in Yemen are on the brink of famine, as a shortfall in aid donations leaves them without secure access to food. | According to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), 13.5m people in Yemen are facing high food insecurity. From analysis during October to December, the IPC found that about 16,500 people are facing a "catastrophe" level of food insecurity. | The IPC projected this to increase in 2021, leading to around 47,000 people enduring the highest level of food insecurity by June.
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2020/12/14/thousands-are-facing-famine-in-yemen-under-the-continuing-war-and-lack-of-foreign-aid/
As Vaccine Gains Approval, Hospitals Scramble Over Which Workers to Prioritize
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-12-14
If there's such a thing as a date with destiny, it's marked on Dr. Taison Bell's calendar. | At noon Tuesday, Bell, a critical care physician, is scheduled to be one of the first health care workers at the University of Virginia Health System to roll up his sleeve for a shot to ward off the coronavirus. | "This is a long time coming," said Bell, 37, who signed up via hospital email last week. "The story of this crisis is that each week feels like a year. This is really the first time that th…
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Pandemic Lessons for the Rest of Us
Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis | zcomm.org | 2020-12-14
Or Vaccine Thinking Applied to All of American Life…
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Coronavirus Fact-Check #9: Is the Vaccine Safe?
Kit Knightly | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-14
There are dozens of articles all over the mainstream reassuring us that the brand new Sars-Cov-2 vaccine is safe. In the UK the vaccine rolled out is being hailed as "V Day", in a shameless attempt to draw a …
globalresearch.ca/coronavirus-fact-check-9-vaccine-safe/5732143
Avert 'dire consequences', UN women's health agency appeals to global community
news.un.org | 2020-12-14
The UN agency dedicated to improving reproductive and maternal health worldwide (UNFPA) appealed on Monday for $2.5 billion by 2030 to help avert potential "dire consequences" surrounding pregnancies and maternal deaths,…
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NJ Lawmaker Wants Mandatory Corona Shot for All Kids Without Exemption
Steve Watson | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-14
A State Senator in New Jersey wants the coronavirus vaccine made mandatory for all school age children, despite them being the least at risk group. | Middlesex Democrat Senator Joseph Vitale also wants to eliminate exemptions that have been used in …
globalresearch.ca/nj-lawmaker-wants-mandatory-corona-shot-all-kids-without-exemption/5732141
"Digital Vaccine Passports": Yes, Bill Gates Said That. Here's the Proof
Robert F. Kennedy Jr | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-14