(2020-12-17). Hoarding the Jabs: The Inequalities of Vaccine Distribution. globalresearch.ca Public health is no excuse to keep business and patriotism at bay. Not a very humanitarian sentiment, but then again, healing the sick and preserving the healthy can become parochial, nationalist objectives. The least convincing language of the pandemic has …
(2020-12-17). First Glitches Emerge in COVID-Vax Rollout; Alaska Health Worker Suffers 'Serious Allergic Reaction'. globalresearch.ca A healthcare worker in Alaska was hospitalized on Tuesday with a 'serious allergic reaction' after receiving Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine, according to the The person, who had no known drug allergies, was still in the hospital on …
(2020-12-17). Vaccine Passports and Health Passes: Is Showing Your "Papers" the "New Normal?" globalresearch.ca Life cannot return to normal until there is a vaccine for COVID 19. | At least, that is what governments, corporations, and their mainstream propaganda media outlets have been incessantly arguing. Interestingly, the development of that vaccine was "warp speed," allegedly …
(2020-12-17). Vaccines: Did Big Pharma Purchase California's Legislative Machinery? globalresearch.ca California has some of the most stringent vaccine mandate laws in the United States. Why is that? At first, it seemed that draconian vaccination laws were introduced in response to a measles outbreak that began in Disneyland in 2014. But …
(2020-12-17). "Planned Surveillance and Control by Global Technocrats: A Big-Picture Look at the Current Pandemic Beneficiaries," globalresearch.ca An article by Children's Health Defense on how the pandemic facilitated a financial, tech, biopharmaceutical and military-intelligence push for centralized, technocratic control has been accepted by the International Journal of Vaccine Theory, Practice and Research. | *** | "Planned Surveillance and Control …
(2020-12-17). Twitter Says It Will Remove All Posts Claiming Vaccines Can Harm People. globalresearch.ca Twitter has declared that it will remove all posts that suggest there are any "adverse impacts or effects of receiving vaccinations," despite reports already emerging of health workers getting sick from taking Pfizer's coronavirus shot. | Twitter
(2020-12-17). Almost 1,000 daily COVID-19 deaths in Germany: The criminal outcome of keeping businesses and schools open. wsws.org Despite the horrific number of deaths, all parties in the German parliament continue to put profit before lives and health.
(2020-12-17). Hunger in America: Covid-19 and the Nightmare of Food Insecurity. counterpunch.org As autumn fades and winter looms, the dire predictions public-health experts made about Covid-19 have, unfortunately, proven all-too-accurate. On October 27th, 74,379 people were infected in the United States; less than a month and a half later, on December 9th, that number had soared to 218,677, while the 2020 total has just surpassed 15 million,
(2020-12-17). Do You Need A Vaccine? Efficacy and Safety of Ivermectin for Treatment and Prophylaxis of COVID-19 Pandemic. globalresearch.ca Abstract | Background: Up-to-date, there is no recognized effective treatment or vaccine for the treatment of COVID-19 that emphasize urgency around distinctive effective therapies. This study aims to evaluate the anti-parasitic medication efficacy "Ivermectin" plus standard care (azithromycin, vitamin C, Zinc, …
(2020-12-17). Panama: Students Reject Cuts to Food Solidarity Program. telesurenglish.net Panamanians protested over President Laurentino Cortizo's decision to exclude people under 25 years of age from the "solidarity voucher", which provides US$100 per month to alleviate the impacts of the COVID-19-triggered crisis. | RELATED: | On Wednesday, students gathered in front of the Parliament to reject what they claimed as a "mishandling" of the COVID-19 health crisis by the government. | Besides condemning the…
(2020-12-17). . imperial.ac.uk The Abdul Latif Jameel Institute for Disease and Emergency Analytics (J-IDEA) has had a monumental first year since it was launched in 2019.
(2020-12-17). China, Christmas, and the Coronavirus. cepr.net As we hunker down this holiday season, waiting for our vaccines, or at least until the diffusion of the vaccines has slowed the spread of the pandemic, it's worth thinking for a moment about an opportunity lost. Specifically, we lost an opportunity to have worldwide cooperation in the development of vaccines, bringing in not only …
(2020-12-17). As Wealthy Countries Hoard Vaccine Supply, Pandemic Could Rage in Poor Countries Until 2024. democracynow.org 
Health experts are raising concerns that wealthy countries have reserved enough coronavirus vaccine doses to immunize their populations multiple times over, while poorer countries may only have enough to vaccinate about 20%. Reuters reports the World Health Organization's global plan for delivering COVID-19 vaccines to 91 poor and middle-income countries faces a "very high" risk of failure and could leave billions of people with no access to vaccines until 2024. "What we see is that something like 90% of all the vaccine doses that have been purchased have actually been done directly by countries, mostly middle-in…
(2020-12-17). Selected Articles: Vaccine Passports and Health Passes: Is Showing Your "Papers" the "New Normal?" globalresearch.ca 
By In case you have been living under a rock for the past several weeks, here are several instances where the "public …
(2020-12-17). Cuban Health Care: The Ongoing Revolution. zcomm.org Review of Cuban Health Care: The Ongoing Revolution, by Don Fitz (Monthly Review Press)…
(2020-12-17). Racism a long legacy in Sacramento County Public Health Crisis. indybay.org Sacramento County, seat of the Capitol Region of the 5th largest economy on earth, continues to refuse acknowledgement of complicity in the enslavement of people of Pan African Ancestry.
(2020-12-17). No Flu this Year? Or Is Flu the Second Wave of Covid? globalresearch.ca Is there no flu this year or is flu "the second wave of Covid?" | Don't expect any honest answer from health authorities. They have the fear running strong, so strong that people are submitting to needless lockdowns that are causing …
(2020-12-16). The real 'People of the Year' — workers & oppressed people of the world! A WW commentary. workers.org 
NEW YORK, NY — APRIL 17 2020: Public health workers, doctors and nurses protest over lack of sick pay and personal protective equipment (PPE) outside a hospital in the borough of the Bronx on April 17, 2020 in New York, NY. (Photo by Giles Clarke/Getty Images) In what can only . . . |
(2020-12-16). Covid-19: Scholars say having vaccine is religious duty for Egyptians. middleeasteye.net 
Covid-19: Scholars say having vaccine is religious duty for Egyptians | Arrival of first shipment of vaccine from China has raised religious, political and public debate in the country | Wed, 12/16/2020 – 12: 41 | Worshippers attend Friday prayers inside Cairo's historic al-Azhar mosque (AFP) | Egypt's religious establishment has stepped into the heated debate over Covid-19 vaccines, ur…
(2020-12-16). How Portland Radicalized Me. counterpunch.org 
Today I find myself in an untenable position. I run an online encrypted mental health service to serve the Portland protest movement. This is the story of how I came to use a code name, an encrypted email and apps, and risk myself to help frontline activists. But the movement I am serving is no
(2020-12-16). Family of Australian professor detained in Qatar say they fear for his life. middleeasteye.net 
Family of Australian professor detained in Qatar say they fear for his life | Professor Lukman Thalib told relatives that his blood pressure and heart rate had become dangerously low | Wed, 12/16/2020 – 14: 36 | Professor Lukman Thalib (right) received a teaching award at Qatar University in 2018. He is a public health expert and helped Qatar with its covid-19 response (Supplied) | The family of an Austr…
(2020-12-16). Jimmy Trending because AOC against Fighting for Medicare for All. dissidentvoice.org  …
(2020-12-16). Health Impacts of "Social Distancing" and Isolation: Scientists Show a Sort of Signature in the Brains of Lonely People. globalresearch.ca This holiday season will be a lonely one for many people as social distancing due to COVID-19 continues, and it is important to understand how isolation affects our health. A new study shows a sort of signature in the brains …
(2020-12-16). 500+ Groups Call on President-Elect Biden To Order Fossil Fuel Lease Ban. counterpunch.org WASHINGTON Hundreds of conservation, Native American, religious, and business groups today sent President-elect Joe Biden text for a proposed executive order to ban new fossil fuel leasing and permitting on federal public lands and waters. "For our health and prosperity, President-elect Biden needs to make transitioning from fossil fuels a number one priority," said Jeremy Nichols, Climate
(2020-12-16). Unlike UK, U.S. FDA Allows Pregnant and Nursing Women to Receive Experimental Pfizer COVID Vaccine. globalresearch.ca The U.S. FDA has given emergency use authorization (EUA) to the experimental Pfizer COVID mRNA vaccine, a type of vaccine that has never before been authorized for use in humans. | The FDA's EUA for the Pfizer COVID vaccine follows an …
(2020-12-16). Palestinian healthcare is crumbling in face of COVID-19, Israeli occupation. peoplesdispatch.org Authorities are worried that if drastic steps are not taken, the health system might face a major crisis putting the lives and health of Palestinian people at risk…
(2020-12-16). Local Sheriffs Are Pushing Back on Some of the Lockdown's Harsher Measures. globalresearch.ca The limits of the government's power to follow through with some of its public-health orders are being tested as states impose new restrictions on private gatherings because of COVID-19. | "You have due process," said Sheriff Richard Giardino, of Fulton …
(2020-12-16). An ER Nurse, Fired for Demanding Protective Equipment, Fights for his Job. zcomm.org Cliff Willmeng, a registered nurse in Minneapolis, was fired from his job at United Hospital, Allina Health Corporation for standing up for his and his coworkers' safety…
(2020-12-16). Vaccines for all, an 'acid test' in COVID-19 battle. news.un.org Equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines will represent an "acid test" for the international community, the President of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) told journalists on Wednesday, highlighting the importance of global cooperation and solidarity in beating back the disease.
(2020-12-16). Pompeo goes into quarantine after hosting State Department holiday party in the middle of a pandemic. salon.com The secretary of state has hosted indoor holiday parties despite warnings from public health officials and workers…
(2020-12-16). Netanyahu to Become First Israeli to Receive COVID-19 Vaccine. sputniknews.com MOSCOW, (Sputnik) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to be the first person in Israel to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
(2020-12-16). 7,603 infections, 213 deaths in 24h. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 16 (MNA) — According to the latest figures released by the Iranian Health Ministry, the declining trend of COVID-19 infections and deaths is continuing.
(2020-12-16). A Public Option Won't Save Us. The Sick and Disabled Need Medicare-for-All. commondreams.org Medicare and Medicaid are rife with complicated formulas for exclusions, exceptions, and limitations. The cruelty that is imposed by the constraints of these programs cannot be overstated. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
(2020-12-15). The Most Lethal Virus is Not COVID. It is War. counterpunch.org 
In the midst of the greatest health emergency in modern times, with more than 4 million surgical procedures delayed by the National Health Service, Boris Johnson has announced a record increase of £16.5 billion in so-called defence spending — a figure that would restore the under-resourced NHS many times over.
(2020-12-15). 1 in 10 people in Spain have been infected with Covid-19, nationwide antibody test finds. rt.com 
A national seroprevalence study has shown that nearly 10 percent of Spain's population is, to some degree, immune to Covid-19, up from 5 percent in July. | Carried out by the ministry of health, the study published on Tuesday suggests that 9.9 percent of people in Spain have Covid antibodies and have already been infected with the virus.This figure infers that 4.7 million people have been infected across the country. | The new data is the fourth round of a nationwide seroprevalence study being undertaken by the government. The same study previously said that only 5.2 percent of the population had been infected…
(2020-12-15). Immediate action is needed after review finds male doctors are paid more than female colleagues. thecanary.co 
A doctors' union is calling for immediate action after a review found that male doctors are still being paid more than their female colleagues.Gender gap: The British Medical Association (BMA) said that the review, which is due to be published on 15 December, showed that, based on full-time equivalent pay: | Female doctors in hospitals are paid nearly 9% less than their male counterparts. | Female GPs are paid 15% less. | Clinical academics 11.5% less. | The review is titled Department of Health and Social Care's Mend The Gap: The Independent Review Into Gender Pay Gaps In Medicine In England. It's been re…
(2020-12-15). Creating More Climate-Proof Health Care Facilities. jamanetwork.com Building more resilient and environmentally sustainable health care systems is essential to ensuring access to care as the world's climate continues to change, according to new guidance from the World Health Organization (WHO).
(2020-12-15). Patient Consumerism, Healing Relationships, and Rebuilding Trust in Health Care. jamanetwork.com This Viewpoint discusses barriers to building trust between physicians and patients and offers recommendations to increase that trust, including minimizing emphasis on patient consumerism, promoting authentic partnerships, and accelerating select payment and delivery system reforms.
(2020-12-15). COVID's Covert Reengineering of Humanity. "Genetically Modified" Vaccines? globalresearch.ca The first Covid vaccines now being rushed onto the market are genetically modified products. However, they are not publicly referred to as such, because that would likely scare off a high percentage of would be recipients. | Nevertheless, the public …
(2020-12-15). Association Between Depressive Symptoms and Incident Cardiovascular Diseases. jamanetwork.com This international study pooled individual-participant data from several long-term prospective studies to evaluate the relationship between depressive symptoms and incident cardiovascular disease.
(2020-12-15). Conversational Agents in Health Care—Reply. jamanetwork.com In Reply Dr Darcy and colleagues from Woebot Health cite 2 references when suggesting that the CA field is more developed than our Viewpoint suggested. However, we find the use of these references as being off target for 2 reasons. First, both articles address symptom checkers. Symptom checkers typically ask patients preset questions and permit structured or limited free-text replies. Thus, we would not consider symptom checkers to be CAs. Our Viewpoint focused on technologies that accept and interpret a broad range of typed or spoken words, phrases, and sentences and that offer natural-sounding language response…
(2020-12-15). Exome Sequencing as Part of a Multidisciplinary Approach to Diagnosis. jamanetwork.com To the Editor The Viewpoint by Dr Friedman and colleagues on whole-exome sequencing claimed that the diagnosis of many genetic diseases cannot be based solely on molecular results but requires a multidisciplinary approach for a final diagnosis. The authors stated "Genomic variants classified as pathogenic or likely pathogenic may be seen in healthy people." This phenomenon has been described for genetically related kidney diseases in particular. We agree with the authors about using a multidisciplinary approach in the field of adult genetically related kidney diseases, in which the pretest probability of a geneti…
(2020-12-15). Human-Centered Design and Trust in Medicine. jamanetwork.com This Viewpoint discusses how human-centered design (HCD) that involves all stakeholders can improve patient trust in physicians and health care systems, describes its methods, and provides examples of its successful application.
(2020-12-15). Exome Sequencing as Part of a Multidisciplinary Approach to Diagnosis—Reply. jamanetwork.com In Reply Dr Doreille and colleagues share our opinion that a genetic disease diagnosis cannot be made on the basis of an exome-sequencing result alone but requires consideration of all of a patient's clinical features and consistency with the spectrum of clinical manifestations that occur in the disease being considered.
(2020-12-15). Experts Discuss COVID-19: Vaccine Allocation, Placebo Groups, and More. jamanetwork.com This JAMA Live Highlights feature provides comments about the coronavirus 2019 pandemic from experts in clinical medicine, public health, and health policy expressed during livestream interviews with JAMA Network Editor in Chief Howard Bauchner, MD.
(2020-12-15). Conversational Agents in Health Care. jamanetwork.com To the Editor The Viewpoint by Dr McGreevey and colleagues drew attention to the increasing use of conversational agents (CAs) in health care. However, they suggested a less mature field than we find in practice, and their call for CA-specific regulations risks creating confusion.
(2020-12-15). Addressing Medical Misinformation in the Patient-Clinician Relationship. jamanetwork.com This Viewpoint describes why health misinformation spreads, characterizes a broader set of misinformation types, and discusses solutions to this problem.
(2020-12-15). The Enduring Importance of Trust in Leadership of Health Care Organizations. jamanetwork.com This Viewpoint discusses the declining trust in the US health care system, especially in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the importance that maintaining public trust should hold in the culture of health care organizations.
(2020-12-15). 'Let's Do This!': Progressive Powerhouses Swiftly Endorse Nina Turner After She Announces House Run. commondreams.org Rep. Ro Khanna said that the former Ohio state senator "will bring a phenomenal commitment to a $15 minimum wage, Medicare for All, and free public college." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
(2020-12-15). Warehouse Workers Are on the Front Lines of the Covid Crisis. zcomm.org They're Worried They'll Be Passed Over for the Vaccine…