(2022-02-10). Palestinians under Israeli Occupation face urgent healthcare Crisis in Gaza. juancole.com By Wafa Aludaini | — ( Middle East Monitor ) — Eleven-year-old Amal Lubbad was deep in thought when I met her in what has become her second home, Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. It was her third hospital visit this week. Five years ago, Amal was diagnosed with kidney failure, which requires her to …
(2022-02-10). Right-wing racialists mount campaign against Asian entertainer Awkwafina's use of a "blaccent" wsws.org Amid threats of war between nuclear-armed powers, the ending of COVID-19 public safety measures and the danger of fascism, the hue and cry over the supposed use of "black speech" is preposterous and diversionary.
(2022-02-10). Devaluing China's zero-COVID approach disregards facts. ecns.cn As the omicron strain still rages worldwide, lashing China's "dynamic zero-case policy" becomes the groupthink that is often hyped up by some Western media.
(2022-02-10). Mobilise the working class to support Sri Lankan national health strike. wsws.org Over 65,000 Sri Lankan health workers, including nurses, paramedic services, public health inspectors, medical laboratory technologists and pharmacists, began an indefinite strike over wages, allowances and working conditions on Monday.
(2022-02-10). CDC reviews wastewater data to monitor levels of coronavirus. ecns.cn The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has begun listing crucial information on how prevalent the coronavirus is in local wastewater to help determine whether levels of the virus are rising or falling in hundreds of communities nationwide.
(2022-02-10). From "herd immunity" to "endemic": The ruling class policy of perpetual mass death. wsws.org Throughout the world, capitalist politicians are scrapping all remaining public health measures that slow the spread of COVID-19 by falsely claiming that the virus has become "endemic."
(2022-02-10). Saturday 2/19: The People's Rally for Healthcare. indybay.org Lake Merritt, Oakland, by the Lake Merritt Amphitheater, the corner of 12th Street and Lake Merritt Blvd.
(2022-02-10). Wife of locomotive engineer describes BNSF's toll on family life. wsws.org "If there was a strike, it would have such a heavy impact on the economy," she said. "People don't want to disrupt the supply chain, but it's not worth their health, sanity and job safety. Every worker I've talked to is willing to strike because of that."
(2022-02-10). Selected Articles: Brian Peckford, Signatory of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, on Trudeau and the COVID-19 Mandates. globalresearch.ca 
By Watch Brian Peckford speaking to a crowd in December 2021 on Trudeau's vaccine mandate and the …
(2022-02-10). New Zealand Police Arrest 120 Demonstrators Against Vaccine Mandate. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – New Zealand Police have arrested 120 people at the convoy protest on Parliament grounds on Thursday amid vaccine mandate demonstrations, Wellington District Commander Superintendent Corrie Parnell said.
(2022-02-10). Canada's governments implement key elements of far-right Freedom Convoy's pandemic policy. wsws.org Even as Ottawa remains under siege, Canada's federal Liberal and provincial governments have adopted in its essentials the far-right Convoy's demand that all remaining anti-COVID mitigation measures be scrapped.
(2022-02-10). Chinese scientists develop prototype tool to test COVID-19 in 4 mins. ecns.cn Chinese scientists have developed a molecular system that can provide COVID-19 testing results in less than four minutes.
(2022-02-10). German politicians and media attack students opposing herd immunity COVID policies. wsws.org The popular petition against deliberate mass infection policies in schools has been subjected to a foul campaign of slanders.
(2022-02-10). Japan's COVID-19 advisory panel approves extension of emergency measures amid concerns over new virus sub-variant. ecns.cn The Japanese government's advisory panel on COVID-19 measures has approved the extension of quasi-emergency restrictions currently in place in 13 prefectures that are set to expire on Sunday amid concerns over a new virus sub-variant.
(2022-02-09). WHO wants rich states to contribute to Covid-19 plan. rt.com 
ACT-Accelerator initiative requires $16 billion to end the pandemic | The World Health Organization (WHO) has appealed to the leaders of the world's richest countries, asking them to pay their fair share of the funding needed for the agency's program to end the global Covid-19 pandemic as soon as possible. | The body announced on Wednesday that it needed more than $16 billion to bridge the funding gap for its ACT-Accelerator program, and said it could end the pandemic as a global emergency in 2022. | The Access to Covid-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT-A) is the WHO-led initiative that unites leading agencies in a bi…
(2022-02-09). White House seeks to fabricate lower COVID-19 hospitalization numbers. wsws.org The Biden administration is moving to slash the official number of COVID-19 hospitalizations by 50 percent or more by changing the standard for who is counted as a COVID-19 patient, implementing a central demand of Donald Trump and other advocates of "herd immunity."
(2022-02-09). We Shouldn't Have to Rely on the National Guard for Basic Services. otherwords.org As the highly transmissible Omicron variant continues to spread, hospitals across the country have The U.S. health care sy…
(2022-02-09). Growing concern about New Zealand government allowing Omicron to spread. wsws.org There is growing concern and opposition to the Labour Party-led government's decision to reopen schools and businesses and allow masses of people to become infected with Omicron.
(2022-02-09). Alzheimer's may be prevented with toothpaste, researchers suggest. rt.com 
A protein present in human gums may help combat a bacterium causing neurodegenerative diseases, particularly if added to a toothpaste, Canadian researchers say | A protein called SCPPPQ1 that normally makes gums adhere to teeth may prove effective in combating a bacterium called P. gingivalis, which could cause Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative conditions, a research team from the University of Montreal, Canada, has The study led by…
(2022-02-09). California Healthcare Bill Fails. popularresistance.org Another effort to change the healthcare system in a U.S. state is dead in the water. This time, last week, lawmakers in California declined to vote on a measure whose proponents say would lead to a single-payer system in the state. Monday's nonvote in California provides yet another instance in which a state cannot move forward with a proposal for single payer. But while supporters may argue that there just needs to be more political will, in reality, it is not impossible to achieve a true single-payer healthcare system on a state level. On a larger scale, the recent results in California show the futility of the…
(2022-02-09). Drug Decriminalization Is Working In Oregon. popularresistance.org As COVID-19 continues to rage, another health crisis persists — one that is decades long. In the first year of the pandemic, the United States hit the devastating milestone of 100,000 overdose deaths, a nearly 28.5 percent surge from the record numbers we saw the previous year. Now, fentanyl is the leading cause of death in Americans ages 18-45. The reaction from many of our leaders has been to call for more arrests and criminalization, but this response is rooted in fear, not science. We have spent the last 50 years trying to treat a public health issue with a criminalization response, yet people are dying…
(2022-02-09). On Contact: The Gig Economy. popularresistance.org After the end of World War II, two generations of workers in the United States were blessed with a period of unprecedented prosperity. Wages for the working class were high. Jobs were stable and came with benefits and health insurance. Unions protected workers from abuse by the business elites. Taxes on the wealthiest individuals and corporations was as high as 91%. The public school system provided a quality education to the poor and the rich. The nation's infrastructure and technology were cutting edge and unrivaled. But by the 1970s, it all began to go south. Wages stagnated. Income inequality grew, until by 2…
(2022-02-09). Fact Check: Biden And Democrats To Hand Out Crack Pipes To Promote Racial Equity, Prevent Infection. moguldom.com The Biden Administration is providing funding to fight against drug addiction and crack pipes are among the supplies included on the approved equipment list. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has included the pipes as one of 20 items in its planned safe smoking kits, which will be distributed through the department's …
(2022-02-09). In unusual bipartisan harmony, House OKs postal reform. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—In an unusual bipartisan harmony, the U.S. House approved a massive postal reform bill whose main impact would be to end the heavy weight of a $5 billion yearly prepayment of future retirees' health care costs. The measure is also an implicit rebuke to the GOP-run Congress which imposed that "onerous burden," as postal unions …
(2022-02-09). Portrait exhibition celebrates staff and patients in healthcare research. imperial.ac.uk A new series of portraits documenting researchers and patients involved in healthcare research has been unveiled in an online photography exhibition.
(2022-02-09). Australia: New South Wales nurses vote for statewide strike. wsws.org The union is doing everything to isolate and divide up action which expresses immense anger among not only nurses and other health staff, but broad sections of the working class.
(2022-02-09). Australia's aged-care crisis spirals out of control, healthcare unions blame government. peoplesdispatch.org Close to 650 deaths have been reported from Australia's aged-care centers since the beginning of this year. Staffing shortage is believed to be the primary cause of the current crisis…
(2022-02-09). San Jose requires gun owners to carry liability insurance. america.cgtn.com 
A city in northern California is set to become the first in the U.S. to require gun owners to carry liability insurance. As Mark Niu reports, the ordinance still faces plenty of legal hurdle.Find out more.
(2022-02-09). Ottawa under right-wing occupation: Progressives push back. liberationnews.org 
For more than 10 days, truckers opposed to vaccine mandates at the Canadian and U.S. borders have mobilized thousands of supporters to disrupt and terrorize the people of Ottawa.
(2022-02-09). Ontario under right-wing occupation: Progressives push back. liberationnews.org For more than 10 days, truckers opposed to vaccine mandates at the Canadian and U.S. borders have mobilized thousands of supporters to disrupt and terrorize the people of Ottawa.
(2022-02-09). Virginia public universities drop vaccine mandates. wsws.org Amidst threats from state Republicans, the school system dropped vaccine requirements despite the current caseload being at a pandemic high.
(2022-02-09). Oakland students fight for COVID safety in schools. liberationnews.org 
On Friday, Jan. 21, striking students in the Oakland Unified School District held a public town hall to address the urgent COVID safety needs of school communities. Less than a week later, the Oakland Education Association and the OUSD came to a tentative agreement in support of all of the students' demands.
(2022-02-09). Petition in Germany gathers more than 125,000 signatures opposing deliberate mass infections in schools. wsws.org The only way to stop the herd immunity policy is the international struggle for a Zero COVID policy.
(2022-02-09). COVID cases explode in Russia and Ukraine amid war crisis. wsws.org One in five cases in Russia occur among children as the virus rips through the population virtually unchecked.
(2022-02-09). Headlines for February 9, 2022. democracynow.org Heads of State Hold More Talks as U.S. Threatens Sweeping Sanctions Amid Russia-Ukraine Tensions, NY Drops Indoor Mask Mandate; Pfizer Projects Over $50 Billion in Revenue from COVID Treatments, Canadian Truckers Shut Down Bridge Linking to U.S. as "Freedom Convoy" Grows, Israeli Soldiers Shoot Dead 3 Palestinians in West Bank City of Nablus, Millions in Horn of Africa Face Severe Hunger After Years of Drought, U.S. Approves $100 Million Military Sale to Taiwan, Outrage Mounts over School Hijab Ban in Indian State of Karnataka, Ex-Pope Benedict Asks for Forgiveness for Church's Sexual Abuse But…
(2022-02-09). Cuba alcanza el tercer lugar del mundo en vacunación anti-Covid-19. telesurtv.net Cuba apostó por la producción de vacunas nacionales, las cuales alcanzan un elevado por ciento de efectividad.
(2022-02-09). The Great Covid Class War. libya360.wordpress.com Alex Gutentag A panhandler in Genoa, Italy during lockdown. (photo: John Perivolaris / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) The pandemic has created the perfect pretext for enacting economically destructive policies. On January 19, 2020, Washington state reported the first US case of coronavirus. By the end of March, 245 million Americans were under stay-at-home restrictions to "flatten the curve."…
(2022-02-09). Class struggle and freedom beyond colonial borders. mronline.org 
The global COVID-19 pandemic has brought into sharp relief how truly interconnected our world is, how superficial colonial borders are, and thus how the struggle for freedom must link localized organizing to broader global insurgencies.
(2022-02-09). Boston University epidemiologist Dr. Eleanor Murray speaks on COVID-19 and endemicity. wsws.org Part two of a two-part interview on the COVID pandemic and the claims that COVID has become endemic.
(2022-02-09). Confirman tendencia baja en cuarta ola de Covid-19 en México. telesurtv.net El subsecretario de Salud resaltó que solo el 2.9 por ciento de los casos se encuentran activos.
(2022-02-09). Why We Should Oppose COVID-19 Mandates. libya360.wordpress.com Leila Mechoui&Alexander McKay Moral appeals for mandates only mask the brutal coercive power of the capitalist class. "In ancient times, when persuasion played the role of public force, eloquence was necessary. Of what use would it be today, when public force has replaced persuasion. One needs neither art nor metaphor to say such is my…
(2022-02-09). As far-right Ottawa occupation continues, Canadian authorities move to shred all anti-COVID measures. wsws.org Even as the capitalist establishment feuds over how to end the fascist-led Ottawa occupation, it is being used to shift Canadian politics further to the right.
(2022-02-09). Student petition calls for reinstatement of COVID safety policies at Baylor. wsws.org Baylor has repudiated remaining safety measures, even as students are demanding basic safety measures, including an option for virtual learning, in the midst of mass infections at the university.
(2022-02-09). Two right-wing figures to contest South Korean presidential election. wsws.org The candidates from the two main parties are both determined to further open the economy despite the surge of COVID-19 cases and have backed the US war drive against China.
(2022-02-09). More than 300 children infected on first day back at school in Australian state of Queensland. wsws.org Premier Palaszczuk's government sent teachers, staff and students back into classrooms under unsafe conditions, declaring that it would lead to further COVID-19 outbreaks and hospitalisations.
(2022-02-09). Having Learned Nothing From 900,000 Deaths, Governors Lift Mask Mandates. truthout.org 
We've been here before, you and I, right here at the fulcrum between controlling COVID-19 and letting it run wild. Here we are again, swaddled in the dented surety that doing the same thing over and over will bring about a different conclusion, just because we really really want it to… wait, strike that: Just because capitalism really, really wants it to. The rest of that "we" is most of us, baggage stacked down in the dripping darkness of steerage, waiting for the next viral iceberg to smack thi…
(2022-02-09). Pandemic hits privatised aged care system hard, urgent reform needed. greenleft.org.au Aged residents in care are dying at alarming rates from COVID-19, while the PM wastes precious time trying to convince us that the system is not in crisis. Jackie Kriz argues for a complete overhaul.
