Vaccines Alone Aren’t Enough to Eradicate a Virus – Lessons from History
Smallpox eradication teaches that high-tech vaccinations only work when they are effectively combined with low-tech public health strategies.
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India’s Vaccine Approvals – Many Unanswered Questions
There are many unknowns, and hence many questions, regarding the emergency-use approvals given by DGCI for two vaccine candidates in the country: Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin and Serum Institute’s Covishield.
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Happy to be Part of Clinical Trials But Won’t Take Covaxin as a Vaccine: Gagandeep Kang
One of India’s top vaccine experts discusses her concerns regarding the manner in which Covaxin and Covishield have been approved for restricted emergency use.
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Concern Over Emergency Use Approval to Vaccine Candidates: Two Statements
Appeal to the DCGI to reconsider the recommendations of the SEC in granting the REU approval to Covaxin.
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Government’s Timidity in Handling Fiscal Deficit Post- Pandemic has Added to Workers Woes
The government did not give out relief packages in order to avoid stretching beyond its fiscal deficit limit, because it would have been frowned upon by global finance.
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The Contagion of Capital: Financialized Capitalism, COVID-19, and the Great Divide
Comprehending the basic parameters of today’s financialized capitalist system is the key to understanding the economic stagnation plaguing the production system as well as the accumulation of wealth by a few.
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Covid, Brexit and Dreadnought: UK Slides into Economic and Social Turmoil
Britain, led by a poseur whose self-esteem is akin to that of the equally repellent Trump, is in a parlous economic condition, and is suffering from social rupture of a viciousness unknown in recent history.
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Covid-19 Impact: Huge Decline in People Accessing Health Services
While Covid-19 affected all areas of life, it was access to healthcare where it had the maximum effect. Inpatient admissions, outpatient care and operations saw declines of up to 40%. Declines were also seen in deliveries, antenatal care and immunisation of children.
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Black Women, Mothers, Workers: The Frontlines of the MTST
In the Brazilian Homeless Workers’ Movement (MTST), it is women who organize the day-to-day of the occupations, head up the assemblies in the territories, and participate in the negotiations for land. A discussion with two women leaders of the MTST.
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Capitalism | COVID19 | Online Blog | USA | World Economy
Trickle-Down Economics vs. Build-Up Economics
At this juncture, between a global pandemic and the promise of a post-pandemic world, and between the administrations of Trump and Biden, we would be well-served by changing the economic paradigm from trickle down to build up.
