Herd Immunity Usually Occurs Only After Staggering Numbers of People Have Died
Before the use of vaccines, the herd immunity milestone occurred only after staggering numbers of people had died.
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Before the use of vaccines, the herd immunity milestone occurred only after staggering numbers of people had died.
The greatest lesson Cuba gives us from its handling of the Covid crisis is: We can’t give people what is left over after we have given bailouts to the corporates; we must give them what we have.
Latin America has begun to lead the way, not only in the gravity of the Coronavirus crisis, but in the scale and character of the resistance that social movements are mounting.
In an interview, the former ICRISAT scientist says the damage could have been contained if the government had acted promptly to warnings.
During the present medical and economic crisis, the government has acted not for the millions of distressed workers who lost jobs, but in the interest of big business.
Because a regime of ‘austerity’ in government spending, while ruinous for the Indian economy, can yield rich returns for foreign investors.
And yet, it is being tom-tommed as ‘freedom’ for farmers and ‘self-reliance’ for country, by a plaint media.
Indian government’s actions against the pandemic reveals the Modi regime’s monumental, and actionable, incompetence – and yet Modi and Shah continue to make tall claims.
The legitimacy of constitutional courts is imperilled by their tacit deference to indefensible state action.
African-Americans have been looted of trillions by racist employers and giant corporations, while their safety, lives and peace of mind have been looted by racist police.
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