COVID-19

The problems of the for-profit healthcare system existed before COVID. COVID demonstrated just how broken the system is. …

On Wednesday President Biden announced new plans to help the global vaccination effort, saying now is not the time for “half-measures or middle-of-the-road ambitions. We need to go big and we need to do our part.” This is an ironic statement, considering the U.S.’s repeated lack of commitment to the measures that would be needed to end this global pandemic.   …

On September 14, the number of recorded deaths from COVID-19 in the United States reached 663,913, the equivalent of 1 in 500 Americans. …

Companies that make test kits can charge what they want and get fat off this health disaster, even if it means most people won’t have access to the care they need. …

This is the capitalist system – highest efficiency and ingenuity when the goal is invading and committing murder in other countries, but unable to provide basic necessities, housing, utilities, education, healthcare and safety for its own population. The problems that we face having nothing to do with what is and isn’t “possible.” They have everything to do with this system’s priorities.  …

If the district is going to provide every school the safety measures being demanded, it’s going to be because they were fought for. …

A week before the fateful date, the conditions for back to school were still unclear. Schools are now back in session. …

Over a year and a half into the pandemic, healthcare workers are stressed and understaffed because hospitals continue to cut costs. …

Schools across the United States are reopening without coherent plans of dealing with COVID-19 infections. …

Abbott Laboratories destroyed millions of COVID tests because it was not profitable to sell them. …

Today we are sharing an episode of This American Life: “Essential” which shares a range of voices of workers who were deemed essential during the first wave of the pandemic. …

The emergence of new COVID variants is due to the mishandling of the pandemic by capitalist governments around the world. …

The school I work at and love was experiencing hardship long before the pandemic. We almost never had soap or paper towels in classrooms or bathrooms. And now things are worse. …

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has no qualms about receiving preferential treatment that uses the same science that he denies in his rhetoric. …

Macron is attempting to scapegoat anti-vaxxers to deflect blame from his own government’s failures in handling the pandemic. …

Transit workers in the Bay Area are fighting for hazard pay for working during the pandemic. …

Throughout this pandemic, politicians at all levels, and in both parties, have exposed the priorities of the system they protect. They are not interested in protecting the health of the population. All they are concerned about is protecting this economy and their petty careers. …

The Delta variant of COVID-19 arose due to a lack of global policy to fight COVID-19. …

June 15th marked the day when most states in the U.S. fully reopened their economies, lifting most COVID restrictions, and easing mask mandates. But who is really celebrating? …

Brazilians are protesting against Bolsonaro’s mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic. …

Why is the U.S. media pushing the idea that COVID-19 leaked from a lab in Wuhan? …

Kaiser Permanente calls its workers heroes, but it just laid off 200 of them. …

Biden has agreed to a limited waiver of COVID vaccine patent rights, but still supports such rights for corporations in general. …

The CEO of Emergent Biosolutions sold $10 million worth of stock before it fell 50% due to reports of vaccine production problems. …

A recent outbreak of COVID-19 in a nursing home shows the necessity of vaccinations for all people. …

India is facing horrific numbers of COVID-19 infections with no signs of slowing. …

India is being overwhelmed by COVID-19, its capitalist system being unable to handle such an event. …

France has lockdowns for the poor, while the rich are having secret luxury meals. …

Andreas Malm’s recent book Corona, Climate, Chronic Emergency lays out the overlapping causes of both …

Worldwide vaccine distribution is extremely unequal, with many poor countries having to wait years for theirs. …

Emergent BioSolutions botched millions of vaccine doses. They are focused more on profit than producing good vaccines. …

The truth came out that policies under the Trump administration increased the number of COVID deaths. But even under the Biden administration, with loosening restrictions, we risk more virus transmission. …

France is entering its third lockdown. The working class will be hurt the most by the government’s policies. …

The government’s ineffective enforcement of workplace safety standards during the pandemic is due to the fundamental pressures of the capitalist system. …

The murder rate increased in 2020, a symptom of a sickness in our society. …

The French government’s illogical response to the pandemic is based more on preserving business profits than the well-being of the people. …

Governor DeSantis deserves blame for the spring break fiasco, but so does the system of capitalism. …

Corporations and rich nations are hoarding life-saving vaccine technology instead of sharing it, because even during a pandemic they only care about profits. …

Mumia Abu-Jamal’s life is at risk due to prison conditions. …

The COVID-19 pandemic has been made worse because the for-profit healthcare system doesn’t care about our health. …

Biden’s stimulus plan will provide relief to workers, but it does not mean that Biden has the interests of the working class in mind. …

It is not surprising that in a racist society, there is a racial disparity in vaccination rates. …

After a year of Trump blaming COVID-19 on China, it is not surprising to see a rise in anti-Asian hate crimes. …

The choice that the system presents to us about school re-opening is a false one. We can do better. …

Rutgers University is using the pandemic as an opportunity to save money by making life difficult for its workers. …

The rush to re-open is not because the system cares about the education of children. …

Johns Hopkins University may have health experts on staff, but that doesn’t stop it from spreading disease by re-opening in-person classes. …

People are justifiably losing trust in official institutions, but many are replacing that with belief in conspiracy theories. …