It’s crucial to distinguish between can’t and won’t—with a million lives at stake
It’s not a law of microbiology that requires that we allow the coronavirus to infect hundreds of millions of people, but a choice made by governments.
In ‘terrifying’ indictment of for-profit system, 12.7 million workers estimated to have lost insurance...
“If we take anything away from this pandemic, it’s that health care should not be tied to employment.”
Workers gear up for major May Day Strike in pushback against unsafe conditions amid...
One organizer explained that the goal is to “push back with large numbers against the right-wing groups that want to risk our lives by reopening the economy.”
Frontline healthcare personnel at risk from COVID-19 because of age or chronic conditions, study...
"Millions of health workers likely to be exposed to SARS–CoV-2 have medical conditions that increase their risk for poor COVID-19 outcomes."
Institutionalized elderly are facing a massacre, not an epidemic
The other epidemic, meanwhile, is causing what amounts to a massacre of the nation’s institutionalized elderly in nursing homes.
Trump orders meat plants to stay open during pandemic
"...PETA asks the nation to rise up and shout a resounding 'NO' to keeping slaughterhouses open at this time."
‘Grotesque, deadly failure’: Trump USDA under fire for allowing millions of pounds of produce...
“The Agriculture Department took more than a month to make its first significant move to buy up surplus fruits and vegetables.”
Scientific American: As Trump touts dangerous cures, here’s what we know about COVID-19 drug...
More than 207,000 people have died worldwide from COVID-19, but there are still no drugs proven to help treat the disease.
Becoming a marginalized person in a pandemic is eye-opening
So it is with some interest that I find myself now, in this time of coronavirus pandemic, suddenly in an un- or underprivileged status.
As poll shows nearly 90% Democratic support, Biden told hostility to Medicare for All...
The latest figures led to calls for Biden to drop his stubborn opposition to Medicare for All and join with the majority of Democratic voters and the American people.