Tag: Covid-19 pandemic

"This is a grotesque indicator of the deep inequalities in U.S. society."

The president’s “chaotic and incompetent response has fueled the spread of the coronavirus in the U.S. and beyond, causing tens of thousands of preventable deaths.”

After weeks of warnings, COVID-19 cases are emerging in refugee camps, where social distancing is often impossible and healthcare extremely limited.

So who and what’s to blame for the worst avoidable loss of life in American history?

“More than any other time in history, mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. The other, to total extinction. Let us pray we have the wisdom to choose correctly.”

More than 207,000 people have died worldwide from COVID-19, but there are still no drugs proven to help treat the disease.

As percentage of wealth, billionaire taxes have fallen 79% since 1980.

“Even if social distancing standards were relaxed, it wouldn’t restore the health of the economy as some protesters have implied it would.”

A political system that is structurally incapable of acting for the common good, even when millions of lives are at stake, is not just failing to solve our problems. It is the problem.