Tag: Covid vaccine
The dangerous misuse of ‘natural immunity’ against COVID vaccination
It continues to delay full reopening and prolongs the state of fear that has many people wearing masks, even when there’s no mandate, or reason, to do so.
3 million people have died of Covid since rich nations began...
“Every one of those deaths is a mark of shame for the governments of countries like the U.K. and Germany who have protected patents over human lives.”
Why we need a movement to abolish COVID vaccine patents now
While the call by activists to waive TRIPS is an important first step to scale up COVID vaccines, it actually needs to be abolished.
The twisted, tragic reality of vaccine apartheid
True to form, the Western pharmaceutical companies responsible for producing vaccines are already telling shareholders that they will raise prices on them in the near future.
As rich countries shield pharma monopolies, just 0.2% of COVID vaccine...
"The problem is not getting vaccines out of COVAX; the problem is getting them in."
‘We need a people’s vaccine, not a profit vaccine’: Sanders urges...
“Ending this pandemic requires collaboration, solidarity, and empathy. It requires a very different mindset—a mindset that puts people over profits at every turn.”
CDC tells state governors to prepare for Covid vaccine before November...
“Public health officials worry that the Trump administration is looking to roll out a vaccine prematurely, or at least to hype one, before the election as a way to score political points.“
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Israel accused of using aid as bait as over 300 Palestinians killed at food...
Palestinians seeking flour and water have become targets, with Israeli forces killing hundreds at so-called humanitarian aid points backed by the U.S.
Lessons from Vieques: Resisting US militarism, building unity
Our only hope is to learn from and center the past and present struggle in Vieques and everywhere else bearing the brunt of U.S. militarism, to clearly understand where our enemies converge.
Martial Law in the United States
Trump will reverse the equation and use martial law to overcome public protest.
America’s new Industrial Revolution
Will Donald Trump will be remembered ruefully as our country’s very own King Canute, who used the full force of presidential power in a failed, futile effort to halt the tides of technological change?
Conservation innovations: How sustained resistance is saving one of the Earth’s most critical rainforests...
As profit-driven exploitation imperils Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosystem, some unique conservation strategies are working to save it.