(2021-10-28). To Prove China is a "Global Threat," US Threatens Global Games. newatlas.report October 28, 2021 (Brian Berletic — NEO) — China is set to host the 2022 Winter Olympics in its capital city Beijing beginning in February. The country has been busy with preparations taking into consideration all the baseline concerns required for such an event with the addition of managing risks related to COVID-19. However, the …
(2021-10-28). Más de 1.000.000 de niños cubanos tienen dos dosis de vacuna antiCovid-19. telesurtv.net El IVF destacó que la vacuna de producción nacional Soberana02 ha demostrado una alta seguridad contra el coronavirus.
(2021-10-28). Vaccine Inequity: Meet the Doctor Refusing a Booster as Rich Nations Get 16x More Doses Than Poor. democracynow.org 
Wealthy nations have received over 16 times more COVID-19 vaccines per person than poorer nations dependent on the COVAX program backed by the World Health Organization, according to a new Financial Times analysis. COVAX, which was set up to ensure global equitable access to vaccines, has delivered only 400 million doses after promising 1.4 billion this year. Higher-income countries struck separate vaccine deals with manufacturers, leaving COVAX with less negotiating power. While the United States rolls out booster shots and stockpiles six vaccines per person, less than 3% of people in low-income countries have r…
(2021-10-28). Headlines for October 28, 2021. democracynow.org Biden Set to Announce "Framework" for Revised Social Spending and Climate Bill, Iran to Rejoin Talks to Restore Nuclear Deal Abandoned by Trump, Top U.S. General Compares Chinese Hypersonic Missile Test to "Sputnik Moment", U.S. Voices Rare Criticism as Israel Announces Plans to Further Expand Illegal Settlements, COVID-19 Sickened Nearly 60,000 Meat Industry Workers During Pandemic's First Year, Inexpensive Antidepressant Fluvoxamine Shows Promise as COVID-19 Therapeutic, Merck to Allow Generic Manufacturing of Pill That Reportedly Can Cut COVID-19 Deaths by Half, Nor'easter Rips Through New England, Cutting Pow…
(2021-10-28). UK government and media mount disinformation campaign claiming pandemic is nearly over. wsws.org In pursuit of their favoured herd immunity policy, the media have been pumping out propaganda claiming that with cases down for several days in a row, this vindicates the government's policy of abandoning all measures to fight the virus.
(2021-10-28). Moody's rating agency warns of "systemic risk" in private credit. wsws.org The private credit market has undergone an expansion since the global financial crisis of 2008 and its growth accelerated after the March 2020 crisis at the onset of the pandemic.
(2021-10-28). Germany's reopening policy leads to surge in COVID-19 infection rates. wsws.org Within a week, the proportion of Germany's population infected with COVID-19 rose from 75 infections per 100,000 to 118, an increase of about 50 percent.
(2021-10-28). New York City government cracks down on parents withholding children from unsafe schools. wsws.org The Administration for Children's Services of New York City has ramped up legal actions against parents who have withheld their children from school due to concerns over COVID-19.
(2021-10-28). OPS: 44 % de la población latinoamericana está vacunada contra la Covid-19. telesurtv.net Cuba, México, Uruguay y Chile son cuatro de las naciones que encabezan la vacunación anticovid en el continente.
(2021-10-28). "Public health experts have insisted that preventative measures are necessary to avoid the National Health Service being overwhelmed", UK nurse tells WSWS. wsws.org We have a chronic shortage of staff. Currently, more than a hundred colleagues are absent due to Covid symptoms, isolating and shielding. According to one of our matrons, each month, hundreds of nursing shifts go unfilled.
(2021-10-28). COVID-19 infections force the closure of schools in Michigan. wsws.org K-12 schools were once again the largest single source of COVID-19 outbreaks in Michigan workplaces last week, with the state now monitoring 497 active outbreaks affecting at least 5,186 students and staff.
(2021-10-28). Danish PM Faces Impeachment for Deleting Her Messages Related to Slaughter of 15 Mln Mink. sputniknews.com Denmark's controversial decision to cull all 15 million farmed mink to prevent the spread of mutated COVID-19 was ruled illegal and has since devolved into a blame game involving the nation's top politicians.
(2021-10-28). Malaysia enters "endemic stage" of COVID-19 amid thousands of infections. wsws.org The policy of "living with the virus" follows a period in which the South East Asian country endured one of the highest infection rates and deaths per capita in the world.
(2021-10-27). Micrograph of COVID-19 Delta strain. ecns.cn A micrograph depicts Delta strain coronaviruses with characteristic spikes in the Vero E6 intercellular space.
(2021-10-27). Headlines for October 27, 2021. democracynow.org U.N.'s Guterres Warns World on Track for Climate Catastrophe, Even with Gov't Pledges Ahead of COP26, Brazilian Senators Back Report Accusing Bolsonaro of Crimes Against Humanity for Pandemic Response, Deborah Birx Says 130,000 Lives Could Have Been Saved, But Trump Admin "Distracted" by Election, FDA Panel Recommends Pfizer Vaccine for Children Aged 5-11; Moderna to Sell 110M Vaccines to African Countries, Afghanistan Heading Toward Collapse as Half the Country Faces Acute Food Insecurity, Four People, Including 3 Children, Drown Off Greek Coast, Dozens Arrested as Protesters in Ecuador Condemn Fuel Price Hike,…
(2021-10-27). "No Way Out": Taxi Drivers, Allies Enter 2nd Week of Hunger Strike Against Crushing Medallion Debt. democracynow.org 
New York City taxi drivers have entered their second week of hunger striking outside City Hall to demand that the mayor grant debt relief for thousands of drivers impacted by the taxi medallion price crash. Many drivers purchased taxi medallions, the permits required to drive a taxi, for upwards of $1 million. After the incursion of ride-sharing apps like Uber and Lyft, as well as more recent plummeting demand for taxis due to the pandemic, they are now only worth about $100,000. Faced with massive debt and financial ruin, at least nine drivers have died by suicide. Taxi driver Augustine Tang, who has been on hun…
(2021-10-27). Rank-and-File Committee for Safe Education in Brazil organizes meeting on "The need for school closures and the means to end the pandemic" wsws.org The meeting will arm teachers and parents fighting against the reopening of schools with a program that is science-driven and aligned with the objective interests of the working class.
(2021-10-27). Workers in Australia and an educator in Sri Lanka respond to WSWS webinar on "how to end the pandemic" wsws.org "An eradication policy would be difficult, but we are already in difficult times. The webinar showed that it would be possible, viable and beneficial"
(2021-10-27). Stop the witch-hunt against scientist Peter Daszak! wsws.org The Washington Post hopes that scapegoating scientists for the COVID-19 pandemic will turn attention away from the US government's criminal "herd immunity" policies that have killed hundreds of thousands of Americans.
(2021-10-27). Gansu hospital supplies TCM to help fight COVID-19 epidemic. ecns.cn Gansu Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) supplies decoctions for COVID-19 prevention and control at Lanzhou, Northwest China's Gansu Province, Oct. 26, 2021.
(2021-10-27). SEP electoral members oppose the reopening of schools in Australia, warning that it will cause mass infection. wsws.org "We should not be putting vulnerable children, packed up like sardines, in classrooms. It will spread COVID through the entire school"
(2021-10-27). COVID-19 cases, deaths surge in Russia as thousands of children show "acute" symptoms. wsws.org Almost 60,000 children in Russia are currently receiving medical treatment for COVID-19, and 13 percent of previously infected children are suffering from Long COVID.
(2021-10-27). England's COVID-19 roadmap successful in balancing transmission and immunity. imperial.ac.uk England's COVID-19 roadmap was successful in balancing increased transmission with population immunity, according to a major study.
(2021-10-27). Hunger, poverty and disease: Tackling the triple burden of malnutrition. imperial.ac.uk Imperial's Global Development Hub brought together world-leading experts to share insights on how to tackle malnutrition worldwide.
(2021-10-27). Death and horror in New York City's Rikers Island jail. wsws.org Rikers Island, the infamous prison complex in New York City, is the scene of death, disease and mayhem greater than at any time in its sordid history.