Staff (2022-01-31). Headlines for January 31, 2022. democracynow.org U.N. Security Council Meets over Russia-Ukraine Tensions as Ukraine Calls Out Western "Panic", U.N.: 2,000 Children Died Since 2020 After Being Forced into Combat in Yemen, Taliban Killed Dozens of Former Gov't and Allied Forces Workers Since Takeover, Sudanese Security Forces Kill Another Demonstrator as Protests Continue 3 Months After Coup, North Korea Tests Most Powerful Ballistic Missile Since 2017, Pipeline Bursts on Indigenous Land in Ecuadorian Amazon; Thailand Rushes to Contain Coastal Oil Spill, Spotify Adds Advisory to Podcasts About COVID; Joni Mitchell Removes Music from App, Ahmaud Arbery's Family,…

WSWS (2022-01-31). Spanish Morenoites attack China's "Zero COVID" strategy. wsws.org The Revolutionary Workers' Current (CRT) is denouncing essential public health measures that allowed China to rapidly bring the pandemic under control.

William Briggs (2022-01-31). COVID-19 vaccines, a 'testament' to capitalism? greenleft.org.au There was no altruism in the speed in which pharmaceutical companies developed successful vaccines. The very future of capitalism relied on science's ability to keep the wheels turning, argues William Briggs.

WSWS (2022-01-31). The NHS vaccine mandate: Corbyn, pseudo-left and trade unions join Tory and libertarian right. wsws.org Like the Tory right, the union bureaucracy, their spokesperson Corbyn and their backers in the pseudo-left see no sense in requiring vaccination against a disease which they have accepted will be widespread throughout society forever.

WSWS (2022-01-31). Fascist podcaster manipulates tragic case of Minnesota COVID patient to attack health care providers. wsws.org Far-right elements are using the case of Scott Quiner, a ventilated COVID-19 patient who died after being moved from Mercy Hospital in Minnesota to a Texas hospital, as a rallying point for anti-vaccine forces.

In Defense of Liberation! (2022-01-31). Revolutionary Hope, Kinship, and Community w/Elena from the Red Nation. anchor.fm In this episode me and Elena from Red Power Hour and the Red Nation, were able to go over some really fun and important conversations. We discussed what we've been doing to cope and deal with everything going on since not only the beginning of the pandemic, as well as how we've been trying find ways to get organized and built community while this pandemic is enduring. It's difficult, it's scary, and one of the things we desperately need to know how to overcome. We have a desperate need for organizing, we have a desperate need to come together and to build towards a new world! Many groups, organizations, and peopl…

WSWS (2022-01-31). Greater Manchester drivers escalate pay strike against First Bus: "It's modernised slavery" wsws.org First Bus insisted on a pay freeze last year due to the pandemic, and drivers say they have not had a real pay rise in three years.

WSWS (2022-01-31). NYC mayor Adams steps up law and order campaign after two police officers killed. wsws.org The city's new Democratic mayor, along with the entire political establishment and bourgeois media, is preparing increased police repression as a response to growing working class resistance to the pandemic and its consequences.

Rehad Desai (2022-01-31). Joining the dots: Pandemics and political economy. greenleft.org.au Climate Justice puts the people most affected by the crisis at the centre of the solution. Health Justice must do the same, argues Rehad Desai.

Michael Lord (2022-01-31). Klaus Schwab's WEF "School for Covid Dictators", a Plan for the "Great Reset" globalresearch.ca Economist Ernst Wolff believes that a hidden alliance of political and corporate leaders is exploiting the pandemic with the aim of crashing national economies and introducing a global digital currency. | How is it that more than 190 governments from all …

WSWS (2022-01-31). Detroit teachers oppose resumption of in-person classes for 50,000 students. wsws.org Public schools are reopening in Detroit on Monday after a month of virtual-only classes because of the high rates of COVID-19 throughout state's largest school district.

Staff (2022-01-31). Leonard Peltier Has COVID; His Lawyer — an Ex-Federal Judge — Calls for Native Leader to Be Freed. democracynow.org Jailed 77-year-old Native American activist Leonard Peltier has tested positive for COVID-19 less than a week after describing his prison conditions as a "torture chamber." Peltier was convicted of aiding and abetting the killing of two FBI agents during a shootout on South Dakota's Pine Ridge Reservation in 1975 while a member of the American Indian Movement. He has long maintained his innocence and is considered by Amnesty International as a political prisoner. We speak with his lawyer and former federal judge Kevin Sharp, who says Peltier's case was riddled with misconduct, including witness intimidation and w…

WSWS (2022-01-31). New York, Michigan and Ohio end contact tracing. wsws.org Many of the largest American states have officially ended their contact tracing programs as part of a coordinated nationwide policy to allow virtually the entire American population to be infected with the potentially deadly and debilitating COVID-19.

WSWS (2022-01-31). Teachers denounce forced reopening of Australian schools amid COVID explosion. wsws.org An educator in Melbourne, where classes return today, said: "It is COVID roulette for teachers."

WSWS (2022-01-31). Mass school reopenings in Australia amid record COVID deaths. wsws.org Governments admit that the reopening of schools in NSW and Victoria this week will result in mass transmission among teachers and students.

WSWS (2022-01-31). Detroit teachers denounce resumption of in-person classes for 50,000 students. wsws.org Public schools are reopening in Detroit on Monday after a month of virtual-only classes because of the high rates of COVID-19 throughout state's largest school district.

sputniknews (2022-01-30). Israel Tormented by Lack of Medical Staff and Equipment as Omicron Variant Hits Record Numbers. sputniknews.com According to reports, thousands of doctors and nurses are either in isolation or are sick with the coronavirus and other respiratory diseases. The Israel Association of Hospital Directors has been requesting that the government allocate more people and equipment to cope with the rising challenge but their demands have largely fallen on deaf ears.

Gérard Delépine (2022-01-30). High Recorded Mortality in Countries Categorized as "Covid-19 Vaccine Champions". The Vaccinated Suffer from Increased Risk of Mortality. globalresearch.ca This "health strategy" based on false simulations, lies, promises never kept, propaganda and the fear campaign has become unbearable. In turn it has been followed by the extortion of consent to be vaccinated, by outright blackmail.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-01-30). The "Killer Vaccine" Worldwide. 7.9 Billion People. globalresearch.ca The stated objective is to enforce the Worldwide vaccination of 7.9 billion people in more than 190 countries, to be followed by the imposition of a digitized "vaccine passport". The evidence of mortality and morbidity resulting from the vaccine is overwhelming. Needless to say this is a multi-billion dollar operation for Big Pharma.

_____ (2022-01-30). Did Justin Trudeau Pick the Wrong Fight With Canadian Truckers? strategic-culture.org It's not a good sign that Justin Trudeau has removed himself from the public spotlight at possibly the most pivotal point in his political career. | The Canadian Prime Minister, who recently described the trucker convoy as a "small fringe minority" who hold "unacceptable views" against Covid mantes, may have unwittingly unleashed the greatest challenge ever to his political career. | Like those in the medical profession, long-haul truckers dutifully perform their jobs largely behind the scenes, even during the peak of the Covid pandemic. And just like thousands of nurses and doctors — many of whom were expo…

Newsclick (2022-01-30). Pandemic vs endemic debate: A brief explanation. peoplesdispatch.org Immunologist Dr. Satyajit Rath and NewsClick's Prabir Purkayastha review the COVID-19 situation in India and also discuss the ongoing debate on what pandemics and endemics are. They also look at the possible reasons behind the high death toll in the United States compared to India and try to understand the severity of the Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and why it should not be taken as a milder version of the virus.

Staff (2022-01-30). Trudeau moved to secure location amid trucker protests – CBC. rt.com The Canadian PM reportedly went into hiding as truckers protesting Covid-19 mandates flooded Ottawa | Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his family were moved to an "undisclosed location" in the nation's capital on Saturday out of security concerns as thousands of protesters gathered outside of Parliament in Ottawa, state-owned CBC Protesters fought cold weather on Saturday to join thousands of truckers who have made headlines and gained the support of anti-mandate activi…

Jean-Philippe Stone (2022-01-30). The Obama Line, Samantha Power, and U.S. Intervention in West Africa During the Ebola Epidemic. mronline.org December 2013 marked the beginning of the worst Ebola outbreak in history. Ebola, a severe hemorrhagic virus which causes muscle and joint pain, diarrhea, vomiting, and bleeding, spread from Guinean forests to the capitals of Liberia and Sierra Leone by the summer of 2014.

sputniknews (2022-01-30). Israel Tormented by Lack of Medical Staff and Equipment as Omicron Variant Hits Record Numbers. sputniknews.com According to reports, thousands of doctors and nurses are either in isolation or are sick with the coronavirus and other respiratory diseases. The Israel Association of Hospital Directors has been requesting that the government allocate more people and equipment to cope with the rising challenge but their demands have largely fallen on deaf ears.

_____ (2022-01-30). Did Justin Trudeau Pick the Wrong Fight With Canadian Truckers? strategic-culture.org It's not a good sign that Justin Trudeau has removed himself from the public spotlight at possibly the most pivotal point in his political career. | The Canadian Prime Minister, who recently described the trucker convoy as a "small fringe minority" who hold "unacceptable views" against Covid mantes, may have unwittingly unleashed the greatest challenge ever to his political career. | Like those in the medical profession, long-haul truckers dutifully perform their jobs largely behind the scenes, even during the peak of the Covid pandemic. And just like thousands of nurses and doctors — many of whom were expo…

Staff (2022-01-30). Trudeau moved to secure location amid trucker protests – CBC. rt.com The Canadian PM reportedly went into hiding as truckers protesting Covid-19 mandates flooded Ottawa | Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his family were moved to an "undisclosed location" in the nation's capital on Saturday out of security concerns as thousands of protesters gathered outside of Parliament in Ottawa, state-owned CBC Protesters fought cold weather on Saturday to join thousands of truckers who have made headlines and gained the support of anti-mandate activi…

Jean-Philippe Stone (2022-01-30). The Obama Line, Samantha Power, and U.S. Intervention in West Africa During the Ebola Epidemic. mronline.org December 2013 marked the beginning of the worst Ebola outbreak in history. Ebola, a severe hemorrhagic virus which causes muscle and joint pain, diarrhea, vomiting, and bleeding, spread from Guinean forests to the capitals of Liberia and Sierra Leone by the summer of 2014.

ecns.cn (2022-01-29). China beefs up COVID-19 alert at community level during Chinese New Year holiday. ecns.cn China has asked its community medical institutions to improve their ability of early identification of COVID-19 cases as the country is seeing more cross-regional trips during the coming Spring Festival holiday.

TASS (2022-01-29). Number of Russian regions reporting Omicron cases rises to 78. tass.com Russian Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova said earlier that the share of the Delta strain among Russian coronavirus patients had dropped to 47.9% and the share of Omicron and other strains stood at 52.1%…

sputniknews (2022-01-29). Europe Not Approving Sputnik V Vaccine is 'Mistake', Argentinian President Says. sputniknews.com BUENOS AIRES (Sputnik) – Argentina's President Alberto Fernandez has said that the Russian-made vaccine against COVID-19 Sputnik V not having been approved yet by a number of European countries and the World Health Organisation (WHO) is a "mistake".

Rick Rozoff (2022-01-29). Finland, Sweden herded into the NATO pen. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Rattled by Russia, Finland and Sweden revisit NATO debate From five years before Ukraine could be used as a pretext: End of Scandinavian Neutrality: NATO's Militarization Of Europe Fighter jets could be heard carrying out drills above the Finnish capital this week, while Sweden recently deployed troops to a Baltic outpost in response to rising …

TASS (2022-01-29). Russia records another 113,122 coronavirus cases. tass.com Russia records another 30,010 coronavirus recoveries in the past 24 hours…

Staff (2022-01-29). Media floats Russia theory for Canadian trucker protest. rt.com State-owned CBC suggests that 'Russian actors' may have instigated massive protest convoy that shut down nation's capital | A cross-country convoy of truckers that has jammed the streets of Canada's capital in protest against Covid-19 vaccine mandates might seem like grass-roots pushback against government overreach, but broadcaster CBC Television has offered a more sinister explanation: Russia did it. | Speaking in an interview on Friday with Canada's public safety minister, Marco Mendicino, CBC host Nil Koksal suggested that possible Kremlin meddlers might have brought about the massive "Freedom Convoy." "Gi…

WSWS (2022-01-29). Omicron case rates explode in Russia. wsws.org Like the governments in Washington, Berlin, Paris and London, the Kremlin is doing nothing to contain the virus as child infection rates soar and hospitals fill.

TASS (2022-01-29). Ukraine should become bridge between Russia and West, opposition leader says. tass.com According to Viktor Medvedchuk, Ukraine needs "Scandinavian-type" reforms…

ecns.cn (2022-01-29). U.S. Senator Mitt Romney tests positive for COVID-19. ecns.cn U.S. Senator Mitt Romney tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday, his office said in a statement.

Richard Horton (2022-01-29). [Comment] Offline: Sex and power during a pandemic. thelancet.com "At the height of the pandemic, women were underrepresented across the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) and related subgroups advising cabinet on the coronavirus response." This conclusion comes from the Fawcett Society, which campaigns for gender equality and women's rights at work, in its latest report, Sex and Power 2022. It's impossible to disagree—at least in the UK. Chris Whitty and Patrick Vallance, together with Jonathan Van-Tam and Neil Ferguson, became the very masculine face of Britain's response.

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-01-29). Iran-UAE qualifying match to be held in empty stadium. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 29 (MNA) — The Iranian National Taskforce for Fighting Coronavirus said in a statement that as the Covid-19 infection rate is rising rapidly in the country, the Iran-UAE qualifying match to be held in Tehran Azadi stadium without fans.

sputniknews (2022-01-29). 'Something Strange Going On': Met Police Bashed as Service Seeks Limits on Govt's 'Partygate' Report. sputniknews.com Earlier this week, the Metropolitan Police confirmed they are investigating whether any law was broken during the alleged No 10 parties held in 2020 and 2021 amid coronavirus lockdowns. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson hailed the probe, which he said would "help to draw a line under matters".

sputniknews (2022-01-29). 'He Knows Exactly What He's Doing': Week After BTS Scandal, Kimmel Again Compares Boy Bands to COVID. sputniknews.com Last week, American TV host Jimmy Kimmel found himself in the crosshairs of merciless Twitter critics when he compared iconic Korean boy band BTS to the coronavirus pandemic. To make matters worse, he did it when speaking to Asian actress – and a hardcore BTS fan – Ashley Park. He was accused of being racist, but never apologised.

ecns.cn (2022-01-29). Almost 3 bln COVID-19 vaccine doses administered on Chinese mainland. ecns.cn Almost 3 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses had been administered on the Chinese mainland as of Friday, data from the National Health Commission showed Saturday.

Staff (2022-01-29). New York nurses arrested after making staggering amount from fake vaccine cards. rt.com The scheme allegedly brought in more than $1.5 million | Two New York nurses have been arrested for allegedly selling fake Covid-19 vaccination cards, and making more than $1.5 million in the process. | The Suffolk County district attorney's office announced the two nurses working in Long Island, 49-year-old Julie Devuono and 44-year-old Marissa Urraro, had forged vaccine cards from last November into January of 2022. The pair reportedly charged $220 to $440 for vaccine cards for adults, but offered a discount for children, only charging $85. | After faking the actual physical vaccine cards, the two would then…

Susan Jaffe (2022-01-29). [World Report] The next steps for US vaccine mandates. thelancet.com As the Supreme Court blocks one of the Biden Administration's plans to raise COVID-19 vaccination rates but approves another, Susan Jaffe looks at the next steps.

Staff (2022-01-29). Medvedev stands in way of Nadal & history, but shadow of Djokovic row lingers. rt.com Medvedev and Nadal are dueling for the Australian Open title but all of this is being conducted under a veil of Djokovic's absence | A thrilling spectacle awaits tennis fans on Sunday as Daniil Medvedev faces Rafael Nadal for the 2022 Australian Open title. | But as it had seemed to some that Novak Djokovic's mere participation would have guaranteed another Grand Slam win for the Serb, will his proverbial fingerprints be all over the trophy for the eventual winner? | Owing to highly-publicized vaccine scandal, Djokovic was deported Down Under despite arriving in the country with a medical exemption that he tho…

WSWS (2022-01-29). Canadian media and Conservatives promote far-right trucker protest to push for scrapping of remaining anti-COVID-19 measures. wsws.org Anyone following the Canadian corporate media's news coverage in recent days will have been bombarded by reports about a small protest led by far-right owner-operator truckers against a federal government-imposed vaccine mandate.

Prof. Anthony J. Hall (2022-01-29). Putting Trudeau On Notice, Our Governments are No Longer Legitimate: Throwing Off the Tyranny of Canada's Mandatory Vaccines. globalresearch.ca

Ethan Huff (2022-01-29). Act of War? Thanks to covid "vaccines," the military's cancer rate has more than TRIPLED. globalresearch.ca America's armed forces have been in the throes of At the recent "COVID-19: A Second Opinion" panel that was hosted in Washington, D.C., Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) …

sputniknews (2022-01-29). 'Doesn't Matter Who You Are': Australian PM Asks Kanye to Get Vaccinated Before His Tour Down Under. sputniknews.com The Australian prime minister said this month that any foreigner who wants to enter the country must get vaccinated, at the same time defending the rights of Australian citizens to not get vaccinated. "In Australia, if you're an Australian, you're a citizen…you can be here and you can express your views", he stated.

sputniknews (2022-01-29). Protests Against Mandatory COVID Vaccination Hit Vienna. sputniknews.com Austria became the first European country to announce mandatory vaccination, starting in February. The jabs will be obligatory for all citizens except for those under 19, pregnant women, and people suffering from certain medical conditions.

sputniknews (2022-01-29). Canada Prepares for Trucker Protest as Anti-Vaccination Convoy Approaches Capital. sputniknews.com Tensions are heating up in Canada as a trucker convoy protesting against a vaccination mandate approaches the capital. Additionally, thousands of truckers across the country have blocked roads, with some media outlets reporting that Canadians are already facing delivery delays.

Staff (2022-01-29). GOP Doctors Caucus 'infuriated' with Fauci, White House. rt.com "We are not going to vaccinate our way" out of the Covid-19 pandemic, Rep. Greg Murphy says | Murphy, a practicing surgeon, says the GOP Doctors Caucus is "infuriated" with the White House and its chief medical adviser, Dr. Anthony Fauci, for promoting Covid-19 vaccinations too heavily while ignoring potential therapeutic treatments. | "I'm a vice chair of the GOP Doctors Caucus. We are infuriated — infuriated — that this has all been about vaccination. Fauci has been, 'Vaccination, vaccination, vaccination,' rather than therapeutics," Murphy told Breitbart News on Friday, adding that he believes the…

Vijay Prashad (2022-01-29). Make the whole world know that the South also exists: The Fourth Newsletter (2022). mronline.org The political and cultural divisions that widened during the Trump years continue to inflict a heavy toll on U.S. society, including over the government's ability to control the COVID-19 pandemic.

WSWS (2022-01-29). An open letter from Detroit teachers to autoworkers: Close the schools and plants to save lives, not profits! wsws.org Our committee calls for joint action between educators, autoworkers and all workers to close schools and nonessential workplaces, with full social supports for all affected workers, as part of a broader strategy to stop the pandemic worldwide.

Rachel Adams (2022-01-29). [Perspectives] Urgent care: disability, pandemic, and the value of a life. thelancet.com Ranked below average on nearly any development scale, my teenaged son with Down syndrome has unexpected talents for flourishing in a pandemic. Early on in the COVID-19 pandemic while the rest of our household languished in confinement, Henry thrived on life's narrowness. What we experienced as the enervating tedium of remote work and school closures, he embraced as welcome consistency. He loves eating the same meals, rarely worries about the future, and his best friends are toy figurines. He doesn't mind wearing a mask, especially if decorated with his favourite Star Wars characters.

Anne Drapkin Lyerly (2022-01-29). [Perspectives] Pregnancy and the origins of illness. thelancet.com The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are expected to be felt for years after the virus is contained. Alongside the more than 5 ∑5 million COVID-19 deaths globally, there have been massive shifts in how we understand and practise medicine and public health, transformations of global economies, and losses in livelihoods, health, education, and security. There is also the disquieting prospect that our current trauma could have lasting intergenerational impacts—that children gestated or born during this pandemic might carry an imprint of their mother's experience with lifelong and inheritable consequences.

Richard Lane (2022-01-29). [Perspectives] Ali Zumla: respiratory medicine and global health supremo. thelancet.com Whether it is in his clinical work or endeavouring to connect colleagues across continents for future pandemic preparedness, Ali Zumla is motivated by improving patient care and the health of neglected populations. For this eminent clinician-researcher is at heart a humble man, always striving for excellence on the hospital ward or in developing plans to improve global health. As Professor of Infectious Diseases and International Health at University College London, UK, COVID-19 has been a major part of his work over the past 2 years.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-01-29). COVID-19 pandemic led to increase in extreme poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean, reports ECLAC. peoplesdispatch.org According to ECLAC's annual report, extreme poverty rate in the region rose from 13.1% in 2020 to 13.8% in 2021, a setback of 27 years…

Staff (2022-01-29). Getting Gasoline is no Longer an Ordeal for Caracas Residents. orinocotribune.com After long months of getting up early and spending endless hours in queues at service stations in Caracas, local residents have begun to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Since the beginning of January, they can now fill their vehicles with gasoline within few minutes. | Thanks to an increase in fuel production since the end of 2021, the long lines of cars and motorcycles that used to create traffic jams around gas stations are becoming a thing of the past in the avenues of the capital city. | Ever since the start of the second quarter of 2020, with fuel shortages and the arrival of COVID-19, a fuel distrib…

David Skripac (2022-01-29). Covid Mandates: Canada Has Had Enough. The Freedom Convoy 2022. globalresearch.ca Yesterday I stood with friends and colleagues at one of the many highway overpasses in Toronto as we watched a truly historic moment unfold before our tear-filled eyes. Thousands of liberty-loving Canadians from all walks of life were gathered there—as …

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2022-01-29). Mayor parte de los haitianos desea emigrar, según encuesta. telesurtv.net La crisis económica en la que está sumido el país caribeño se vio exacerbada con la Covid-19.

teleSUR, jaa, MER (2022-01-29). Despliegan brigadas médicas para combatir la Covid-19 en Cochabamba. telesurtv.net El Ministerio de Salud detalló que se enviarán cerca de 40 equipos con más de un centenar de médicos para atender a la población.

Staff (2022-01-29). Cuba reporta 3 059 nuevos casos de COVID-19 y dos fallecidos. cubadebate.cu Al cierre de este viernes 28 de enero estaban ingresados 28 746 pacientes: 14 192 sospechosos, 132 en vigilancia y 14 422 confirmados (casos activos). De 28 114 muestras analizadas, 3 059 resultaron positivas, y fueron dadas 3 331 altas, informó el Minsap en su parte diario.

teleSUR (2022-01-29). UAE Lifts Travel Ban on Southern African Countries. telesurenglish.net The United Arab Emirates announced yesterday, that as of Januray 29, it will be fully lifting its travel ban on 12 southern african countries. This ban was implemented by many countries as of November of 2021 in an attempt to curb contagion of the then new COVID-19 Omicron variant. | RELATED: | The UAE National Emergency Crisis and Disaster Management Authority (NCEMA) stated that: "From January 29, entry into the UAE for…

WSWS (2022-01-29). With 900,000 dead from COVID-19, US capitalism doubles down on mass infection. wsws.org Even as thousands die each day, the Biden administration and US media are demanding the end of any remaining restrictions on the spread of COVID-19.

WSWS (2022-01-29). Amazon worker denied sick leave during holiday peak. wsws.org Amazon and other companies have cut the amount of time workers can receive sick pay due to COVID-19 infection.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-01-29). Freedom Convoy 2022 in Solidarity with the Truck Drivers: What Canada Needs Is the "Political Quarantine" of Justin Trudeau. globalresearch.ca A mass movement against the Covid mandate is unfolding coast to coast across Canada in solidarity with cross-border truck drivers. Tens of thousands of people will be joining the truck drivers in Ottawa.

teleSUR, mcs, JGN (2022-01-29). Uruguay reporta 13.625 contagios de la Covid-19 en 24 horas. telesurtv.net Las autoridades sanitarias instan a la población al estricto cumplimiento de las medidas sanitarias para frenar la propagación de la enfermedad.

Alexandra Martinez (2022-01-29). COVID-19 Test Delivery Leaves Out Houseless and Multigenerational Households. truthout.org This piece was originally published by This month, the Biden administration launched a

Staff (2022-01-29). Australia says it found 'Son of Omicron' amid Covid surge. rt.com New 'stealth' sub-variant of the Omicron strain has been found in a 'very low number' of cases across the country | Australian health authorities have announced that the "stealth" Covid-19 viral strain, dubbed the "Son of Omicron" in the media, has been detected in a number of states and territories. This BA.2 sub-variant — thought to be more infectious than the original Omicron — has already been seen in more than 40 countries. | In a statement announcing the "early detection" of the sub-variant on Friday, a Federal Health Department spokeswoman had confirmed that a "very low number" of cases had be…

Ed Holt (2022-01-29). [World Report] Polish Government COVID-19 advisors resign. thelancet.com The majority of Poland's COVID-19 medical advisory body have quit, saying that their advice has been ignored. Ed Holt reports.

teleSUR, jaa, MER (2022-01-29). Ciudad de México aplicará dosis de refuerzo a mayores de 40 años. telesurtv.net Las autoridades mexicanas indicaron que las dosis de refuerzo contra la Covid-19 serán de la vacuna rusa Sputnik V.

WSWS (2022-01-29). California universities and colleges force reopenings at the peak of the winter Omicron surge. wsws.org The reopenings of major California colleges and universities take place amid high transmission rates through the state and as hospitals buckle under the sheer volume of COVID patients.

teleSUR-mcs -HIM (2022-01-29). Chile registra récord diario de 26.727 contagios por Covid-19. telesurtv.net De acuerdo con las autoridades sanitarias las estadísticas registras esta jornada son récords absolutos desde el inicio de la enfermedad en el país.

TASS (2022-01-29). Ukraine should become bridge between Russia and West, opposition leader says. tass.com According to Viktor Medvedchuk, Ukraine needs "Scandinavian-type" reforms…

Rick Rozoff (2022-01-29). Finland, Sweden herded into the NATO pen. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Rattled by Russia, Finland and Sweden revisit NATO debate From five years before Ukraine could be used as a pretext: End of Scandinavian Neutrality: NATO's Militarization Of Europe Fighter jets could be heard carrying out drills above the Finnish capital this week, while Sweden recently deployed troops to a Baltic outpost in response to rising …

ecns.cn (2022-01-29). U.S. Senator Mitt Romney tests positive for COVID-19. ecns.cn U.S. Senator Mitt Romney tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday, his office said in a statement.

sputniknews (2022-01-29). 'Something Strange Going On': Met Police Bashed as Service Seeks Limits on Govt's 'Partygate' Report. sputniknews.com Earlier this week, the Metropolitan Police confirmed they are investigating whether any law was broken during the alleged No 10 parties held in 2020 and 2021 amid coronavirus lockdowns. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson hailed the probe, which he said would "help to draw a line under matters".

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-01-29). Iran-UAE qualifying match to be held in empty stadium. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 29 (MNA) — The Iranian National Taskforce for Fighting Coronavirus said in a statement that as the Covid-19 infection rate is rising rapidly in the country, the Iran-UAE qualifying match to be held in Tehran Azadi stadium without fans.

Richard Horton (2022-01-29). [Comment] Offline: Sex and power during a pandemic. thelancet.com "At the height of the pandemic, women were underrepresented across the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) and related subgroups advising cabinet on the coronavirus response." This conclusion comes from the Fawcett Society, which campaigns for gender equality and women's rights at work, in its latest report, Sex and Power 2022. It's impossible to disagree—at least in the UK. Chris Whitty and Patrick Vallance, together with Jonathan Van-Tam and Neil Ferguson, became the very masculine face of Britain's response.

sputniknews (2022-01-29). 'He Knows Exactly What He's Doing': Week After BTS Scandal, Kimmel Again Compares Boy Bands to COVID. sputniknews.com Last week, American TV host Jimmy Kimmel found himself in the crosshairs of merciless Twitter critics when he compared iconic Korean boy band BTS to the coronavirus pandemic. To make matters worse, he did it when speaking to Asian actress – and a hardcore BTS fan – Ashley Park. He was accused of being racist, but never apologised.

Susan Jaffe (2022-01-29). [World Report] The next steps for US vaccine mandates. thelancet.com As the Supreme Court blocks one of the Biden Administration's plans to raise COVID-19 vaccination rates but approves another, Susan Jaffe looks at the next steps.

WSWS (2022-01-29). Canadian media and Conservatives promote far-right trucker protest to push for scrapping of remaining anti-COVID-19 measures. wsws.org Anyone following the Canadian corporate media's news coverage in recent days will have been bombarded by reports about a small protest led by far-right owner-operator truckers against a federal government-imposed vaccine mandate.

Prof. Anthony J. Hall (2022-01-29). Putting Trudeau On Notice, Our Governments are No Longer Legitimate: Throwing Off the Tyranny of Canada's Mandatory Vaccines. globalresearch.ca

Staff (2022-01-29). Media floats Russia theory for Canadian trucker protest. rt.com State-owned CBC suggests that 'Russian actors' may have instigated massive protest convoy that shut down nation's capital | A cross-country convoy of truckers that has jammed the streets of Canada's capital in protest against Covid-19 vaccine mandates might seem like grass-roots pushback against government overreach, but broadcaster CBC Television has offered a more sinister explanation: Russia did it. | Speaking in an interview on Friday with Canada's public safety minister, Marco Mendicino, CBC host Nil Koksal suggested that possible Kremlin meddlers might have brought about the massive "Freedom Convoy." "Gi…

sputniknews (2022-01-29). Europe Not Approving Sputnik V Vaccine is 'Mistake', Argentinian President Says. sputniknews.com BUENOS AIRES (Sputnik) – Argentina's President Alberto Fernandez has said that the Russian-made vaccine against COVID-19 Sputnik V not having been approved yet by a number of European countries and the World Health Organisation (WHO) is a "mistake".

ecns.cn (2022-01-29). Almost 3 bln COVID-19 vaccine doses administered on Chinese mainland. ecns.cn Almost 3 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses had been administered on the Chinese mainland as of Friday, data from the National Health Commission showed Saturday.

Staff (2022-01-29). Medvedev stands in way of Nadal & history, but shadow of Djokovic row lingers. rt.com Medvedev and Nadal are dueling for the Australian Open title but all of this is being conducted under a veil of Djokovic's absence | A thrilling spectacle awaits tennis fans on Sunday as Daniil Medvedev faces Rafael Nadal for the 2022 Australian Open title. | But as it had seemed to some that Novak Djokovic's mere participation would have guaranteed another Grand Slam win for the Serb, will his proverbial fingerprints be all over the trophy for the eventual winner? | Owing to highly-publicized vaccine scandal, Djokovic was deported Down Under despite arriving in the country with a medical exemption that he tho…

Ethan Huff (2022-01-29). Act of War? Thanks to covid "vaccines," the military's cancer rate has more than TRIPLED. globalresearch.ca America's armed forces have been in the throes of At the recent "COVID-19: A Second Opinion" panel that was hosted in Washington, D.C., Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) …

Staff (2022-01-29). New York nurses arrested after making staggering amount from fake vaccine cards. rt.com The scheme allegedly brought in more than $1.5 million | Two New York nurses have been arrested for allegedly selling fake Covid-19 vaccination cards, and making more than $1.5 million in the process. | The Suffolk County district attorney's office announced the two nurses working in Long Island, 49-year-old Julie Devuono and 44-year-old Marissa Urraro, had forged vaccine cards from last November into January of 2022. The pair reportedly charged $220 to $440 for vaccine cards for adults, but offered a discount for children, only charging $85. | After faking the actual physical vaccine cards, the two would then…

sputniknews (2022-01-29). Protests Against Mandatory COVID Vaccination Hit Vienna. sputniknews.com Austria became the first European country to announce mandatory vaccination, starting in February. The jabs will be obligatory for all citizens except for those under 19, pregnant women, and people suffering from certain medical conditions.

sputniknews (2022-01-29). Canada Prepares for Trucker Protest as Anti-Vaccination Convoy Approaches Capital. sputniknews.com Tensions are heating up in Canada as a trucker convoy protesting against a vaccination mandate approaches the capital. Additionally, thousands of truckers across the country have blocked roads, with some media outlets reporting that Canadians are already facing delivery delays.

Staff (2022-01-29). GOP Doctors Caucus 'infuriated' with Fauci, White House. rt.com "We are not going to vaccinate our way" out of the Covid-19 pandemic, Rep. Greg Murphy says | Murphy, a practicing surgeon, says the GOP Doctors Caucus is "infuriated" with the White House and its chief medical adviser, Dr. Anthony Fauci, for promoting Covid-19 vaccinations too heavily while ignoring potential therapeutic treatments. | "I'm a vice chair of the GOP Doctors Caucus. We are infuriated — infuriated — that this has all been about vaccination. Fauci has been, 'Vaccination, vaccination, vaccination,' rather than therapeutics," Murphy told Breitbart News on Friday, adding that he believes the…

sputniknews (2022-01-29). 'Doesn't Matter Who You Are': Australian PM Asks Kanye to Get Vaccinated Before His Tour Down Under. sputniknews.com The Australian prime minister said this month that any foreigner who wants to enter the country must get vaccinated, at the same time defending the rights of Australian citizens to not get vaccinated. "In Australia, if you're an Australian, you're a citizen…you can be here and you can express your views", he stated.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-01-29). COVID-19 pandemic led to increase in extreme poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean, reports ECLAC. peoplesdispatch.org According to ECLAC's annual report, extreme poverty rate in the region rose from 13.1% in 2020 to 13.8% in 2021, a setback of 27 years…

Vijay Prashad (2022-01-29). Make the whole world know that the South also exists: The Fourth Newsletter (2022). mronline.org The political and cultural divisions that widened during the Trump years continue to inflict a heavy toll on U.S. society, including over the government's ability to control the COVID-19 pandemic.

Anne Drapkin Lyerly (2022-01-29). [Perspectives] Pregnancy and the origins of illness. thelancet.com The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are expected to be felt for years after the virus is contained. Alongside the more than 5 ∑5 million COVID-19 deaths globally, there have been massive shifts in how we understand and practise medicine and public health, transformations of global economies, and losses in livelihoods, health, education, and security. There is also the disquieting prospect that our current trauma could have lasting intergenerational impacts—that children gestated or born during this pandemic might carry an imprint of their mother's experience with lifelong and inheritable consequences.

WSWS (2022-01-29). An open letter from Detroit teachers to autoworkers: Close the schools and plants to save lives, not profits! wsws.org Our committee calls for joint action between educators, autoworkers and all workers to close schools and nonessential workplaces, with full social supports for all affected workers, as part of a broader strategy to stop the pandemic worldwide.

Rachel Adams (2022-01-29). [Perspectives] Urgent care: disability, pandemic, and the value of a life. thelancet.com Ranked below average on nearly any development scale, my teenaged son with Down syndrome has unexpected talents for flourishing in a pandemic. Early on in the COVID-19 pandemic while the rest of our household languished in confinement, Henry thrived on life's narrowness. What we experienced as the enervating tedium of remote work and school closures, he embraced as welcome consistency. He loves eating the same meals, rarely worries about the future, and his best friends are toy figurines. He doesn't mind wearing a mask, especially if decorated with his favourite Star Wars characters.

Richard Lane (2022-01-29). [Perspectives] Ali Zumla: respiratory medicine and global health supremo. thelancet.com Whether it is in his clinical work or endeavouring to connect colleagues across continents for future pandemic preparedness, Ali Zumla is motivated by improving patient care and the health of neglected populations. For this eminent clinician-researcher is at heart a humble man, always striving for excellence on the hospital ward or in developing plans to improve global health. As Professor of Infectious Diseases and International Health at University College London, UK, COVID-19 has been a major part of his work over the past 2 years.

Staff (2022-01-29). Getting Gasoline is no Longer an Ordeal for Caracas Residents. orinocotribune.com After long months of getting up early and spending endless hours in queues at service stations in Caracas, local residents have begun to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Since the beginning of January, they can now fill their vehicles with gasoline within few minutes. | Thanks to an increase in fuel production since the end of 2021, the long lines of cars and motorcycles that used to create traffic jams around gas stations are becoming a thing of the past in the avenues of the capital city. | Ever since the start of the second quarter of 2020, with fuel shortages and the arrival of COVID-19, a fuel distrib…

Vittoradolfo Tambone, Paola Frati, Francesco De Micco, Giampaolo Ghilardi, Vittorio Fineschi (2022-01-29). [Correspondence] How to fix democracy to fix health care. thelancet.com Globally, we are seeing a side-effect of COVID-19: political violence.1 This effect usually shows itself in three steps: denial of scientific evidence, judgement of the intentions of political decision makers as a conspiracy, and civil disobedience and street violence.

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2022-01-29). Mayor parte de los haitianos desea emigrar, según encuesta. telesurtv.net La crisis económica en la que está sumido el país caribeño se vio exacerbada con la Covid-19.

teleSUR, jaa, MER (2022-01-29). Ciudad de México aplicará dosis de refuerzo a mayores de 40 años. telesurtv.net Las autoridades mexicanas indicaron que las dosis de refuerzo contra la Covid-19 serán de la vacuna rusa Sputnik V.

Staff (2022-01-29). Australia says it found 'Son of Omicron' amid Covid surge. rt.com New 'stealth' sub-variant of the Omicron strain has been found in a 'very low number' of cases across the country | Australian health authorities have announced that the "stealth" Covid-19 viral strain, dubbed the "Son of Omicron" in the media, has been detected in a number of states and territories. This BA.2 sub-variant — thought to be more infectious than the original Omicron — has already been seen in more than 40 countries. | In a statement announcing the "early detection" of the sub-variant on Friday, a Federal Health Department spokeswoman had confirmed that a "very low number" of cases had be…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-01-29). Freedom Convoy 2022 in Solidarity with the Truck Drivers: What Canada Needs Is the "Political Quarantine" of Justin Trudeau. globalresearch.ca A mass movement against the Covid mandate is unfolding coast to coast across Canada in solidarity with cross-border truck drivers. Tens of thousands of people will be joining the truck drivers in Ottawa.

Ed Holt (2022-01-29). [World Report] Polish Government COVID-19 advisors resign. thelancet.com The majority of Poland's COVID-19 medical advisory body have quit, saying that their advice has been ignored. Ed Holt reports.

ecns.cn (2022-01-29). China beefs up COVID-19 alert at community level during Chinese New Year holiday. ecns.cn China has asked its community medical institutions to improve their ability of early identification of COVID-19 cases as the country is seeing more cross-regional trips during the coming Spring Festival holiday.

WSWS (2022-01-29). California universities and colleges force reopenings at the peak of the winter Omicron surge. wsws.org The reopenings of major California colleges and universities take place amid high transmission rates through the state and as hospitals buckle under the sheer volume of COVID patients.

teleSUR, mcs, JGN (2022-01-29). Uruguay reporta 13.625 contagios de la Covid-19 en 24 horas. telesurtv.net Las autoridades sanitarias instan a la población al estricto cumplimiento de las medidas sanitarias para frenar la propagación de la enfermedad.

David Skripac (2022-01-29). Covid Mandates: Canada Has Had Enough. The Freedom Convoy 2022. globalresearch.ca Yesterday I stood with friends and colleagues at one of the many highway overpasses in Toronto as we watched a truly historic moment unfold before our tear-filled eyes. Thousands of liberty-loving Canadians from all walks of life were gathered there—as …

teleSUR-mcs -HIM (2022-01-29). Chile registra récord diario de 26.727 contagios por Covid-19. telesurtv.net De acuerdo con las autoridades sanitarias las estadísticas registras esta jornada son récords absolutos desde el inicio de la enfermedad en el país.

teleSUR, jaa, MER (2022-01-29). Despliegan brigadas médicas para combatir la Covid-19 en Cochabamba. telesurtv.net El Ministerio de Salud detalló que se enviarán cerca de 40 equipos con más de un centenar de médicos para atender a la población.

Staff (2022-01-29). Cuba reporta 3 059 nuevos casos de COVID-19 y dos fallecidos. cubadebate.cu Al cierre de este viernes 28 de enero estaban ingresados 28 746 pacientes: 14 192 sospechosos, 132 en vigilancia y 14 422 confirmados (casos activos). De 28 114 muestras analizadas, 3 059 resultaron positivas, y fueron dadas 3 331 altas, informó el Minsap en su parte diario.

WSWS (2022-01-29). Amazon worker denied sick leave during holiday peak. wsws.org Amazon and other companies have cut the amount of time workers can receive sick pay due to COVID-19 infection.

WSWS (2022-01-29). With 900,000 dead from COVID-19, US capitalism doubles down on mass infection. wsws.org Even as thousands die each day, the Biden administration and US media are demanding the end of any remaining restrictions on the spread of COVID-19.

WSWS (2022-01-29). Omicron case rates explode in Russia. wsws.org Like the governments in Washington, Berlin, Paris and London, the Kremlin is doing nothing to contain the virus as child infection rates soar and hospitals fill.

Sandipan Talukdar (2022-01-29). Ultra-low field MRI scanner could make imaging accessible. peoplesdispatch.org Imaging techniques have become an integrated part of diagnosis in today's medical sciences. In many situations, a doctor will not diagnose without having a detailed scanning of the body. Yes, it is good to have prior detailed knowledge of any lesions, aberrations or fractures in a particular organ and even the exact locations in the affected organ before deciding on a medication realm or even surgery. Different imaging techniques like the MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging), CT (Computed Tomography) scan, PET (Positron Emission Tomography) etc., are used depending upon the nature of the disease and the organs involv…

sputniknews (2022-01-29). Who Wants to Live Forever? Eating Olive Oil May Help People Fight Deadly Diseases. sputniknews.com If you still use butter and mayonnaise in your menu, the time appears to have come to change these habits and turn to a food that scientists say will make you much healthier than you are now.

The Lancet (2022-01-29). [Editorial] Neglected tropical diseases: ending the neglect of populations. thelancet.com 2022 sees the tenth anniversary of the London Declaration on Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), a pivotal event at which governments, pharmaceutical companies, foundations, and NGOs committed to collaborate in their efforts to stop NTDs. This initiative was inspired by the WHO NTD Roadmap 2012—2020, a plan for the control, elimination, and eradication of 17 neglected tropical diseases by 2020. Not all of the targets were met, but much progress has been made. In 2020, 600 million fewer people required interventions against NTDs than in 2010, and 42 countries eliminated at least one NTD.

WSWS (2022-01-29). Ford Kansas City Assembly workers speak out against mass infections and deaths in the plant. wsws.org More information continues to emerge about deaths at KCAP, including the death of Lamar Taylor, a worker who collapsed in the plant and subsequently died shortly before Thanksgiving.

WSWS (2022-01-29). Bolsonaro's "herd immunity" led to Manaus health care collapse, mass infection of indigenous populations, says Brazilian scientist Lucas Ferrante. wsws.org Bolsonaro's strategy "did not lead to herd immunity, but to the emergence of a new variant, Gamma, which today is responsible for two thirds of the deaths in Brazil."

WSWS (2022-01-29). University of Chicago students denounce in-person classes and inadequate safety measures as Omicron spreads. wsws.org While students and staff are speaking out against the resumption of in-person learning at the University of Chicago as a wave of infections spreads on campus, top university officials are ignoring their concerns.

sputniknews (2022-01-29). Not a Variant of Concern? More Contagious Omicron Strain Gaining Strength Across Globe. sputniknews.com The new strain has already been detected in at least 47 countries, with increasing cases in such nations as India, the UK, France, Denmark, and Sweden.

WSWS (2022-01-28). Israel's labour court bans teachers from striking in opposition to soaring Omicron infections. wsws.org Teachers and educators at all public kindergartens and schools, excluding special education schools, had been set to hold a protest strike yesterday.

Minnie Bruce Pratt (2022-01-28). Beyond COVID-19: Striking for the future ‚àí a WW commentary. workers.org Jan. 25 — We are beginning Year Three of the COVID-19 pandemic. As of this writing, almost 900,000 people have died in the U.S., and over 7 million people have been infected. (worldometer.com) These figures, based on official reporting data, are almost surely an undercount. There will have been cases . . . |

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-01-28). Marxism and the Black Caribbean. libya360.wordpress.com Transcript Onye: The main impact of anti-communism and online left discourse has been serious strikes to principled anti imperialism, particularly in Western nations like the United Snakes. You get to the point where China, for example, or Cuba or Vietnam have clearly managed the pandemic much better: have prioritized the health and well-being of their populations,…

ecns.cn (2022-01-28). U.S. funding to WHO drops by 25 pct in COVID-19 pandemic: Reuters. ecns.cn The funding provided by the United States to the World Health Organization (WHO) has dropped by 25 percent since the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a Reuters report.

Ema Moolchand (2022-01-28). Where's the meat? The avoidable supply crisis. greenleft.org.au The lack of meat on supermarket shelves under the latest wave of the pandemic is a story of poor working conditions in the meat processing plants. Ema Moolchand and Shelley Marshall report.

WSWS (2022-01-28). IMF cuts global growth forecast as Omicron spreads. wsws.org The global economic losses from the pandemic, resulting from the refusal of governments to take effective action to eliminate it, are estimated to be in order of $13.8 trillion.

WSWS (2022-01-28). Virginia governor Glenn Youngkin removes last remaining pandemic safety measures, declares state "open for business" wsws.org Youngkin has eliminated worker, student, and patient COVID-19 protections, while also making Virginia the latest Republican-led state to begin the process of banning "divisive concepts" in the classroom.

sputniknews (2022-01-28). Spotify Sides With Joe Rogan, Drops Neil Young After He Backs Medical Experts And Scientists. sputniknews.com Stockholm-based company Spotify confirmed Wednesday that they removed the folk-rock star Neil Young after he wrote an open letter to his manager and label asking for permission to have his music removed from the streaming service, which he deems responsible for spreading misinformation concerning the COVID-19 pandemic.

WSWS (2022-01-28). "Return of in-person classes will be catastrophic," warns Brazilian scientist Lucas Ferrante. wsws.org In the first part of this interview, Ferrante talks about the pandemic in Brazil and Manaus, the danger of resuming in-person classes, and why COVID-19 will not become endemic.

ecns.cn (2022-01-28). U.S.-planned 'authorized departures' a political farce. ecns.cn The U.S. State Department is considering whether to authorize departures for U.S. diplomats and their families in China, according to U.S. media reports. The move, in the name of "China's COVID-19 situation," is another "political farce" directed by the U.S. since the Biden Administration announced that it would not send any diplomatic or official representation to the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics in December 2021.

WSWS (2022-01-28). Riverside, California, school bus driver speaks out against mass infection in schools. wsws.org Since December 2020, educational facilities have accounted for 45.7 percent of all reported COVID-19 outbreaks in Riverside.

WSWS (2022-01-28). All COVID restrictions ended in UK amid deepening government crisis. wsws.org The crisis wracking the Johnson government is only spurring on its reactionary agenda at home and abroad. MPs left the capital amid discussions on the UK possibly sending thousands of troops to Eastern Europe to confront Russia.

Fight Back (2022-01-28). Protest demands freedom for prisoners facing COVID outbreak. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – On the afternoon of January 22, organizers shut down the city block in front of Governor Pritzker's Gold Coast mansion for 15 minutes, demanding immediate action to address the surging COVID cases in Illinois prisons and jails. Organizers dropped a letter on Pritzker's doorstep calling for a mass release of those incarcerated, beginning with the elderly and those with underlying medical conditions who are especially at risk. | The call to decarcerate correctional facilities has been sounded since the rise of COVID-19 and was repeated as further surges and variants put those inside at risk. The gover…

WSWS (2022-01-28). COVID-19 surges in Australia's remote Aboriginal communities. wsws.org Overcrowded housing and lack of isolation facilities has led to rapid spread through Australia's most vulnerable populations.

teleSUR, lvm, MER (2022-01-28). Rusia inicia ensayos de nueva vacuna nasal contra la Covid-19. telesurtv.net Los especialistas analizarán la seguridad del medicamento y su capacidad de producir anticuerpos contra el virus.

WSWS (2022-01-28). Educators and students around the world deepen fight to stop the spread of COVID-19. wsws.org The wave of educator and student opposition to school reopenings continues to spread across the globe as capitalist governments ever more openly adopt policies to deliberately infect society with COVID-19.

WSWS (2022-01-28). BA.2 subvariant of Omicron in more than 40 countries across the globe. wsws.org The Omicron subvariant BA.2 is now dominant in Denmark. This variant of the virus has also been detected in more than 40 countries across the world and is beginning to displace the original Omicron.

WSWS (2022-01-27). School-driven explosion of COVID cases in children linked to alarming spike of MIS-C. wsws.org The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Pediatrics reports that the vast majority of MIS-C resulted from mild or asymptomatic COVID-19 infections.

sputniknews (2022-01-27). Research Reveals Best Ways to Obtain 'Super Immunity' Against COVID-19 Variants. sputniknews.com The international scientific community and the WHO still recommend vaccination with available and officially approved coronavirus vaccines as the best way to curb the spread of the virus, especially in light of the emergence of increasingly infectious and even more lethal strains.

Staff (2022-01-27). Despite U.S. Embargo, Cuba Aims to Share Homegrown Vaccine with Global South. democracynow.org A 60-year U.S. embargo that prevents U.S.-made products from being exported to Cuba has forced the small island nation to develop its own COVID-19 vaccines and rely on open source designs for life-saving medical equipment such as ventilators. We speak to leading Cuban scientist Dr. Mitchell Valdés-Sosa about how massive mobilization helped produce three original vaccines that have proven highly effective against the coronavirus. "In a moment that the whole world was mobilizing to face this tremendous menace that was killing people around the world, the U.S. administration did not lift any of the 400 sanctions tha…

sputniknews (2022-01-27). China's Scientists Warn of Potential 'High Fatality, Transmission Rate' of Coronavirus NeoCoV. sputniknews.com The NeoCoV virus discovered in South Africa and currently actively discussed in media reports is not new and has been around for some time. The virus is related to the Middle East respiratory syndrome MERS-CoV, outbreaks of which were recorded in 2012 and 2015.

Staff (2022-01-27). Headlines for January 27, 2022. democracynow.org Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to Retire, Handing Biden Chance to Nominate Replacement, U.S. and NATO Offer No Concessions to Russia in Standoff over Ukraine, U.S. Approves $2.5 Billion Arms Sale to Egypt Despite Human Rights Abuses, House Democrats Demand End to U.S. Servicing of Saudi Warplanes Used in War Crimes, 180 Killed as U.S.-Backed Forces Retake Syrian Prison Where Children Are Imprisoned, U.N. Renews Calls to Free Up Aid for Millions of Afghans Facing Starvation, Extreme Poverty, Global COVID Cases Break New Record as COVAX Falls Short on Vaccine Delivery Goal, Spotify Sides with Joe Rogan in Vac…

Steve Sweeney (2022-01-27). Vaccine internationalism: Cuba distributing 200 million doses to poor countries. peoplesworld.org Cuban plans to distribute 200 million doses of its homegrown COVID vaccine to lower-income countries were said to have reached a "historic turning point" on Tuesday. David Adler, who headed a Progressive International delegation to the socialist island, said the "lifesaving package" was an example of vaccine internationalism that saw public health "placed above private …

Judy Greenspan (2022-01-27). Santa Rita prisoners conduct hunger strike. workers.org Protesters outside Alameda County Sheriff's Office call for release of Santa Rita Jail inmates during COVID-19 pandemic. Oakland In what has been a continuing struggle by Alameda county prisoners for decent food and sanitary conditions at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, California, two dozen prisoners went on hunger strike Jan. . . . |

Karen Conner (2022-01-27). GDP Jumps to 6.9 Percent in Fourth Quarter 2021, Driven by Strong Inventory Growth. cepr.net Inventories grew at a $173.5 billion annual rate in the fourth quarter. | GDP grew at a 6.9 percent annual rate in the fourth quarter, somewhat faster than had generally been expected. However, inventory accumulations were the main factor driving growth. Final demand grew at just a 1.9 percent annual rate, as inventories added 4.9 percentage points to the quarter's growth. GDP is now 3.1 percent above its level in the fourth quarter of 2019, putting it just slightly below the pre-pandemic trend growth path. | Inventories Grow at Rapid Pace | Inventories shrank in the first three quarters of 2021, they rose at an…

WSWS (2022-01-27). Victimized Indian auto worker speaks in support of Global Workers Inquest into the COVID-19 Pandemic. wsws.org "The corporations and the governments," explains Balakrishnan, "are only concerned about accumulating profit, not the well-being and safety of people."

WSWS (2022-01-27). Australian Labor leader offers to use pandemic crisis to restructure economy. wsws.org Albanese, who as opposition leader has backed the profit-driven "live with the virus" drive, made no mention in his National Press Club speech to the huge wave of infections that it has unleashed.

WSWS (2022-01-27). Sri Lankan president maintains criminal silence as Omicron cases surge. wsws.org The Omicron outbreak in Sri Lanka has exploded Rajapakse's lie that his regime has brought the pandemic under control and created the conditions "to resume normal community life."

WSWS (2022-01-27). As COVID-19 surges, deaths exceeded births in half of US states. wsws.org The devastation wrought by the pandemic has also led to an unprecedented situation in which deaths exceeded births in half of all US states in 2020. This decline in the birth-to-death ratio produced the smallest annual percentage population gain in at least a century.

WSWS (2022-01-27). Wall Street millionaire Jeff Zients directs Biden's policy of mass death. wsws.org In order to understand the catastrophic response of the Biden administration to the pandemic, it is necessary to examine the background and political career of the man quietly operating at the center of this response.

WSWS (2022-01-27). Victimized Indian autoworker speaks in support of Global Workers Inquest into the COVID-19 Pandemic. wsws.org "The corporations and the governments," explains Balakrishnan, "are only concerned about accumulating profit, not the well-being and safety of people."

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-01-27). Bombshell: CDC No Longer Recognizes the PCR Test As a Valid Method for Detecting "Confirmed Covid-19 Cases"? globalresearch.ca Smoking Gun: The CDC Says that the PCR Test is Invalid. Does not differentiate between Covid-19 and Seasonal Influenza. Does not detect or identify SARS-CoV-2 and its variants. If the PCR test is invalid the 260 Million "Confirmed Covid-19 Cases" collected Worldwide are meaningless. There is no Pandemic.

_____ (2022-01-27). Ukraine: Biden Administration's 'Wag The Dog' Diversionary War? popularresistance.org The Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) along with the ANSWER Coalition, CODEPINK, Maryland Peace Action, Popular Resistance, and many other organizations will gather in Washington today at noon in front of the White House as part of an emergency mobilization of anti-war activists to express opposition to the unnecessary and extremely dangerous possibility of war in Ukraine. | With a 39% job approval rating, more deaths from covid than during the Trump administration, and a failure to deliver on most of promises made during the 2020 presidential campaign, the intentional escalation of tensions by the United States wit…

Martha Grevatt (2022-01-27). China welcomes Chinese translation of 'Capitalism on a Ventilator'. workers.org We have very exciting news! The Chinese translation of "Capitalism on a Ventilator — The Impact of COVID-19 in China & the U.S." — originally published in 2020 by World View Forum as a joint project of the International Action Center and China-U.S. Solidarity Network — is out and being . . . |

Bangkok Post (2022-01-27). COVID to be Declared Endemic by Year's End in Thailand. asia-pacificresearch.com

Owen Fairclough (2022-01-27). U.S. raising interest rates to cool inflation. america.cgtn.com The U.S. Federal Reserve signaled it will raise its main interest rate in March and reduce the COVID-19 aid that helped stimulate hiring and spending but has also been blamed for driving the highest price rises in decades. CGTN's Owen Fairclough reports.

WSWS (2022-01-27). COVID-19 ravages homeless shelters in Toronto. wsws.org Recently homeless individuals are ten times more likely to need intensive care treatment and five times more likely to die than other Canadians infected with COVID-19.

WSWS (2022-01-27). Australian school guidelines detail dangerous COVID-19 conditions. wsws.org The documents underscore the unsafe conditions that await school workers and students—unless opposed, the return to face to face teaching will inflict entirely preventable mass infection and serious illness and death.

John Gilmore (2022-01-27). The Heat: Boris Johnson controversy. america.cgtn.com For weeks now the British Prime Minister has been trying to beat back a political scandal that is threatening his career. Boris Johnson has come under fire over allegations that he attended parties at 10 Downing Street while the UK was in lockdown over COVID-19 …

WSWS (2022-01-27). UK: "Partygate" report delayed as Johnson seeks political survival through warmongering and untrammelled COVID herd immunity. wsws.org Johnson stood his ground on his ability to "deliver" the policies dearest to the heart of the Tory right-wing, historically Brexit and today the reopening of the economy and assuming a leading role in US-led military provocations against Russia.

WSWS (2022-01-27). Pseudo-left National Educators United "understands" Biden's diktat that schools stay open. wsws.org Amid skyrocketing COVID-19 cases, a collapsing health care system and a horrifying death toll, the NEU has organized a petition to beg Biden and the Democrats for a bit more PPE.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-01-27). "Bastille 2022": Building a Worldwide Movement Against "Corona Tyranny" globalresearch.ca Bastille 2022 pertains to the restoration of fundamental rights. It seeks to reverse the criminal COVID-19 agenda which in the course of the last two years has triggered economic, social and political chaos Worldwide, coupled with bankruptcies, unemployment, mass poverty and despair.

WSWS (2022-01-27). Close schools to eliminate the virus! Why the OUSD tentative agreement will not stop COVID-19. wsws.org The tentative agreement reached between the Oakland Unified School District and the Oakland Educators Association will do nothing to fundamentally stop the spread of the virus.

Anonymous765 (2022-01-27). War Fever Is In The Air, As The West Confuses Russia With Nazi Germany. southfront.org As tensions grow between Russia and the West, more and more false comparisons are made with World War Two… | Johanna Ross, Russian Studies graduate and political analyst based in Edinburgh, Scotland. | The 'war hysteria' which has taken over our airwaves in the West of late in relation to tensions on Ukraine's border, is like a Hollywood style movie, being entirely scripted, produced, directed and acted in by the West. It bears no resemblance to the real actions and words of Russia and its representatives. The US is starring in its own drama, with the lines between fantasy and reality increasingly blurred. | Ne…

WSWS (2022-01-27). Berlin film festival officials decide to hold in-person event despite record Omicron infection rates. wsws.org The decision of the Berlinale management is clearly directed against the health, lives and cultural interests of the population.

Rick Rozoff (2022-01-27). NATO allies: Albania pivotal to Turkey, Turkey key to pan-Albanian, pan-Islamic project in the Balkans. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com From a feature in Anadolu Agency. President Erdogan's visit to Albania of strategic importance ….It is estimated that more Albanians and Bosnians live in Turkiye than in Albania and Bosnia. Most emigrated to Turkiye after the establishment of the Turkish Republic in 1923 and during Yugoslavian rule in the 50s and 80s to escape systematic …

WSWS (2022-01-27). E.O. Wilson, groundbreaking figure in evolutionary biology, dead at 92. wsws.org Wilson made major contributions in the fields of ecology, animal behavior, biodiversity, and evolutionary biology; his attempt to apply biology to the qualitatively distinct nature of human behavior based on culture was unsuccessful.

WSWS (2022-01-27). School-driven explosion of COVID cases in children linked to alarming spike of MIS-C. wsws.org The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Pediatrics reports that the vast majority of MIS-C resulted from mild or asymptomatic COVID-19 infections.

WSWS (2022-01-27). As COVID-19 surges, deaths exceeded births in half of US states. wsws.org The devastation wrought by the pandemic has also led to an unprecedented situation in which deaths exceeded births in half of all US states in 2020. This decline in the birth-to-death ratio produced the smallest annual percentage population gain in at least a century.

sputniknews (2022-01-27). Research Reveals Best Ways to Obtain 'Super Immunity' Against COVID-19 Variants. sputniknews.com The international scientific community and the WHO still recommend vaccination with available and officially approved coronavirus vaccines as the best way to curb the spread of the virus, especially in light of the emergence of increasingly infectious and even more lethal strains.

Staff (2022-01-27). Despite U.S. Embargo, Cuba Aims to Share Homegrown Vaccine with Global South. democracynow.org A 60-year U.S. embargo that prevents U.S.-made products from being exported to Cuba has forced the small island nation to develop its own COVID-19 vaccines and rely on open source designs for life-saving medical equipment such as ventilators. We speak to leading Cuban scientist Dr. Mitchell Valdés-Sosa about how massive mobilization helped produce three original vaccines that have proven highly effective against the coronavirus. "In a moment that the whole world was mobilizing to face this tremendous menace that was killing people around the world, the U.S. administration did not lift any of the 400 sanctions tha…

Staff (2022-01-27). Headlines for January 27, 2022. democracynow.org Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to Retire, Handing Biden Chance to Nominate Replacement, U.S. and NATO Offer No Concessions to Russia in Standoff over Ukraine, U.S. Approves $2.5 Billion Arms Sale to Egypt Despite Human Rights Abuses, House Democrats Demand End to U.S. Servicing of Saudi Warplanes Used in War Crimes, 180 Killed as U.S.-Backed Forces Retake Syrian Prison Where Children Are Imprisoned, U.N. Renews Calls to Free Up Aid for Millions of Afghans Facing Starvation, Extreme Poverty, Global COVID Cases Break New Record as COVAX Falls Short on Vaccine Delivery Goal, Spotify Sides with Joe Rogan in Vac…

Judy Greenspan (2022-01-27). Santa Rita prisoners conduct hunger strike. workers.org Protesters outside Alameda County Sheriff's Office call for release of Santa Rita Jail inmates during COVID-19 pandemic. Oakland In what has been a continuing struggle by Alameda county prisoners for decent food and sanitary conditions at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, California, two dozen prisoners went on hunger strike Jan. . . . |

Karen Conner (2022-01-27). GDP Jumps to 6.9 Percent in Fourth Quarter 2021, Driven by Strong Inventory Growth. cepr.net Inventories grew at a $173.5 billion annual rate in the fourth quarter. | GDP grew at a 6.9 percent annual rate in the fourth quarter, somewhat faster than had generally been expected. However, inventory accumulations were the main factor driving growth. Final demand grew at just a 1.9 percent annual rate, as inventories added 4.9 percentage points to the quarter's growth. GDP is now 3.1 percent above its level in the fourth quarter of 2019, putting it just slightly below the pre-pandemic trend growth path. | Inventories Grow at Rapid Pace | Inventories shrank in the first three quarters of 2021, they rose at an…

WSWS (2022-01-27). Victimized Indian autoworker speaks in support of Global Workers Inquest into the COVID-19 Pandemic. wsws.org "The corporations and the governments," explains Balakrishnan, "are only concerned about accumulating profit, not the well-being and safety of people."

WSWS (2022-01-27). Victimized Indian auto worker speaks in support of Global Workers Inquest into the COVID-19 Pandemic. wsws.org "The corporations and the governments," explains Balakrishnan, "are only concerned about accumulating profit, not the well-being and safety of people."

WSWS (2022-01-27). Australian Labor leader offers to use pandemic crisis to restructure economy. wsws.org Albanese, who as opposition leader has backed the profit-driven "live with the virus" drive, made no mention in his National Press Club speech to the huge wave of infections that it has unleashed.

WSWS (2022-01-27). Wall Street millionaire Jeff Zients directs Biden's policy of mass death. wsws.org In order to understand the catastrophic response of the Biden administration to the pandemic, it is necessary to examine the background and political career of the man quietly operating at the center of this response.

WSWS (2022-01-27). Sri Lankan president maintains criminal silence as Omicron cases surge. wsws.org The Omicron outbreak in Sri Lanka has exploded Rajapakse's lie that his regime has brought the pandemic under control and created the conditions "to resume normal community life."

WSWS (2022-01-27). Australian school guidelines detail dangerous COVID-19 conditions. wsws.org The documents underscore the unsafe conditions that await school workers and students—unless opposed, the return to face to face teaching will inflict entirely preventable mass infection and serious illness and death.

WSWS (2022-01-27). UK: "Partygate" report delayed as Johnson seeks political survival through warmongering and untrammelled COVID herd immunity. wsws.org Johnson stood his ground on his ability to "deliver" the policies dearest to the heart of the Tory right-wing, historically Brexit and today the reopening of the economy and assuming a leading role in US-led military provocations against Russia.

WSWS (2022-01-27). COVID-19 ravages homeless shelters in Toronto. wsws.org Recently homeless individuals are ten times more likely to need intensive care treatment and five times more likely to die than other Canadians infected with COVID-19.

WSWS (2022-01-27). Pseudo-left National Educators United "understands" Biden's diktat that schools stay open. wsws.org Amid skyrocketing COVID-19 cases, a collapsing health care system and a horrifying death toll, the NEU has organized a petition to beg Biden and the Democrats for a bit more PPE.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-01-27). "Bastille 2022": Building a Worldwide Movement Against "Corona Tyranny" globalresearch.ca Bastille 2022 pertains to the restoration of fundamental rights. It seeks to reverse the criminal COVID-19 agenda which in the course of the last two years has triggered economic, social and political chaos Worldwide, coupled with bankruptcies, unemployment, mass poverty and despair.

WSWS (2022-01-27). Close schools to eliminate the virus! Why the OUSD tentative agreement will not stop COVID-19. wsws.org The tentative agreement reached between the Oakland Unified School District and the Oakland Educators Association will do nothing to fundamentally stop the spread of the virus.

WSWS (2022-01-27). Berlin film festival officials decide to hold in-person event despite record Omicron infection rates. wsws.org The decision of the Berlinale management is clearly directed against the health, lives and cultural interests of the population.

WSWS (2022-01-27). E.O. Wilson, groundbreaking figure in evolutionary biology, dead at 92. wsws.org Wilson made major contributions in the fields of ecology, animal behavior, biodiversity, and evolutionary biology; his attempt to apply biology to the qualitatively distinct nature of human behavior based on culture was unsuccessful.

PAI (2022-01-26). OSHA kills emergency anti-COVID standard on order of right-wing Supreme Court. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON (PAI)—The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has permanently yanked its Emergency Temporary Standard requiring firms with at least 100 workers to develop and implement plans to protect employees against the coronavirus. But it'll keep working on a permanent standard to achieve that goal. OSHA's January 26 decision obeys the January 13 ruling by the …

Ann Garrison (2022-01-26). How WHO Chief Tedros Violated UN Rules to Advance TPLF Interests in Ethiopia. orinocotribune.com By Ann Garrison and Simon Tesfamariam — Jan 18, 2022 | In leaked audio, UN staffers accuse World Health Organization Secretary-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus of violating UN code to further the objectives of his political allies in Ethiopia's conflict | Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, World Health Organization (WHO) Secretary-General and overseer of the UN's global coronavirus response, has established a shadow relief operation that sidesteps the authority of Ethiopia's sovereign government and directly coordinates with his political allies in the country's civil war. | The alleged actions by Tedros, which h…

WSWS (2022-01-26). More than a quarter of Los Angeles students are out sick amid Omicron surge. wsws.org As the Los Angeles Unified School District enters the third week of the spring semester, coronavirus cases continue to explode throughout student and staff populations.

Staff (2022-01-26). Africa CDC Director: Vaccine Inequity Prolongs the Pandemic. Global Cooperation Can Stop New Variants. democracynow.org As new cases of the highly infectious Omicron variant continue to climb in undervaccinated parts of the world, we speak to the head of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about how vaccine inequity could lead to even more variants of the coronavirus. Dr. John Nkengasong says only 10% of the population is fully immunized in Africa, a continent of 1.3 billion people, and millions of vaccines donated by COVAX went unused because of their short shelf life. Meanwhile, several countries in Africa have begun manufacturing their own vaccines. "We have to shift our focus to vaccinating — that is, m…

WSWS (2022-01-26). German officials cut back on contact tracing and testing amid largest COVID-19 wave. wsws.org All parties in Germany's federal parliament, the Bundestag, are cooperating closely to remove the remaining obstacles to the pandemic and to infect the population with the Omicron variant of the coronavirus.

Amy Goodman (2022-01-26). Only 10 Percent of Africa's Population Is Fully Vaccinated. truthout.org As new cases of the highly infectious Omicron variant continue to climb in undervaccinated parts of the world, we speak to the head of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about how vaccine inequity could lead to even more variants of the coronavirus. Dr. John Nkengasong says only 10% of the population is fully immunized in Africa, a continent of 1.3 billion people, and millions of vaccines donated by COVAX went unused because of their short shelf life. Meanwhile, several countries in Africa have…

Staff (2022-01-26). Calls to boycott Starbucks brew as it scraps vaccine mandate. rt.com Coffee giant's decision to reverse vaccine requirement for employees sparks backlash from some patrons and workers | The world-famous coffee giant Starbucks has come under fire for scrapping the Covid-19 vaccine mandate, with calls to 'boycott Starbucks' flooding social media. | Both customers and Starbucks baristas say they refuse to support a place, no matter how iconic, which does not require employee vaccinations. | "Who wants unvaccinated people handling your food and drinks?"

WSWS (2022-01-26). Anti-vaccine zealots join with fascist militia forces at D.C. rally to oppose all COVID-19 public health measures. wsws.org Promoted by Fox News, the sparsely attended event promoted fascistic, anti-Semitic and anti-scientific conspiracy theories.

Staff (2022-01-26). Headlines for January 26, 2022. democracynow.org U.S. Says Personal Sanctions Against Putin Possible If Russia Invades Ukraine, Aid Ship to Tonga Reports 23 COVID Cases; China Tries to Contain Omicron Ahead of Olympics, Biden Admin Pulls Business Vaccine Requirement; Judge Stays Decision Blocking NY Indoor Mask Mandate, Pfizer Starts Testing Omicron Vaccine; FDA Halts Use of 2 Antibody Therapies | , Leonard Peltier Calls Prison Conditions "Torture" Amid COVID Lockdowns and Neglect, Colombian Indigenous Leader José Albeiro Camayo Killed by Armed Group, Pataxó Protesters in Brazil Launch Blockade, Demand Justice 3 Years After Deadly Vale Dam Disaster, Seven Bangl…

ecns.cn (2022-01-26). 8th batch of China-donated COVID-19 vaccines arrives in Laos. ecns.cn The eighth batch of China-donated COVID-19 vaccines has arrived here and has been handed over to Lao authorities.

Staff (2022-01-26). millions of under 12 Iranian to get COVID vaccine. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 26 (MNA) — Iran's Ministry of Health Official Mohammad Mehdi Gooya announced that Iranian children of the age 9-12 can receive the COVID-19 vaccine.

John W. Whitehead, Nisha Whitehead (2022-01-26). Authoritarian Madness: The Slippery Slope from Lockdowns to Concentration Camps. dissidentvoice.org In the politically charged, polarizing tug-of-war that is the debate over COVID-19, we find ourselves buffeted by fear over a viral pandemic that continues to wreak havoc with lives and the economy, threats of vaccine mandates and financial penalties for noncompliance, and discord over how to legislate the public good without sacrificing individual liberty. The …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-01-26). Video: Has Justin Trudeau Been Duly Vaccinated? Registered Nurse Expresses Doubt on Authenticity of Trudeau's Vaccine Jab. globalresearch.ca First published …

_____ (2022-01-26). Where Is The 100,000-Strong Public Health Corps Biden Promised Us? popularresistance.org A year after Joe Biden's inauguration, things seem bleak. Despite the existence of life-saving vaccines, tests and masks, on January 21, more than 3,000 people were reported to have died of Covid-19, and the last time daily deaths were below 1,000 was in August. With the more transmissible Omicron variant spreading like wildfire, and only 63% of the country with two doses of the vaccine (only 43% of adults with their booster), things may continue to get worse before they get better. Hospitals are filled to the brim while schools and industries deal with absences. Clearly, we need a policy reset. We need to provid…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-01-26). Bombshell Document Dump on Pfizer Vaccine Data. globalresearch.ca What is contained in Pfizer's confidential report is detailed evidence on the impacts of the "vaccine" on mortality and morbidity. This data which emanates from the Horse's Mouth can be used to confront as well formulate legal procedures against Big Pharma, the governments, the WHO and the media.

Staff (2022-01-26). Study explains how to get 'super immunity' to Covid. rt.com "Amazingly high" immune response discovered in fully jabbed people who also caught the disease | Fully vaccinated people who catch Covid, as well as those who had the disease prior to the jabs, get rewarded with the best immune responses, a new Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) researchers took samples from 10…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-01-26). The Freedom Convoy In Solidarity with the Truck Drivers: What Canada Needs is the "Political Quarantine" of Justin Trudeau. globalresearch.ca A mass movement against the Covid mandate is unfolding coast to coast across Canada in solidarity with cross-border truck drivers. Tens of thousands of people will be joining the truck drivers in Ottawa. | According to Justin Trudeau unvaccinated truck drivers …

Dr. Angela Durante (2022-01-26). A Letter to the Unvaccinated. globalresearch.ca First posted by Global …

_____ (2022-01-26). Coalminers On Strike For 10 Months Vow Not To Be 'Starved Out'. popularresistance.org About 1,100 coalminers in Alabama have entered 2022 still on strike, more than 10 months since they walked out back in April last year, making it the longest strike in the US since the Covid-19 pandemic began and the longest in Alabama's history. | Workers started the unfair labor practice strike over claims of bad faith bargaining by Warrior Met Coal over a new union contract. In the previous contract settled in 2016, miners accepted several concessions, including a $6-an-hour pay cut and reductions in health insurance and other benefits as the mines switched employers in the wake of a bankruptcy. | The miners o…

Editor (2022-01-26). Solution to global inequality is socialism! workers.org Around the globe, billions of people are suffering incredible losses resulting from capitalism's inability and refusal to seriously address the COVID-19 pandemic. Millions have lost lives or loved ones. Families are houseless. Workers have been forced to choose between risking their health at minimum wage jobs and feeding their families, . . . |

WSWS (2022-01-26). Thousands of couriers at Turkey's largest e-commerce platform Trendyol launch wildcat strike for wages. wsws.org Skyrocketing living costs and the thousands of preventable deaths caused by the homicidal response of governments around the world to the COVID-19 pandemic are driving growing sections of the working class into struggle.

sputniknews (2022-01-26). Stored Blood Samples Reveal COVID-19 May Have Reached Norway As Early as 2019. sputniknews.com According to Norwegian researchers, the "very surprising" findings from the same time the disease was officially discovered in China "change the history of the corona pandemic both in Norway and in the entire world".

WSWS (2022-01-26). French high school students speak on COVID-19 pandemic: "The government waits without taking action… I find that cruel and sick." wsws.org WSWS reporters interviewed Laura, a high school student in the Paris suburbs, about her and her friends' experiences during the pandemic.

WSWS (2022-01-26). As pandemic rages across the EU, WHO Regional Director for Europe proclaims pandemic "endgame" wsws.org The effort to normalize COVID-19 infections and deaths in Europe and the US is not driven by science or public health but by economic considerations.

ecns.cn (2022-01-26). Gun violence in U.S. has grown into a tumor of society: FM Spokesperson. ecns.cn Gun violence in the U.S. has grown into a tumor of society, a Chinese FM Spokesperson said on Tuesday, adding that compounded with grave problems including the unchecked pandemic, drug proliferation and racial discrimination, gun violence has become a serious systemic human rights issue.

WSWS (2022-01-26). Australian epidemiologists call for global action to eliminate COVID-19. wsws.org The urgent appeal by three distinguished epidemiologists reflects the growing opposition of principled medical scientists, doctors and health workers to the "let it rip" response of governments to the pandemic.

_____ (2022-01-26). 18 Times Boris Johnson Was Accused of Breaking Rules — and Got Away With It. strategic-culture.org From illegal lockdown parties to secret financial interests, the prime minister has a long history of sailing close to the wind. | By Seth THÉVOZ | Boris Johnson is facing calls to resign after he admitted attending a lockdown party in Downing Street during the pandemic. | But it is far from the first time the prime minister has been caught seemingly breaking the rules with impunity. | Johnson claims the "bring your own booze" event held at Number 10 on 20 May 2020 did not "technically" break the strict rules in place at the time. Lawyers, fact-checkers and even some of his own MPs disagree. | The prime minister…

WSWS (2022-01-26). COVID-19 cases spread across the Pacific. wsws.org A social catastrophe is developing as the Omicron strain sweeps into small Pacific island countries that previously avoided the COVID-19 pandemic.

WSWS (2022-01-26). UK: Metropolitan Police launch Tory pandemic parties investigation. wsws.org The intervention by Met Commissioner Cressida Dick is indicative of the right-wing forces leading the "partygate" campaign to unseat Johnson.

WSWS (2022-01-26). Macron calls to introduce massive US-style university tuition fees in France. wsws.org The French president's proposal to launch "American-style" tuition fees reflects his broader policy of intensifying social inequality in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

WSWS (2022-01-26). What "endemic" COVID-19 really means: Mass infection and death forever. wsws.org Government officials and the corporate media want to declare COVID-19 "endemic," to enforce policies that will have disastrous consequences for the working class.

WSWS (2022-01-26). German officials cut back on contact tracing and testing amid largest COVID-19 wave. wsws.org All parties in Germany's federal parliament, the Bundestag, are cooperating closely to remove the remaining obstacles to the pandemic and to infect the population with the Omicron variant of the coronavirus.

WSWS (2022-01-26). More than a quarter of Los Angeles students are out sick amid Omicron surge. wsws.org As the Los Angeles Unified School District enters the third week of the spring semester, coronavirus cases continue to explode throughout student and staff populations.

Ann Garrison (2022-01-26). How WHO Chief Tedros Violated UN Rules to Advance TPLF Interests in Ethiopia. orinocotribune.com By Ann Garrison and Simon Tesfamariam — Jan 18, 2022 | In leaked audio, UN staffers accuse World Health Organization Secretary-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus of violating UN code to further the objectives of his political allies in Ethiopia's conflict | Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, World Health Organization (WHO) Secretary-General and overseer of the UN's global coronavirus response, has established a shadow relief operation that sidesteps the authority of Ethiopia's sovereign government and directly coordinates with his political allies in the country's civil war. | The alleged actions by Tedros, which h…

WSWS (2022-01-26). German officials cut back on contact tracing and testing amid largest COVID-19 wave. wsws.org All parties in Germany's federal parliament, the Bundestag, are cooperating closely to remove the remaining obstacles to the pandemic and to infect the population with the Omicron variant of the coronavirus.

WSWS (2022-01-26). German officials cut back on contact tracing and testing amid largest COVID-19 wave. wsws.org All parties in Germany's federal parliament, the Bundestag, are cooperating closely to remove the remaining obstacles to the pandemic and to infect the population with the Omicron variant of the coronavirus.

Ann Garrison (2022-01-26). How WHO Chief Tedros Violated UN Rules to Advance TPLF Interests in Ethiopia. orinocotribune.com By Ann Garrison and Simon Tesfamariam — Jan 18, 2022 | In leaked audio, UN staffers accuse World Health Organization Secretary-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus of violating UN code to further the objectives of his political allies in Ethiopia's conflict | Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, World Health Organization (WHO) Secretary-General and overseer of the UN's global coronavirus response, has established a shadow relief operation that sidesteps the authority of Ethiopia's sovereign government and directly coordinates with his political allies in the country's civil war. | The alleged actions by Tedros, which h…

WSWS (2022-01-26). More than a quarter of Los Angeles students are out sick amid Omicron surge. wsws.org As the Los Angeles Unified School District enters the third week of the spring semester, coronavirus cases continue to explode throughout student and staff populations.

Ann Garrison (2022-01-26). How WHO Chief Tedros Violated UN Rules to Advance TPLF Interests in Ethiopia. orinocotribune.com By Ann Garrison and Simon Tesfamariam — Jan 18, 2022 | In leaked audio, UN staffers accuse World Health Organization Secretary-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus of violating UN code to further the objectives of his political allies in Ethiopia's conflict | Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, World Health Organization (WHO) Secretary-General and overseer of the UN's global coronavirus response, has established a shadow relief operation that sidesteps the authority of Ethiopia's sovereign government and directly coordinates with his political allies in the country's civil war. | The alleged actions by Tedros, which h…

WSWS (2022-01-26). More than a quarter of Los Angeles students are out sick amid Omicron surge. wsws.org As the Los Angeles Unified School District enters the third week of the spring semester, coronavirus cases continue to explode throughout student and staff populations.

ecns.cn (2022-01-26). 8th batch of China-donated COVID-19 vaccines arrives in Laos. ecns.cn The eighth batch of China-donated COVID-19 vaccines has arrived here and has been handed over to Lao authorities.

Staff (2022-01-26). Calls to boycott Starbucks brew as it scraps vaccine mandate. rt.com Coffee giant's decision to reverse vaccine requirement for employees sparks backlash from some patrons and workers | The world-famous coffee giant Starbucks has come under fire for scrapping the Covid-19 vaccine mandate, with calls to 'boycott Starbucks' flooding social media. | Both customers and Starbucks baristas say they refuse to support a place, no matter how iconic, which does not require employee vaccinations. | "Who wants unvaccinated people handling your food and drinks?"

WSWS (2022-01-26). Anti-vaccine zealots join with fascist militia forces at D.C. rally to oppose all COVID-19 public health measures. wsws.org Promoted by Fox News, the sparsely attended event promoted fascistic, anti-Semitic and anti-scientific conspiracy theories.

Staff (2022-01-26). millions of under 12 Iranian to get COVID vaccine. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 26 (MNA) — Iran's Ministry of Health Official Mohammad Mehdi Gooya announced that Iranian children of the age 9-12 can receive the COVID-19 vaccine.

Staff (2022-01-26). Study explains how to get 'super immunity' to Covid. rt.com "Amazingly high" immune response discovered in fully jabbed people who also caught the disease | Fully vaccinated people who catch Covid, as well as those who had the disease prior to the jabs, get rewarded with the best immune responses, a new Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) researchers took samples from 10…

WSWS (2022-01-26). Thousands of couriers at Turkey's largest e-commerce platform Trendyol launch wildcat strike for wages. wsws.org Skyrocketing living costs and the thousands of preventable deaths caused by the homicidal response of governments around the world to the COVID-19 pandemic are driving growing sections of the working class into struggle.

WSWS (2022-01-26). COVID-19 cases spread across the Pacific. wsws.org A social catastrophe is developing as the Omicron strain sweeps into small Pacific island countries that previously avoided the COVID-19 pandemic.

WSWS (2022-01-26). As pandemic rages across the EU, WHO Regional Director for Europe proclaims pandemic "endgame" wsws.org The effort to normalize COVID-19 infections and deaths in Europe and the US is not driven by science or public health but by economic considerations.

WSWS (2022-01-26). Macron calls to introduce massive US-style university tuition fees in France. wsws.org The French president's proposal to launch "American-style" tuition fees reflects his broader policy of intensifying social inequality in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

ecns.cn (2022-01-26). Gun violence in U.S. has grown into a tumor of society: FM Spokesperson. ecns.cn Gun violence in the U.S. has grown into a tumor of society, a Chinese FM Spokesperson said on Tuesday, adding that compounded with grave problems including the unchecked pandemic, drug proliferation and racial discrimination, gun violence has become a serious systemic human rights issue.

WSWS (2022-01-26). UK: Metropolitan Police launch Tory pandemic parties investigation. wsws.org The intervention by Met Commissioner Cressida Dick is indicative of the right-wing forces leading the "partygate" campaign to unseat Johnson.

WSWS (2022-01-26). UK: Metropolitan Police launch Tory pandemic parties investigation. wsws.org The intervention by Met Commissioner Cressida Dick is indicative of the right-wing forces leading the "partygate" campaign to unseat Johnson.

WSWS (2022-01-26). Macron calls to introduce massive US-style university tuition fees in France. wsws.org The French president's proposal to launch "American-style" tuition fees reflects his broader policy of intensifying social inequality in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

WSWS (2022-01-26). French high school students speak on COVID-19 pandemic: "The government waits without taking action… I find that cruel and sick." wsws.org WSWS reporters interviewed Laura, a high school student in the Paris suburbs, about her and her friends' experiences during the pandemic.

sputniknews (2022-01-26). Stored Blood Samples Reveal COVID-19 May Have Reached Norway As Early as 2019. sputniknews.com According to Norwegian researchers, the "very surprising" findings from the same time the disease was officially discovered in China "change the history of the corona pandemic both in Norway and in the entire world".

WSWS (2022-01-26). COVID-19 cases spread across the Pacific. wsws.org A social catastrophe is developing as the Omicron strain sweeps into small Pacific island countries that previously avoided the COVID-19 pandemic.

WSWS (2022-01-26). Thousands of couriers at Turkey's largest e-commerce platform Trendyol launch wildcat strike for wages. wsws.org Skyrocketing living costs and the thousands of preventable deaths caused by the homicidal response of governments around the world to the COVID-19 pandemic are driving growing sections of the working class into struggle.

WSWS (2022-01-26). Thousands of couriers at Turkey's largest e-commerce platform Trendyol launch wildcat strike for wages. wsws.org Skyrocketing living costs and the thousands of preventable deaths caused by the homicidal response of governments around the world to the COVID-19 pandemic are driving growing sections of the working class into struggle.

WSWS (2022-01-26). Australian epidemiologists call for global action to eliminate COVID-19. wsws.org The urgent appeal by three distinguished epidemiologists reflects the growing opposition of principled medical scientists, doctors and health workers to the "let it rip" response of governments to the pandemic.

WSWS (2022-01-26). French high school students speak on COVID-19 pandemic: "The government waits without taking action… I find that cruel and sick." wsws.org WSWS reporters interviewed Laura, a high school student in the Paris suburbs, about her and her friends' experiences during the pandemic.

WSWS (2022-01-26). French high school students speak on COVID-19 pandemic: "The government waits without taking action… I find that cruel and sick." wsws.org WSWS reporters interviewed Laura, a high school student in the Paris suburbs, about her and her friends' experiences during the pandemic.

WSWS (2022-01-26). Australian epidemiologists call for global action to eliminate COVID-19. wsws.org The urgent appeal by three distinguished epidemiologists reflects the growing opposition of principled medical scientists, doctors and health workers to the "let it rip" response of governments to the pandemic.

WSWS (2022-01-26). COVID-19 cases spread across the Pacific. wsws.org A social catastrophe is developing as the Omicron strain sweeps into small Pacific island countries that previously avoided the COVID-19 pandemic.

WSWS (2022-01-26). As pandemic rages across the EU, WHO Regional Director for Europe proclaims pandemic "endgame" wsws.org The effort to normalize COVID-19 infections and deaths in Europe and the US is not driven by science or public health but by economic considerations.

WSWS (2022-01-26). Macron calls to introduce massive US-style university tuition fees in France. wsws.org The French president's proposal to launch "American-style" tuition fees reflects his broader policy of intensifying social inequality in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

WSWS (2022-01-26). UK: Metropolitan Police launch Tory pandemic parties investigation. wsws.org The intervention by Met Commissioner Cressida Dick is indicative of the right-wing forces leading the "partygate" campaign to unseat Johnson.

WSWS (2022-01-26). Australian epidemiologists call for global action to eliminate COVID-19. wsws.org The urgent appeal by three distinguished epidemiologists reflects the growing opposition of principled medical scientists, doctors and health workers to the "let it rip" response of governments to the pandemic.

WSWS (2022-01-26). As pandemic rages across the EU, WHO Regional Director for Europe proclaims pandemic "endgame" wsws.org The effort to normalize COVID-19 infections and deaths in Europe and the US is not driven by science or public health but by economic considerations.

Editor2 (2022-01-26). The Economics of The Sandinista Revolution in 2022 (Interview). orinocotribune.com Nicaragua ended 2021 with extraordinary results in the economy, highly positive results in production and is leading economic growth in the region after three difficult years during which it faced a coup attempt, two devastating hurricanes, Covid-19 and permanent attempts by the United States and big capital to destroy the country's economy. | In Managua, we interviewed Minister of Finance, Ivan Acosta, on Nicaragua's model, regional economic integration and new prospects as Nicaragua and China seek cooperation after reestablishing relations in December. Kawsachun News' Camila Escalante sat down with Minister Aco…

Editor2 (2022-01-26). The Economics of The Sandinista Revolution in 2022 (Interview). orinocotribune.com Nicaragua ended 2021 with extraordinary results in the economy, highly positive results in production and is leading economic growth in the region after three difficult years during which it faced a coup attempt, two devastating hurricanes, Covid-19 and permanent attempts by the United States and big capital to destroy the country's economy. | In Managua, we interviewed Minister of Finance, Ivan Acosta, on Nicaragua's model, regional economic integration and new prospects as Nicaragua and China seek cooperation after reestablishing relations in December. Kawsachun News' Camila Escalante sat down with Minister Aco…

Editor2 (2022-01-26). The Economics of The Sandinista Revolution in 2022 (Interview). orinocotribune.com Nicaragua ended 2021 with extraordinary results in the economy, highly positive results in production and is leading economic growth in the region after three difficult years during which it faced a coup attempt, two devastating hurricanes, Covid-19 and permanent attempts by the United States and big capital to destroy the country's economy. | In Managua, we interviewed Minister of Finance, Ivan Acosta, on Nicaragua's model, regional economic integration and new prospects as Nicaragua and China seek cooperation after reestablishing relations in December. Kawsachun News' Camila Escalante sat down with Minister Aco…

teleSUR- hvh, DRL (2022-01-26). Comienza la Feria Internacional del Libro 2022 en Egipto. telesurtv.net La feria regresa luego de que su última edición se realizara en junio de 2021 debido a la pandemia de la Covid-19.

WSWS (2022-01-26). OSHA fines auto parts maker $25,000 for two COVID deaths, while leaving the big fish off the hook. wsws.org Sanoh America's Findlay, Ohio, facility had one-third of its workforce contract the virus and two deaths. OSHA slapped it with a paltry fine of $26,527 as the price of doing business.

sputniknews (2022-01-26). 'PartyGate' Probe 'Has Pics of BoJo Next to Wine Bottles' at Lockdown-Breaching Bashes. sputniknews.com After Metropolitan Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick revealed in a news briefing on Tuesday that the force was investigating "a number of events" at Downing Street for potential breaches of COVID-19 regulations, Boris Johnson told the Commons yesterday that he welcomed the probe that would "help draw a line under matters".

ecns.cn (2022-01-26). COVID-19 tests ensure health and safety at Beijing 2022: official. ecns.cn COVID-19 tests during the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games comply with international standards and will ensure the health and safety of athletes and stakeholders to the maximum extent, said Beijing 2022 organizers on Tuesday.

WSWS (2022-01-26). New Zealand schools and public transport will be breeding grounds for Omicron infections. wsws.org The WSWS spoke to parents and a bus driver who outlined the dangerous conditions in schools and workplaces, which will contribute to the deadly COVID-19 variant spreading rapidly throughout the country.

Staff (2022-01-26). Johnson 'ambushed with cake' excuse prompts jibes & memes. rt.com Conservative MP Conor Burns, a long-time ally of Boris Johnson, says the PM's birthday party was a surprise one | Speaking to Channel 4 News on Tuesday evening, Conservative MP Conor Burns defended Prime Minister Boris Johnson over the recent allegation that he broke his own Covid-19 restrictions when receiving a birthday cake in 2020. | The revelation that Johnson was presented with a cake by colleagues in June 2020 is the latest in a series of alleged incidents, dubbed 'Partygate', in which the PM supposedly broke the rules. | On Tuesday, Burns reiterated the government's insistence that the cake-giving wasn…

WSWS (2022-01-26). What "endemic" COVID-19 really means: Mass infection and death forever. wsws.org Government officials and the corporate media want to declare COVID-19 "endemic," to enforce policies that will have disastrous consequences for the working class.

teleSUR- jaa -HIM (2022-01-26). OMS pide a Argentina datos sobre vacunas Sputnik-V y Cansino. telesurtv.net La OMS también solicitó los datos de la vacuna anticovid Sinopharm pediátrica.

WSWS (2022-01-26). What "endemic" COVID-19 really means: Mass infection and death forever. wsws.org Government officials and the corporate media want to declare COVID-19 "endemic," to enforce policies that will have disastrous consequences for the working class.

WSWS (2022-01-25). Why the US and NATO want war with Russia. wsws.org The ruling classes in the United States and Europe confront a series of intractable economic, social and political crises, all of which have been exacerbated by the pandemic. They are turning to war in a desperate attempt to find a way out.

WSWS (2022-01-25). 1 million children infected with COVID in the United States last week. wsws.org The American Academy of Pediatrics reported Monday that last week more than 1.15 million children were infected with COVID-19. Hospitalizations and deaths continue to rise. Despite these developments, the Biden administration continues to press for in-person instruction in schools.

Staff (2022-01-25). Country in mourning after Covid kills Olympic champ. rt.com The national hero had been on a ventilator in hospital and kept alive by an iron lung | Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has been among those offering tributes after Szilveszter Csollany, the 2000 Sydney Olympics rings champion, died at the age of 51 following a battle with Covid in hospital lasting more than a month. | Sports fans, friends and former coaches of the 2002 world champion had been praying for Csollany's recovery since his admission to an intensive care unit on December 3 2021, having reportedly received one dose of a vaccine two weeks earlier. | Doctors used a ventilator and an iron lung but…

Staff (2022-01-25). FDA bans 'Trump' antibody treatment. rt.com The sudden change of rules on monoclonal antibodies left Florida health officials fuming | The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has revoked its emergency use authorizations for two kinds of monoclonal antibodies treatments produced by Regeneron and Eli Lilly. The regulator said the two therapeutics were "highly unlikely to be active against the omicron variant." | With the authorization revoked, neither drug is now available for patients in the US. The FDA allowed that it may in the future re-authorize their use "in certain geographic regions" for patients exposed to SARS-CoV-2 strains that are still susc…

Staff (2022-01-25). Omicron Covid strain evolved in mice — Chinese study. rt.com Researchers' findings have backed the theory that "Omicron may have evolved in a non-human animal species" | The study into Omicron, published in the Journal of Biosafety and Biosecurity, found that "coronavirus slowly accumulated mutations over time in mice" before the virus was then "transmitted back to humans by reverse zoonotic." | The research, led by Dr. Xu Jianguo, who works for the National Institute for Communicable Diseases Control and Prevention of China, has identified mice as the "most likely intermediate host." Researchers established that the "mutations profile" of the strain "shows that the vir…

WSWS (2022-01-25). University of Illinois Chicago downplays danger of in-person learning amid Omicron surge. wsws.org UIC administration officials held a town hall last week to push for reopening the university as the pandemic continues to take more than 2,000 lives daily in the US.

sputniknews (2022-01-25). Rock Icon Neil Young Accuses Spotify of Spreading COVID Misinformation, Demands Removal of His Music. sputniknews.com In December 2021, US media rushed to circulate an open letter signed by 270 so-called "doctors", many of whom were not direct medical providers, who urged Spotify to implement a misinformation policy towards its most popular podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience, because of its "history of broadcasting misinformation regarding the Covid-19 pandemic".

WSWS (2022-01-25). Three more children die from COVID-19 in New York City. wsws.org The deaths have been completely ignored by the media and political establishment, which is now declaring victory over the pandemic.

WSWS (2022-01-25). Bus driver sacked by First Bus after suffering stroke: "You felt you were being pushed to the limit" wsws.org Peter Arden attributes his stroke to the stressful conditions bus drivers have endured in the pandemic.

teleSUR -HIM (2022-01-25). Siria alerta que sanciones de Occidente dañan sistema de salud. telesurtv.net El ministro de Salud destacó que estas medidas coercitivas obstaculizan la capacidad de su cartera para enfrentar el azote de la pandemia de covid-19.

teleSUR, yart, MER (2022-01-25). Cuba presentará expedientes de vacunas anticovid ante la OMS. telesurtv.net Cuba prevé producir 100 millones de dosis de sus vacunas contra la Covid-19 para continuar la inmunización.

WSWS (2022-01-25). South Australian teachers vote for strike action against dangerous school reopenings. wsws.org The ballot demonstrates the intense hostility of teachers to the profit driven reopening of the schools amid surging COVID cases, not only in South Australia but across the country.

WSWS (2022-01-25). One in thirteen students and staff at Central Valley school district contracted COVID-19. wsws.org An educator speaks out to describe catastrophic conditions including mass infections and inadequate mitigation measures this month in a school district in California's Central Valley.

WSWS (2022-01-25). What "endemic" COVID-19 really means: Mass infection and death forever. wsws.org Government officials and the corporate media want to declare COVID-19 "endemic," to enforce policies that will have disastrous consequences for the working class.

sputniknews (2022-01-25). Hopes of Herd Immunity Resurrected as Denmark Ravaged by Omicron Strain. sputniknews.com Previously, Denmark proclaimed during the Delta wave that herd immunity was unattainable, meaning that COVID-19 could continue to circulate for years to come. Several other countries, including neighbouring Sweden, abandoned theirr hopes of building up population immunity as well.

ecns.cn (2022-01-25). China's domestic consumption further recovers in 2021. ecns.cn Despite the impact of COVID-19, China's consumer market in 2021 saw steady recovery, exhibiting strong vitality and resilience, according to the commerce ministry Tuesday.

teleSUR, JDO (2022-01-25). Perú inicia vacunación anticovid a niños entre 5 y 11 años. telesurtv.net Comenzó en Lima y Callao, y a partir del miércoles iniciará en las demás regiones peruanas.

teleSUR-mcs -HIM (2022-01-25). Argentina impulsa vacunación anticovid en sector educacional. telesurtv.net Las autoridades argentinas precisaron que la prioridad es comenzar el curso lectivo 2022 con la mayor cifra de docentes inmunizados contra la Covid-19.

ecns.cn (2022-01-25). China to dispatch experts of traditional Chinese medicine to Cambodia to fight COVID-19. ecns.cn China and Cambodia on Tuesday signed an agreement on dispatching a team of traditional Chinese medicine experts to help Cambodia in the fight against COVID-19.

teleSUR, hv, DRL (2022-01-25). Variante àìmicron de la Covid-19 se expande por España. telesurtv.net La variante Ómicron es considerada más contagiosa que las anteriores, aunque con menor nivel de letalidad, según la OMS.

Staff (2022-01-25). Boris Johnson's birthday party amid Covid curbs revealed. rt.com Up to 30 people took part in the celebrations in the Cabinet Room at 10 Downing Street on June 19, 2020, according to reports | The UK media has uncovered another gathering attended by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in violation of his own Covid-19 curbs in 2020, with Downing Street confirming that the birthday party in question did take place. | Johnson's wife, Carrie, had organized a surprise party for him in the Cabinet Room at 10 Downing Street on June 19, 2020, broadcaster ITV reported on Monday. | The event was attended by some 30 people, despite indoor gatherings being banned in the UK at that tim…

Staff (2022-01-25). Met Police launch investigation into Downing Street parties. rt.com Boris Johnson has been under increasing pressure to resign following reports of a lockdown birthday party attended by 30 staff | The Metropolitan Police have confirmed that an investigation has been launched into "a number of events" held at Downing Street over potential breaches of Covid rules. | "I can confirm that the Met is now investigating a number of events that took place at Downing Street and Whitehall in the last two years in relation to potential breaches of Covid-19 regulations," Police Commissioner Cressida Dick said in a statement on Tuesday. | Speaking to the London Assembly on Tuesday, Dick sta…

teleSUR- jaa, JL (2022-01-25). OMS advierte que la pandemia de la Covid está lejos de acabar. telesurtv.net Adhanom Ghebreyesus advirtió que Ómicron puede que no sea la última variante del Sars-Cov2.

ecns.cn (2022-01-25). Japan's virus advisory panel approves expansion of emergency measures. ecns.cn The Japanese government's advisory panel of virus experts on Tuesday approved a plan to expand COVID-19 quasi-emergency measures to 18 more prefectures with the tougher restrictions coming into effect from Thursday.

teleSUR -mcs -HIM (2022-01-25). Paraguay recibe 466.830 dosis anticovid donadas por Alemania. telesurtv.net Alemania donó las vacunas contra la Covid-19 para completar la inmunización de la población infantil y adulta.

Staff (2022-01-25). Nuevo donativo de Rusia apoyará lucha contra la COVID-19 en Cuba. cubadebate.cu Un nuevo donativo procedente de Rusia arribó hoy a La Habana, consistente en 20 toneladas de medicamentos e insumos médicos. Se trata de la quinta y última carga que se recibe como resultado de acuerdos bilaterales para apoyar el enfrentamiento a la Covid-19 en la isla.

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2022-01-25). WHO hails Iran for containing Malaria disease. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 25 (MNA) — While praising Iran's role in containing malaria disease, the Director-General of World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom said that Iran has not registered any native cases of malaria for three consecutive years.

Lister (2022-01-25). Billionaires Invested In Animal Agony, Climate Extreme Causation & Human Disease. indybay.org More and more are getting out of cattle ranching as vegan product | sales skyrocket and animal flesh becomes more and more expensive. | Some are still invested in the animal suffering, human disease, | deforestation and climate extremes caused by raising animals for…

Mike Walter (2022-01-25). The Heat: Omicron cases begin to fall in the U.S. america.cgtn.com In what could be a glimmer of hope, U.S. health experts say omicron infections could peak by mid-February.

teleSUR (2022-01-24). Burkina Faso President Kabore Detained by Mutinous Soldiers. telesurenglish.net Burkina Faso President Roch Marc Christian Kabore has been detained overnight by mutinous soldiers. He was taken to a military camp, local media reported Monday. | RELATED: | "The situation is confusing in Burkina Faso. Late on Sunday afternoon, shots were heard near the presidential residence… in Ouagadougou, the capital of a country plagued by jihadist violence and where riots broke out in several barracks. Faced wi…

Mark Gruenberg (2022-01-24). Lack of virus protection forces Santa Cruz workers to plan strike. peoplesworld.org SANTA CRUZ, Calif. —Refusal to invest more money in public health services to protect residents against the coronavirus pandemic forced the Santa Cruz County, Calif., workforce to plan an unfair labor practices strike, starting January 25, their union announced. The county's "last, best, and final offer" was completely inadequate on that issue and others affecting …

_____ (2022-01-24). How Tedros Violated UN Rules To Advance TPLF Interests In Ethiopia. popularresistance.org Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, World Health Organization (WHO) Secretary-General and overseer of the UN's global coronavirus response, has established a shadow relief operation that sidesteps the authority of Ethiopia's sovereign government and directly coordinates with his political allies in the country's civil war. | The alleged actions by Tedros, which have come to light through leaked audio conversations of UN workers, constitute a violation of UN code, which stipulates staff maintain neutrality and refrain from intervening in the affairs of member states. A participant in the leaked discussion also states that…

teleSUR (2022-01-24). WHO: New COVID Variants in Sight. telesurenglish.net In spite of the progress that has been made regarding the control of infections with coronavirus around the world, Dr David Nabarro, Covid-19 special envoy of the World Health Organization's (WHO), pointed out the challenges that the pandemic could still pose to the world. | RELATED: | Dr. Nabarro marked the danger from politicians underrating the risk of people getting infected with the virus. He stated that it should not be treated like the…

Global Research News (2022-01-24). Selected Articles: Graphene Hydroxide in the mRNA Vaccine Vial: Assassination of Dr. Andreas Noack. globalresearch.ca By Graphene has electromagnetic properties which have been detected in people who have been vaccinated. These effects have been amply documented …

sputniknews (2022-01-24). Videos: Thousands of Protesters Gather in DC Against COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates. sputniknews.com The Sunday march took place just a few days after Washington, DC, instituted its own vaccine mandate that required residents to get at least one COVID-19 dose to enter restaurants or sports arenas.

teleSUR (2022-01-24). Americans March in Washington For Vaccine Mandate Protest. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, thousands of Americans from across the country gathered in the nation's capital for a march against vaccine mandates and other pandemic restrictions, as Americans were frustrated and fatigued by the recent surge in COVID-19 cases and the overall pandemic. | RELATED: | During the march called "Defeat The Mandates: An American Homecoming," protesters walked from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. to decry vacc…

WSWS (2022-01-24). NFL halts COVID-19 testing of football players. wsws.org Last month, the National Football League responded to a massive Omicron outbreak by ending testing of vaccinated players. Now, during the playoffs, it has halted testing of unvaccinated players.

sputniknews (2022-01-24). Aaron Rodgers Slams 'Fake White House' After Biden Jokes About Player's Vaccination Status. sputniknews.com Packers' quarterback Aaron Rodgers took aim at US President Joe Biden and the latter's assertion that the US is gripped by a "pandemic of the unvaccinated". Rodgers called the Biden administration a "fake White House", and questioned the trustworthiness of the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in an interview with ESPN.

WSWS (2022-01-24). Quebec government to tax the unvaccinated—a reactionary diversion. wsws.org To divert attention from its catastrophic mishandling of the pandemic—which last week bumped Quebec's seven-day average of daily COVID-19 deaths to more than seventy— the Legault government is seeking to shift the blame onto the unvaccinated.

Steve Lalla (2022-01-24). Blows Against the Empire‚Ää—‚Ää2021 In Memoriam. orinocotribune.com By Steve Lalla for Orinoco Tribune — Jan 22, 2022 | 2021 was marked, from start to finish, as a year dominated by the pandemic and its attendant dramas, including vaccination, variants, and lockdowns. When the prior year had come to a close, journalists and writers had described 2020 as the "plague year" or the "lost year." Although 2020 was defined by the onset of the pandemic and over two million deaths attributed to COVID-19, this was nothing compared to the all-encompassing, inescapable pall that COVID cast over the year 2021. | The pandemic has dealt a particularly heavy blow to residents of the world's…

WSWS (2022-01-24). As death toll mounts, US officials, media try to declare the pandemic over. wsws.org New infections continue at a high pace, and death follows. Despite these dangerous conditions, the corporate parties and their media apologists portray a return to "normal."

WSWS (2022-01-24). Oppose the dangerous reopening of universities! Students and youth must take up a fight against the pandemic! wsws.org The start of 2022 has brought young people around Australia face to face with the cruel reality of the ruling elite's criminal policies amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

WSWS (2022-01-24). "This is the worst moment of the pandemic," an interview with Brazil's leading neuroscientist Dr. Miguel Nicolelis. wsws.org "I think the situation in Brazil in the next two to three weeks will break all records of infections and may cause a health care collapse as great as in the second wave."

Staff (2022-01-24). China's yuan going from strength to strength. rt.com Positive trade balance underpins growth of national currency as overseas demand for Chinese-made goods surges | In 2021, Beijing's trade surplus reached an all-time high of $676 billion, boosted by buoyant demand for Chinese-made goods across the world, while a major decline in outbound travel amid the Covid pandemic also limited the deficit in services trade. | The surplus on China's current account climbed to an eight-year high of $224.2 billion, while the capital account surplus hit $83.2 billion, the highest since records began in 2010, Bloomberg reports, citing calculations based on data released by the S…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-01-24). What Is Covid-19, SARS-CoV-2 How Is It Tested? How Is It Measured? globalresearch.ca Note: | If you want to become The following …

WSWS (2022-01-24). Australian Labor and Coalition governments sending hundreds of thousands of children and teachers into COVID-infested schools. wsws.org The endorsement by the unions of the reckless return to face-to-face learning has been met with anger from teachers.

Staff (2022-01-24). FBI raids Covid testing company in fraud probe. rt.com The Center for Covid Control is accused of providing 'deceptive' test results | The Federal Bureau of Investigation conducted a search of a Covid-19 testing company which has been accused of providing "inaccurate and deceptive" results and enriching its owners. | The Illinois headquarters of the Center for Covid Control — which has received more than $124 million from the US government for its Doctors Clinical Lab — was searched by federal agents on Saturday just days after the Minnesota Attorney General's Office filed a lawsuit accusing the company of providing bogus test results. | FBI Chicago spok…

Staff (2022-01-24). Cuba, ómicron y el proceso de vacunación (+ Video). cubadebate.cu La situación epidemiológica del país, el proceso de vacunación y el desarrollo de las investigaciones científicas para la obtención de las vacunas cubanas anticovid, son este lunes los temas principales de la Mesa Redonda.

_____ (2022-01-24). Leonard Peltier Pleads For Help Amid Constant COVID Lockdowns. popularresistance.org Never mind that he shouldn't be in a federal prison at all. | Leonard Peltier, the Native American rights activist whom the FBI put behind bars decades ago without any evidence that he committed a crime, tells HuffPost that his facility's prolonged COVID-19 lockdowns and failure to provide at least some inmates with booster shots has left him ‚Äï and likely others ‚Äï unbearably isolated and preparing for death. | "I'm in hell," Peltier said in a Friday statement, "and there is no way to deal with it but to take it as long as you can." | Peltier, who is 77 and has serious health pr…

Polly Watkins (2022-01-24). Shambolic WA health is not COVID-19 ready. greenleft.org.au Not enough focus has been on doctors and nurses' warnings about that the deterioration of WA's healthcare system that, as Polly Watkins writes, has been run down for years.

Global Research News (2022-01-24). Selected Articles: Graphene Hydroxide in the mRNA Vaccine Vial: Assassination of Dr. Andreas Noack. globalresearch.ca By Graphene has electromagnetic properties which have been detected in people who have been vaccinated. These effects have been amply documented …

Maureen Ferran (2022-01-24). CORBEVAX, a new patent-free COVID-19 vaccine, could be pandemic game changer. zcomm.org It is unlikely that boosters will end this pandemic. Rather, developing globally accessible vaccines like CORBEVAX represent an important first step in vaccinating the world and ending this pandemic…

sputniknews (2022-01-24). Videos: Thousands of Protesters Gather in DC Against COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates. sputniknews.com The Sunday march took place just a few days after Washington, DC, instituted its own vaccine mandate that required residents to get at least one COVID-19 dose to enter restaurants or sports arenas.

teleSUR (2022-01-24). Americans March in Washington For Vaccine Mandate Protest. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, thousands of Americans from across the country gathered in the nation's capital for a march against vaccine mandates and other pandemic restrictions, as Americans were frustrated and fatigued by the recent surge in COVID-19 cases and the overall pandemic. | RELATED: | During the march called "Defeat The Mandates: An American Homecoming," protesters walked from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. to decry vacc…

WSWS (2022-01-24). Quebec government to tax the unvaccinated—a reactionary diversion. wsws.org To divert attention from its catastrophic mishandling of the pandemic—which last week bumped Quebec's seven-day average of daily COVID-19 deaths to more than seventy— the Legault government is seeking to shift the blame onto the unvaccinated.

WSWS (2022-01-24). NFL halts COVID-19 testing of football players. wsws.org Last month, the National Football League responded to a massive Omicron outbreak by ending testing of vaccinated players. Now, during the playoffs, it has halted testing of unvaccinated players.

Steve Lalla (2022-01-24). Blows Against the Empire‚Ää—‚Ää2021 In Memoriam. orinocotribune.com By Steve Lalla for Orinoco Tribune — Jan 22, 2022 | 2021 was marked, from start to finish, as a year dominated by the pandemic and its attendant dramas, including vaccination, variants, and lockdowns. When the prior year had come to a close, journalists and writers had described 2020 as the "plague year" or the "lost year." Although 2020 was defined by the onset of the pandemic and over two million deaths attributed to COVID-19, this was nothing compared to the all-encompassing, inescapable pall that COVID cast over the year 2021. | The pandemic has dealt a particularly heavy blow to residents of the world's…

sputniknews (2022-01-24). Aaron Rodgers Slams 'Fake White House' After Biden Jokes About Player's Vaccination Status. sputniknews.com Packers' quarterback Aaron Rodgers took aim at US President Joe Biden and the latter's assertion that the US is gripped by a "pandemic of the unvaccinated". Rodgers called the Biden administration a "fake White House", and questioned the trustworthiness of the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in an interview with ESPN.

Staff (2022-01-24). China's yuan going from strength to strength. rt.com Positive trade balance underpins growth of national currency as overseas demand for Chinese-made goods surges | In 2021, Beijing's trade surplus reached an all-time high of $676 billion, boosted by buoyant demand for Chinese-made goods across the world, while a major decline in outbound travel amid the Covid pandemic also limited the deficit in services trade. | The surplus on China's current account climbed to an eight-year high of $224.2 billion, while the capital account surplus hit $83.2 billion, the highest since records began in 2010, Bloomberg reports, citing calculations based on data released by the S…

WSWS (2022-01-24). "This is the worst moment of the pandemic," an interview with Brazil's leading neuroscientist Dr. Miguel Nicolelis. wsws.org "I think the situation in Brazil in the next two to three weeks will break all records of infections and may cause a health care collapse as great as in the second wave."

WSWS (2022-01-24). As death toll mounts, US officials, media try to declare the pandemic over. wsws.org New infections continue at a high pace, and death follows. Despite these dangerous conditions, the corporate parties and their media apologists portray a return to "normal."

WSWS (2022-01-24). Oppose the dangerous reopening of universities! Students and youth must take up a fight against the pandemic! wsws.org The start of 2022 has brought young people around Australia face to face with the cruel reality of the ruling elite's criminal policies amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Polly Watkins (2022-01-24). Shambolic WA health is not COVID-19 ready. greenleft.org.au Not enough focus has been on doctors and nurses' warnings about that the deterioration of WA's healthcare system that, as Polly Watkins writes, has been run down for years.

ecns.cn (2022-01-24). Japan to expand COVID-19 quasi-state of emergency to 30 prefectures. ecns.cn As Japan grapples to deal with a nationwide surge in COVID-19 cases, senior government officials said Monday that 30 of the country's 47 prefectures will be placed under a quasi-state of emergency in the coming days.

Staff (2022-01-24). Chess star in mask row after bizarre tournament incident. rt.com The Russian grandmaster forfeited a game after refusing to play in a mask as a "matter of principle" | When Daniil Dubov did not appear for his match against home player Anish Giri at the Tata Masters tournament in the Netherlands, fellow grandmaster Jan Gustafsson sent him a message asking: "You up?" | The 25-year-old was awake but would not be taking up the black pieces in Wijk aan Zee, although he arguably should have been. After being in contact with someone who contracted Covid, Dubov had passed several negative tests and was waiting on the results of a PCR check that would have arrived after he took on G…

Brittani Banks (2022-01-24). It's Time to Expand the COVID-19 Exception to All American Health Care. independentmediainstitute.org There has been a Jekyll-and-Hyde quality to American health care over the past two years. The federal government under the previous administration of Donald Trump, as well as the current one of Joe Biden, has carved out what can be characterized as the "COVID-19 exception," inconsistently intervening to help people avoid the virus or recover …

Staff (2022-01-24). FBI raids Covid testing company in fraud probe. rt.com The Center for Covid Control is accused of providing 'deceptive' test results | The Federal Bureau of Investigation conducted a search of a Covid-19 testing company which has been accused of providing "inaccurate and deceptive" results and enriching its owners. | The Illinois headquarters of the Center for Covid Control — which has received more than $124 million from the US government for its Doctors Clinical Lab — was searched by federal agents on Saturday just days after the Minnesota Attorney General's Office filed a lawsuit accusing the company of providing bogus test results. | FBI Chicago spok…

ecns.cn (2022-01-24). China's Wuhan posts robust GDP growth in 2021. ecns.cn Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, once hit hard by the COVID-19 epidemic in 2020, notched up 12.2 percent GDP growth in 2021, local authorities said Monday.

WSWS (2022-01-24). Australian Labor and Coalition governments sending hundreds of thousands of children and teachers into COVID-infested schools. wsws.org The endorsement by the unions of the reckless return to face-to-face learning has been met with anger from teachers.

WSWS (2022-01-24). Omicron outbreak in New Zealand. wsws.org The Labour Party-led government is predicting thousands of daily cases in a matter of weeks. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern confirmed that its policy is to let the deadly virus spread.

imperial.ac.uk (2022-01-24). Laboratories move to White City: new opportunities and incredible views. imperial.ac.uk As four epidemiology teams settle into their new spaces, we check in with the researchers to find out what they are up to on the White City campus.

Lister (2022-01-24). Billionaires Invested In Animal Agony, Climate Extreme Causation & Human Disease. indybay.org More and more are getting out of cattle ranching as vegan product | sales skyrocket and animal flesh becomes more and more expensive. | Some are still invested in the animal suffering, human disease, | deforestation and climate extremes caused by raising animals for…

teleSUR (2022-01-24). Burkina Faso President Kabore Detained by Mutinous Soldiers. telesurenglish.net Burkina Faso President Roch Marc Christian Kabore has been detained overnight by mutinous soldiers. He was taken to a military camp, local media reported Monday. | RELATED: | "The situation is confusing in Burkina Faso. Late on Sunday afternoon, shots were heard near the presidential residence… in Ouagadougou, the capital of a country plagued by jihadist violence and where riots broke out in several barracks. Faced wi…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-01-24). Three Years Later, Guaidó Represents No One, Says Russian Ambassador to Caracas. libya360.wordpress.com Three years after proclaiming himself interim president of Venezuela, opposition figure Juan Guaidó does not represent anyone, Russian Ambassador to Caracas Sergey Melik-Bagdasárov told Sputnik News. "Today, he is a nobody and does not represent anyone. This figure exists only in virtual space and in the feverish minds of his American supporters," Melik-Bagdasarov said. In…

WSWS (2022-01-24). Malaysian government sets the stage for mass Omicron infections. wsws.org The number of community-transmitted Omicron infections is currently low; government modelling predicts daily case numbers could quickly hit 30,000.

WSWS (2022-01-24). Herd immunity policy leading to several hundred thousand cases daily in Germany. wsws.org As infections rise to all-time highs, politicians and the media are openly preparing to end all protective measures.

Staff (2022-01-23). Prime minister cancels wedding due to Omicron curbs. rt.com 'Such is life,' New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern said as she announced the decision | New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern has called off her wedding as the island nation is set to introduce the highest 'red light' restrictions in order to stem the spread of the super-mutant Omicron variant of Covid-19. | With the country about to tighten anti-coronavirus measures from 11.59pm on Sunday, its prime minister announced she had canceled her upcoming wedding celebration. | Ardern and her partner Clarke Gayford, who have a daughter together, were planning to officially tie the knot later in summer. New Zealand is in the south…

sputniknews (2022-01-23). Thousands Protest Against Coronavirus Restrictions in Germany's Hamburg – Reports. sputniknews.com BERLIN (Sputnik) – Several thousand people have participated in protests against coronavirus restrictions in Hamburg, German media report.

sputniknews (2022-01-23). Vaccine Protests Hit Brussels as Coronavirus Numbers Peak in Belgium. sputniknews.com Despite registering 70,000 new coronavirus cases in a single day last week, Belgium has eased pandemic restrictions slightly.

Staff (2022-01-23). Prime minister cancels wedding due to Omicron curbs. rt.com 'Such is life,' New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern said as she announced the decision | New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern has called off her wedding as the island nation is set to introduce the highest 'red light' restrictions in order to stem the spread of the super-mutant Omicron variant of Covid-19. | With the country about to tighten anti-coronavirus measures from 11.59pm on Sunday, its prime minister announced she had canceled her upcoming wedding celebration. | Ardern and her partner Clarke Gayford, who have a daughter together, were planning to officially tie the knot later in summer. New Zealand is in the south…

Staff (2022-01-23). 1,000s of unvaccinated NHS staff may be fired later than expected. rt.com Prime Minister Boris Johnson allegedly fears a coup if he goes too far with his Covid-19 policies | The UK government's threat to fire unvaccinated National Health Service (NHS) staff is likely to be delayed amid fears of a Conservative Party revolt against Prime Minister Boris Johnson, according to The Telegraph. | The NHS vaccine mandate will probably be "kicked down the road" and delayed by six months, though not scrapped altogether, an unnamed government source

Sandipan Talukdar (2022-01-23). Reactions to COVID vaccines: Majority maybe a nocebo effect. peoplesdispatch.org A new study published in the JAMA network involving 45,000 patients indicates that the adverse reactions people experienced after being administered the vaccines are due to the nocebo effect…

Staff (2022-01-23). Pfizer CEO paints 'ideal' future of Covid vaccination. rt.com Albert Bourla hopes the idea of annual vaccinations will be far easier to sell to the public | The CEO of Pfizer has tried to appease vaccine skeptics with an idea of Covid-19 booster shots only once a year — instead of every few months — all while attacking the most vocal anti-vaxxers as "criminals" who "profit from circulating misinformation." | In a series of interviews with Israeli TV channels, Albert Bourla

Andreas Noack (2022-01-23). Video: Graphene Hydroxide in the mRNA Vaccine Vial: Assassination of Dr. Andreas Noack. globalresearch.ca ** | First published on …

ecns.cn (2022-01-23). Over 2.96 bln COVID-19 vaccine doses administered on Chinese mainland. ecns.cn Over 2.96 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses had been administered on the Chinese mainland as of Saturday, data from the National Health Commission showed Sunday.

Staff (2022-01-23). 1,000s of unvaccinated NHS staff may be fired later than expected. rt.com Prime Minister Boris Johnson allegedly fears a coup if he goes too far with his Covid-19 policies | The UK government's threat to fire unvaccinated National Health Service (NHS) staff is likely to be delayed amid fears of a Conservative Party revolt against Prime Minister Boris Johnson, according to The Telegraph. | The NHS vaccine mandate will probably be "kicked down the road" and delayed by six months, though not scrapped altogether, an unnamed government source

Staff (2022-01-23). Pfizer CEO paints 'ideal' future of Covid vaccination. rt.com Albert Bourla hopes the idea of annual vaccinations will be far easier to sell to the public | The CEO of Pfizer has tried to appease vaccine skeptics with an idea of Covid-19 booster shots only once a year — instead of every few months — all while attacking the most vocal anti-vaxxers as "criminals" who "profit from circulating misinformation." | In a series of interviews with Israeli TV channels, Albert Bourla

MAMER (2022-01-23). Study on Electromagnetism of Vaccinated Persons. globalresearch.ca First published by Global …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-01-23). Blows Against the Empire — 2021 In Memoriam. libya360.wordpress.com Steve Lalla 2021 was marked, from start to finish, as a year dominated by the pandemic and its attendant dramas, including vaccination, variants, and lockdowns. When the prior year had come to a close, journalists and writers had described 2020 as the "plague year" or the "lost year." Although 2020 was defined by the onset…

Sharon Akunda (2022-01-23). Uganda's troops in Somalia get COVID bolster dose. plusnews.ug Ugandan troops serving under AMISOM in Somalia have been vaccinated with COVID 19 booster dose in Mogadishu. The exercise that saw 512 troops receive their booster doses was led by Capt Dr Thomas Ongom the medical officer of Level II hospital under sector 1. According to the contingent commander of the Ugandan troops serving under …

Staff (2022-01-23). Schoolchildren told cloth masks no longer good enough. rt.com Los Angeles students will be forced to wear high-grade face coverings 'at all times' while in school | The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) has implemented even stricter mask rules for schoolchildren, now requiring students to wear a surgical or other high-grade face covering instead of a cloth mask. | The district Spokesperson Shannon Haber tol…

Staff (2022-01-23). Schoolchildren told cloth masks no longer good enough. rt.com Los Angeles students will be forced to wear high-grade face coverings 'at all times' while in school | The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) has implemented even stricter mask rules for schoolchildren, now requiring students to wear a surgical or other high-grade face covering instead of a cloth mask. | The district Spokesperson Shannon Haber tol…

_____ (2022-01-23). Latest Data On Unionization Is A Wake-Up Call To Lawmakers. popularresistance.org Workers essentially have two sources of potential power vis-à -vis their employers: a union or the implicit threat that they can quit and take another job. During the last year, employers have been forced to compete for workers in a way that has not happened since the end of the 1990s. Workers gained leverage because the American Rescue Plan Act has generated a strong recovery from the COVID-19 downturn with substantial demand for workers at the same time that millions of workers are out of the labor force due to health and safety concerns or pandemic-related care responsibilities. As a result of this increased l…

Danny Katch (2022-01-23). Pandemic Accommodations Proved We Can Vastly Expand Disability Access If We Try. truthout.org The COVID pandemic has been a traumatic and revelatory historic experience for everyone, but especially so for disabled communities. On one hand, the virus appears to have had a disproportionately deadly impact on disabled people, and the government's relentless push to restore "normal" business activities — already oppressive for disabled people — is cruelly discriminatory for those with immunocompromising conditions. | At the same time, governments and businesses have respond…

_____ (2022-01-23). What Students Walking Out Over Covid Can Learn From Student Movements. popularresistance.org Fed up with mandatory in-person school attendance policies that fail to keep them safe, students are marching out of classrooms and into the streets. | Last week, hundreds of students from over 30 public high schools in New York City walked out of class to protest the unsafe conditions in city schools. Despite the latest Covid-19 wave, during which over 38,000 students and teachers tested positive COVID, school officials have insisted on in-person classes. That same week, students from a group called the Chicago Public Schools Radical Youth Alliance (Chi-Rads), formed days prior, led a walkout followed by a prote…

Staff (2022-01-23). Study reveals which alcoholic drink is best at preventing Covid. rt.com Researchers have established a connection between alcohol consumption and Covid-related risks | A team of Chinese scientists has analyzed the association between consumption of various alcoholic beverages and Covid-related risks, bringing some exciting news for wine lovers and disappointment for beer fans. | The researchers, from Shenzhen Kangning Hospital and Southwest Hospital, reviewed 473,957 subjects with an average age of 69 from the UK Biobank database, including 16,559 Covid-positive individuals. They divided them into groups by drinking status (non-drinker, former drinker, and current drinker) and by…

Staff (2022-01-23). Study reveals which alcoholic drink is best at preventing Covid. rt.com Researchers have established a connection between alcohol consumption and Covid-related risks | A team of Chinese scientists has analyzed the association between consumption of various alcoholic beverages and Covid-related risks, bringing some exciting news for wine lovers and disappointment for beer fans. | The researchers, from Shenzhen Kangning Hospital and Southwest Hospital, reviewed 473,957 subjects with an average age of 69 from the UK Biobank database, including 16,559 Covid-positive individuals. They divided them into groups by drinking status (non-drinker, former drinker, and current drinker) and by…

ecns.cn (2022-01-23). Chinese mainland records 19 new local COVID-19 cases. ecns.cn The Chinese mainland recorded 19 locally transmitted COVID-19 infections on Saturday, the National Health Commission said Sunday.

Sharon Akunda (2022-01-23). 12 Tunisian players test positive for COVID-19 ahead of Nigeria clash. plusnews.ug The Tunisian national team have suffered a big blow ahead of their AFCON 2021 round of 16 clash against the Super Eagles of Nigeria on Sunday as 12 of their players are reported to have tested positive for COVID-19. Tunisia qualified for the second round as one of the best losers with three points after …

teleSUR, lvm, SH (2022-01-23). Dos estados brasileños posponen para abril desfile de samba. telesurtv.net Asimismo reiteraron los responsables que la decisión fue tomada ante la pandemia de la Covid-19 en Brasil.

Staff (2022-01-23). Study reveals which alcoholic drink is best at preventing Covid. rt.com Researchers have established a connection between alcohol consumption and Covid-related risks | A team of Chinese scientists has analyzed the association between consumption of various alcoholic beverages and Covid-related risks, bringing some exciting news for wine lovers and disappointment for beer fans. | The researchers, from Shenzhen Kangning Hospital and Southwest Hospital, reviewed 473,957 subjects with an average age of 69 from the UK Biobank database, including 16,559 Covid-positive individuals. They divided them into groups by drinking status (non-drinker, former drinker, and current drinker) and by…

Staff (2022-01-23). Study reveals which alcoholic drink is best at preventing Covid. rt.com Researchers have established a connection between alcohol consumption and Covid-related risks | A team of Chinese scientists has analyzed the association between consumption of various alcoholic beverages and Covid-related risks, bringing some exciting news for wine lovers and disappointment for beer fans. | The researchers, from Shenzhen Kangning Hospital and Southwest Hospital, reviewed 473,957 subjects with an average age of 69 from the UK Biobank database, including 16,559 Covid-positive individuals. They divided them into groups by drinking status (non-drinker, former drinker, and current drinker) and by…

Staff (2022-01-23). Schoolchildren told cloth masks no longer good enough. rt.com Los Angeles students will be forced to wear high-grade face coverings 'at all times' while in school | The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) has implemented even stricter mask rules for schoolchildren, now requiring students to wear a surgical or other high-grade face covering instead of a cloth mask. | The district Spokesperson Shannon Haber tol…

Staff (2022-01-23). Schoolchildren told cloth masks no longer good enough. rt.com Los Angeles students will be forced to wear high-grade face coverings 'at all times' while in school | The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) has implemented even stricter mask rules for schoolchildren, now requiring students to wear a surgical or other high-grade face covering instead of a cloth mask. | The district Spokesperson Shannon Haber tol…

Staff (2022-01-23). Prime minister cancels wedding due to Omicron curbs. rt.com 'Such is life,' New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern said as she announced the decision | New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern has called off her wedding as the island nation is set to introduce the highest 'red light' restrictions in order to stem the spread of the super-mutant Omicron variant of Covid-19. | With the country about to tighten anti-coronavirus measures from 11.59pm on Sunday, its prime minister announced she had canceled her upcoming wedding celebration. | Ardern and her partner Clarke Gayford, who have a daughter together, were planning to officially tie the knot later in summer. New Zealand is in the south…

sputniknews (2022-01-23). Vaccine Protests Hit Brussels as Coronavirus Numbers Peak in Belgium. sputniknews.com Despite registering 70,000 new coronavirus cases in a single day last week, Belgium has eased pandemic restrictions slightly.

Staff (2022-01-23). Prime minister cancels wedding due to Omicron curbs. rt.com 'Such is life,' New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern said as she announced the decision | New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern has called off her wedding as the island nation is set to introduce the highest 'red light' restrictions in order to stem the spread of the super-mutant Omicron variant of Covid-19. | With the country about to tighten anti-coronavirus measures from 11.59pm on Sunday, its prime minister announced she had canceled her upcoming wedding celebration. | Ardern and her partner Clarke Gayford, who have a daughter together, were planning to officially tie the knot later in summer. New Zealand is in the south…

sputniknews (2022-01-23). Thousands Protest Against Coronavirus Restrictions in Germany's Hamburg – Reports. sputniknews.com BERLIN (Sputnik) – Several thousand people have participated in protests against coronavirus restrictions in Hamburg, German media report.

Staff (2022-01-23). Pfizer CEO paints 'ideal' future of Covid vaccination. rt.com Albert Bourla hopes the idea of annual vaccinations will be far easier to sell to the public | The CEO of Pfizer has tried to appease vaccine skeptics with an idea of Covid-19 booster shots only once a year — instead of every few months — all while attacking the most vocal anti-vaxxers as "criminals" who "profit from circulating misinformation." | In a series of interviews with Israeli TV channels, Albert Bourla

Staff (2022-01-23). Pfizer CEO paints 'ideal' future of Covid vaccination. rt.com Albert Bourla hopes the idea of annual vaccinations will be far easier to sell to the public | The CEO of Pfizer has tried to appease vaccine skeptics with an idea of Covid-19 booster shots only once a year — instead of every few months — all while attacking the most vocal anti-vaxxers as "criminals" who "profit from circulating misinformation." | In a series of interviews with Israeli TV channels, Albert Bourla

Staff (2022-01-23). 1,000s of unvaccinated NHS staff may be fired later than expected. rt.com Prime Minister Boris Johnson allegedly fears a coup if he goes too far with his Covid-19 policies | The UK government's threat to fire unvaccinated National Health Service (NHS) staff is likely to be delayed amid fears of a Conservative Party revolt against Prime Minister Boris Johnson, according to The Telegraph. | The NHS vaccine mandate will probably be "kicked down the road" and delayed by six months, though not scrapped altogether, an unnamed government source

ecns.cn (2022-01-23). Over 2.96 bln COVID-19 vaccine doses administered on Chinese mainland. ecns.cn Over 2.96 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses had been administered on the Chinese mainland as of Saturday, data from the National Health Commission showed Sunday.

Staff (2022-01-23). 1,000s of unvaccinated NHS staff may be fired later than expected. rt.com Prime Minister Boris Johnson allegedly fears a coup if he goes too far with his Covid-19 policies | The UK government's threat to fire unvaccinated National Health Service (NHS) staff is likely to be delayed amid fears of a Conservative Party revolt against Prime Minister Boris Johnson, according to The Telegraph. | The NHS vaccine mandate will probably be "kicked down the road" and delayed by six months, though not scrapped altogether, an unnamed government source

teleSUR, lvm, SH (2022-01-23). Dos estados brasileños posponen para abril desfile de samba. telesurtv.net Asimismo reiteraron los responsables que la decisión fue tomada ante la pandemia de la Covid-19 en Brasil.

Fight Back (2022-01-23). More signs of economic weakness showing up. fightbacknews.org San José, CA – On Thursday, January 20, the U.S. Department of Labor reported that the number of new claims for unemployment insurance rose for the second week in row, to more than 280,000 for the week of January 10-15. This is up almost 40% from the beginning of January. While much of this may be caused by the spike in COVID-19, there have been other signs of economic weakness that started to show up in December. | Signs of economic weakness and growing concerns about rising interest rates also slammed the stock market last week. For the second week in a row, stocks fell. The U.S. central bank, the Federal Reser…

ecns.cn (2022-01-23). Chinese mainland records 19 new local COVID-19 cases. ecns.cn The Chinese mainland recorded 19 locally transmitted COVID-19 infections on Saturday, the National Health Commission said Sunday.

ecns.cn (2022-01-23). Beijing district conducts mass nucleic acid testing. ecns.cn Fengtai, one of 16 districts of Beijing Municipality, on Sunday started district-wide nucleic acid testing as local COVID-19 cases have been reported recently, local authorities said.

ecns.cn (2022-01-23). Chinese mainland records 23 new local COVID-19 cases. ecns.cn The Chinese mainland recorded 23 locally transmitted COVID-19 infections on Friday, the National Health Commission said Saturday.

teleSUR, HIM, JDO (2022-01-23). Protestan en Francia contra el pase de vacunación anticovid. telesurtv.net Hubo marchas contra la obligatoriedad de portar el pase de vacunación y otras medidas adoptadas para frenar la Covid-19.

teleSUR, SH (2022-01-23). Avanzan en Cuba ensayos del candidato vacunal anticovid Mambisa. telesurtv.net El fármaco anticovid Mambisa es el primero para uso nasal en iniciar estudios clínicos en humanos en el mundo.

Lister (2022-01-23). Billionaires Invested In Animal Agony, Climate Extreme Causation & Human Disease. indybay.org More and more are getting out of cattle ranching as vegan product | sales skyrocket and animal flesh becomes more and more expensive. | Some are still invested in the animal suffering, human disease, | deforestation and climate extremes caused by raising animals for…

Lister (2022-01-23). Billionaires Invested In Animal Agony, Climate Extreme Causation & Human Disease. indybay.org More and more are getting out of cattle ranching as vegan product | sales skyrocket and animal flesh becomes more and more expensive. | Some are still invested in the animal suffering, human disease, | deforestation and climate extremes caused by raising animals for…

Irtiza Qureshi, Mayuri Gogoi, Amani Al-Oraibi, Fatimah Wobi, Daniel Pan, Christopher A Martin, Jonathan Chaloner, Katherine Woolf, Manish Pareek, Laura B Nellums (2022-01-22). [Correspondence] Intersectionality and developing evidence-based policy. thelancet.com It is reassuring to see that ministers in the UK are formally acknowledging how people from minority ethnic (ie, defined here as all ethnicities other than White British) backgrounds have been disproportionately affected by COVID-19. However, crucial gaps exist in the collection, analysis, and translation of data to assess the effects of multiple intersecting factors on individuals and communities. The Science and Technology Committee and Health and Social Care Committee report, Coronavirus: lessons learned to date,1 dedicates thirteen paragraphs to how ethnicity ties into disparities and makes five recommendatio…

ecns.cn (2022-01-22). Ethiopia receives additional 2.2 mln doses of Chinese-donated COVID-19 vaccines. ecns.cn The Chinese government on Thursday donated an additional 2.2 million doses of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines to Ethiopia, giving a boost to the East African nation's vaccination efforts.

Staff (2022-01-22). NFL star Rodgers hits out at Biden amid vaccine row. rt.com Aaron Rodgers has slammed Joe Biden after the US President was critical of the quarterback's vaccine stance | Rodgers, whose Packers team are the bookies' favorites to win next month's Super Bowl, was the recipient of widespread criticism late last year after admitting that he was unvaccinated against Covid-19 despite telling reporters some months prior that he was "immunized" against the virus. | This led to a fine issued by the NFL – but also to Rodgers being seen by some as something on an anti-vaxx pariah, especially after he revealed that he had treated a Covid infection with a host of alternative remedie…

Staff (2022-01-22). Withholding vaccine safety data 'morally indefensible,' medical journal says. rt.com The British Medical Journal criticized Covid-19 vaccine manufacturers for 'reaping vast profits' without proper independent scrutiny | The British Medical Journal (BMJ) has urged public health regulators and pharma majors to immediately release all raw data from Covid-19 vaccine trials for independent scrutiny, arguing that "complete data transparency" was a matter of "public interest." | Branding Big Pharma as "the least trusted industry," a recent op-ed by BMJ editors stated that it was "morally indefensible" that this information remains inaccessible to doctors, researchers and the public, despite the globa…

Richard Lane (2022-01-22). [Perspectives] Jamal Rifi: family doctor building bridges in the community. thelancet.com During Australia's COVID-19 lockdown in 2021, family doctor Jamal Rifi came up with an unusual plan to encourage the remainder of his urban community of Sydney, NSW, Australia, to come forward for COVID-19 vaccination. "I realised we needed to build on our community advocacy work by using an inflatable vaccination facility that could be transported easily into the heart of urban communities that had become COVID-19 hotspots, such as my own suburb of Belmore in southwest Sydney", Rifi explains. More recently, he has used the vaccination facility to help kick-start a COVID-19 booster programme, and from Jan 10, 202…

Dean Baker (2022-01-22). Washington Post Says Life Was Bleak for Workers on Eve of Pandemic. cepr.net Yes, that was the clear meaning of a front page article telling readers how bad things are for workers today. The piece told us: "In interviews with more than a dozen workers, many said that despite considerable pay raises — as much as 33 percent, in some cases — they were still struggling to cover …

Michael Marmot (2022-01-22). [Perspectives] Shutdown and after. thelancet.com On March 9, 2020, neoliberalism hit the buffers. Put simply, the idea that small states and unbridled markets delivered the best societies was tested to destruction, dramatically so. As the COVID-19 pandemic surged, the stock market went into free fall. The bond market followed. The world's financial system was on a rollercoaster: US Treasury bonds were "lurching up and down in stomach-churning chasms", to quote Adam Tooze. While global attention focused on the numbers of COVID-19 cases and deaths and governments in the UK and the USA dithered over their response to this pandemic, the world's bankers and finance…

Richard Horton (2022-01-22). [Comment] Offline: COVID-19 as culture war. thelancet.com When Dr Anthony Fauci challenged Senator Rand Paul last week during US congressional hearings, he exposed how politicians have exploited the COVID-19 pandemic for their own personal advantage. Fauci showed screenshots of Senator Paul's website, which included the message "Fire Dr Fauci". He pointed out that Paul was inviting people to send donations to firefauci.org. He explained how Paul's exaggerations were creating the conditions for violent attacks on himself and his family. In December, 2021, a man was arrested on his way to Washington, DC, with an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle in his car.

Staff (2022-01-22). Champagne sales popped in 2021. rt.com French Champagne houses toast record sales and exports | France's Comite Champagne trade association, which represents over 16,000 winegrowers and 320 champagne houses, on Wednesday It says France exported a historic high of 180 million bottles of champagne in 2021, which is a 38% increase compared to 2020. Total shipments jumped 32% to 322 million bottles, despite the lingering effects of Covid-19 pandemic lockdowns, which resulted in the closure…

WSWS (2022-01-22). As deaths from Omicron surge across Canada, opposition mounts to in-person learning. wsws.org The growth of anger and opposition is being driven by the ruling elite's utter indifference to a dramatic acceleration of hospitalizations and deaths. On Friday, Canada's Public Health Agency reported the fourth-highest daily death tally since the pandemic began.

ecns.cn (2022-01-22). Internet data traffic surges due to COVID-19 pandemic. ecns.cn Data traffic at the Frankfurt-based global DE-CIX Internet Exchanges surged in 2021, reflecting the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on societies and economies.

_____ (2022-01-22). Capitalists Only 'Trust The Science' When It Suits Their Agenda. popularresistance.org During the Trump presidency, slogans like "Facts Matter" and "#BelieveTheScience" abounded. The idea was that, unlike the outright denial espoused by Republicans, Democrats recognize basic scientific truths about the world, such as the existence of climate change and the dangers of Covid-19. Because they "take science seriously," it's implied, Democrats will propose and enact more scientifically-informed policies. It's been a year since Joe Biden took office on the promise that his respect for science would manifest in more rational policy solutions. So, now is a good time to ask: how's that going? | "Follow the…

_____ (2022-01-22). Capitalists Only 'Trust The Science' When It Suits Their Agenda. popularresistance.org During the Trump presidency, slogans like "Facts Matter" and "#BelieveTheScience" abounded. The idea was that, unlike the outright denial espoused by Republicans, Democrats recognize basic scientific truths about the world, such as the existence of climate change and the dangers of Covid-19. Because they "take science seriously," it's implied, Democrats will propose and enact more scientifically-informed policies. It's been a year since Joe Biden took office on the promise that his respect for science would manifest in more rational policy solutions. So, now is a good time to ask: how's that going? | "Follow the…

sputniknews (2022-01-22). Night Was Young? No 10 Party Reportedly Continued Until 1 AM on Eve of Prince Philip's Funeral. sputniknews.com The "partygate" scandal, in which Prime Minister Boris Johnson is embroiled, shows no sign of slowing in the UK as time is ticking for the release of senior civil servant Sue Gray's report on the alleged No 10 social gatherings held between 2020 and 2021 amid strict COVID rules.

teleSUR- lvm -HIM (2022-01-22). ONU identifica cinco grandes crisis globales a enfrentar en 2022. telesurtv.net El titular de la ONU reflexionó sobre la desigualdad en el acceso a las vacunas contra la Covid-19.

teleSUR -mcs -HIM (2022-01-22). Uruguay registra récord de 13.007 contagios por Covid-19. telesurtv.net Las autoridades sanitarias del país suramericano insistieron en el uso de las medidas de prevención como el uso de mascarilla y la higiene de manos.

teleSUR, lvm, SH (2022-01-22). Dos estados brasileños posponen para abril desfile de samba. telesurtv.net Asimismo reiteraron los responsables que la decisión fue tomada ante la pandemia de la Covid-19 en Brasil.

WSWS (2022-01-22). Escalating COVID-19 cases and deaths as Omicron enters Fiji. wsws.org The current wave has coincided with the reckless decision by the government to open the country's borders to international travel on December 1.

Staff (2022-01-22). Cuba reporta 3 401 nuevos casos de COVID-19 y cinco fallecidos. cubadebate.cu Al cierre de este viernes 21 de enero, Cuba reportó 3 401 nuevos casos de COVID-19 y cinco fallecidos. Durante la jornada fueron dadas 3 740 altas y son 16 969 los casos activos, informó este sábado el Minsap en su parte diario.

Kirsty Brown, Asma Yahyouche, Shamil Haroon, Jenny Camaradou, Grace Turner (2022-01-22). [Correspondence] Long COVID and self-management. thelancet.com People with COVID-19 often have symptoms in the long term (ie, long COVID), including fatigue, breathlessness, and neurocognitive difficulties.1 The disease mechanisms causing long COVID are unknown, and there are no evidence-based treatment options. Clinical guidelines focus on symptom management, and various treatment options are being evaluated.1 The scarcity of advice has often left people with long COVID feeling isolated and frustrated in their search for therapies.

Elana Kessler (2022-01-22). Bay Area Transit Workers Organize. zcomm.org The rank-and-file organizers and newly engaged members are now looking ahead to flexing their muscle in Covid safety fights and contract campaigns in 2022…

ecns.cn (2022-01-22). Chinese mainland records 23 new local COVID-19 cases. ecns.cn The Chinese mainland recorded 23 locally transmitted COVID-19 infections on Friday, the National Health Commission said Saturday.

teleSUR -mcs -HIM (2022-01-22). Uruguay registra récord de 13.007 contagios por Covid-19. telesurtv.net Las autoridades sanitarias del país suramericano insistieron en el uso de las medidas de prevención como el uso de mascarilla y la higiene de manos.

teleSUR, jaa, MER (2022-01-22). Brasil continúa como segundo país con más decesos por Covid-19. telesurtv.net De acuerdo con las autoridades brasileñas, los estados más afectados son Sao Paulo, Minas Gerais y Paraná.

WSWS (2022-01-22). Western Australian government keeps border shut, fearing mass opposition to COVID disaster. wsws.org The decision indicates the rising working-class opposition and deepening political crisis being produced by the "live with the virus" offensive by Australia's governments, both Labor and Liberal-National.

Tong B Tang (2022-01-22). [Correspondence] The COVID-19 response in Hong Kong. thelancet.com Richard Horton1 and the Editors2 have repeatedly called for closer collaborations in global health. China has been taking decisive, albeit difficult, measures to prevent and manage outbreaks in diverse settings, from city epicentres to rural clusters. Although these policies might be draconian, they resulted in community solidarity and success; with one prerequisite to both solidarity and success being transparency embraced by both the government and the health profession.

WSWS (2022-01-22). North Carolina COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations skyrocket amid reckless school reopenings. wsws.org At least twenty schools in the state have already been forced to close due to staff shortages this month as case numbers reach all-time highs.

WSWS (2022-01-22). Two hundred autoworkers out due to COVID-19 at Ford's Louisville Assembly Plant. wsws.org Kentucky, with a population of 4.5 million, recently reached the grim milestone of over one million total cases, and 12,687 have died. On Friday, 15,864 new cases and 28 deaths were recorded in the state.

Irtiza Qureshi, Mayuri Gogoi, Amani Al-Oraibi, Fatimah Wobi, Daniel Pan, Christopher A Martin, Jonathan Chaloner, Katherine Woolf, Manish Pareek, Laura B Nellums (2022-01-22). [Correspondence] Intersectionality and developing evidence-based policy. thelancet.com It is reassuring to see that ministers in the UK are formally acknowledging how people from minority ethnic (ie, defined here as all ethnicities other than White British) backgrounds have been disproportionately affected by COVID-19. However, crucial gaps exist in the collection, analysis, and translation of data to assess the effects of multiple intersecting factors on individuals and communities. The Science and Technology Committee and Health and Social Care Committee report, Coronavirus: lessons learned to date,1 dedicates thirteen paragraphs to how ethnicity ties into disparities and makes five recommendatio…

Richard Lane (2022-01-22). [Perspectives] Jamal Rifi: family doctor building bridges in the community. thelancet.com During Australia's COVID-19 lockdown in 2021, family doctor Jamal Rifi came up with an unusual plan to encourage the remainder of his urban community of Sydney, NSW, Australia, to come forward for COVID-19 vaccination. "I realised we needed to build on our community advocacy work by using an inflatable vaccination facility that could be transported easily into the heart of urban communities that had become COVID-19 hotspots, such as my own suburb of Belmore in southwest Sydney", Rifi explains. More recently, he has used the vaccination facility to help kick-start a COVID-19 booster programme, and from Jan 10, 202…

Richard Horton (2022-01-22). [Comment] Offline: COVID-19 as culture war. thelancet.com When Dr Anthony Fauci challenged Senator Rand Paul last week during US congressional hearings, he exposed how politicians have exploited the COVID-19 pandemic for their own personal advantage. Fauci showed screenshots of Senator Paul's website, which included the message "Fire Dr Fauci". He pointed out that Paul was inviting people to send donations to firefauci.org. He explained how Paul's exaggerations were creating the conditions for violent attacks on himself and his family. In December, 2021, a man was arrested on his way to Washington, DC, with an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle in his car.

Michael Marmot (2022-01-22). [Perspectives] Shutdown and after. thelancet.com On March 9, 2020, neoliberalism hit the buffers. Put simply, the idea that small states and unbridled markets delivered the best societies was tested to destruction, dramatically so. As the COVID-19 pandemic surged, the stock market went into free fall. The bond market followed. The world's financial system was on a rollercoaster: US Treasury bonds were "lurching up and down in stomach-churning chasms", to quote Adam Tooze. While global attention focused on the numbers of COVID-19 cases and deaths and governments in the UK and the USA dithered over their response to this pandemic, the world's bankers and finance…

WSWS (2022-01-22). As deaths from Omicron surge across Canada, opposition mounts to in-person learning. wsws.org The growth of anger and opposition is being driven by the ruling elite's utter indifference to a dramatic acceleration of hospitalizations and deaths. On Friday, Canada's Public Health Agency reported the fourth-highest daily death tally since the pandemic began.

Kirsty Brown, Asma Yahyouche, Shamil Haroon, Jenny Camaradou, Grace Turner (2022-01-22). [Correspondence] Long COVID and self-management. thelancet.com People with COVID-19 often have symptoms in the long term (ie, long COVID), including fatigue, breathlessness, and neurocognitive difficulties.1 The disease mechanisms causing long COVID are unknown, and there are no evidence-based treatment options. Clinical guidelines focus on symptom management, and various treatment options are being evaluated.1 The scarcity of advice has often left people with long COVID feeling isolated and frustrated in their search for therapies.

WSWS (2022-01-22). Two hundred autoworkers out due to COVID-19 at Ford's Louisville Assembly Plant. wsws.org Kentucky, with a population of 4.5 million, recently reached the grim milestone of over one million total cases, and 12,687 have died. On Friday, 15,864 new cases and 28 deaths were recorded in the state.

WSWS (2022-01-22). Australia's COVID explosion shows workers must fight for global elimination of the virus. wsws.org The shift in the world situation finds sharp expression in countries that previously suppressed transmission with public health measures, but have since adopted the "live with the virus" program with disastrous results.

Chiara Alfieri, Marc Egrot, Alice Desclaux, Kelley Sams, CoMeSCov (2022-01-22). [Correspondence] Recognising Italy's mistakes in the public health response to COVID-19. thelancet.com The Day of the Dead in Italy this year was not only a time for remembrance but also for demanding justice for lives lost to COVID-19. On Nov 2, 2021, members of the #Sereni (also known as Serene and Always United) Association demonstrated in Rome against institutional omerta (ie, law of silence) and for the restoration of a parliamentary commission to examine the management of the epidemic. This event followed 520 complaints that were filed by the association 4 months earlier against the national government, the Ministry of Health, and Lombardy region administrators.

WSWS (2022-01-22). North Carolina COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations skyrocket amid reckless school reopenings. wsws.org At least twenty schools in the state have already been forced to close due to staff shortages this month as case numbers reach all-time highs.

Tong B Tang (2022-01-22). [Correspondence] The COVID-19 response in Hong Kong. thelancet.com Richard Horton1 and the Editors2 have repeatedly called for closer collaborations in global health. China has been taking decisive, albeit difficult, measures to prevent and manage outbreaks in diverse settings, from city epicentres to rural clusters. Although these policies might be draconian, they resulted in community solidarity and success; with one prerequisite to both solidarity and success being transparency embraced by both the government and the health profession.

WSWS (2022-01-22). Harvard tells students with COVID-19 to "self-isolate" and conduct their own contact tracing. wsws.org In the spring semester, Harvard students who test positive for COVID-19 will not be required to move into university-provided isolation housing but are being advised to "self-isolate" in their dorms or off-campus housing instead.

WSWS (2022-01-22). Escalating COVID-19 cases and deaths as Omicron enters Fiji. wsws.org The current wave has coincided with the reckless decision by the government to open the country's borders to international travel on December 1.

WSWS (2022-01-22). Western Australian government keeps border shut, fearing mass opposition to COVID disaster. wsws.org The decision indicates the rising working-class opposition and deepening political crisis being produced by the "live with the virus" offensive by Australia's governments, both Labor and Liberal-National.

WSWS (2022-01-22). A 28-year-old disabled man dies as COVID is "let rip" in Australia's state of Queensland. wsws.org Despite suffering high fevers and seizures, combined with evidence of a respiratory infection and a pending COVID PCR test, Lachlan Moore was sent away from hospital and died in his sleep several hours later.

Matthew Greenhawt, Marcus Shaker, Elissa M Abrams (2022-01-22). [Comment] Peanut oral immunotherapy in very young children. thelancet.com Peanut oral immunotherapy is a disease-modifying treatment to raise the peanut quantity necessary to trigger an allergic reaction. Among children older than 4 years undergoing peanut oral immunotherapy, nearly 75—80% achieve desensitisation, although few gain lasting protection (eg, remission) after discontinuing oral immunotherapy.1 Efficacy is balanced by an increased risk of treatment-associated anaphylaxis versus peanut avoidance, a preference-sensitive consideration manageable in partnership with a supervising allergist.

Joanne Kurtzberg (2022-01-22). [Comment] Gene therapy offers new hope for children with metachromatic leukodystrophy. thelancet.com Metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) is a rare, progressive lysosomal storage disease caused by mutations in the gene encoding arylsulfatase A (ARSA), causing disease in the central and peripheral nervous systems. MLD presents in toddlers (late infantile disease) or in children (juvenile disease) with gait disturbances, loss of developmental milestones, and cognitive decline, leading to death in childhood. It is frequently not diagnosed until the later symptomatic phase when it is too late to intervene.

J Vigneshwaran, M Senthil Kumar, Vijayashree Raghavan, Sivagama Sundari (2022-01-22). [Clinical Picture] Seizures and sideroblastic anaemia in a patient with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. thelancet.com A 60-year-old man attended our hospital reporting generalised tiredness which had gradually developed over the past 4 weeks.

The Lancet (2022-01-22). [Editorial] Antimicrobial resistance: time to repurpose the Global Fund. thelancet.com Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major cause of death globally, with a burden likely to be higher than that of HIV or malaria, according to the most comprehensive assessment of bacterial AMR to date published in The Lancet. The data presented in this analysis are striking: in 2019, the deaths of 4 ∑95 million people were associated with drug-resistant bacterial infections. 1 ∑27 million deaths were directly caused by AMR. For the first time, the study provides estimates for 204 countries and territories, as well as data for the regional impacts of AMR.

WSWS (2022-01-22). Education secretary threatens UK schools opposing scrapping mask-wearing, unions complicit. wsws.org Zahawi's intervention is the latest in a series of vicious threats levelled against schools and parents for resisting the government's policy of mass infection.

Walker Bragman (2022-01-21). Biden Missed His Best Chance To Vaccinate America. dailyposter.com

ecns.cn (2022-01-21). Ethiopia receives additional 2.2 mln doses of Chinese-donated COVID-19 vaccines. ecns.cn The Chinese government on Thursday donated an additional 2.2 million doses of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines to Ethiopia, giving a boost to the East African nation's vaccination efforts.

Staff (2022-01-21). ACLU Lawyer: Biden Is "Hiding Behind CDC" to Keep Pushing Trump-Era Anti-Immigrant Title 42 Policy. democracynow.org As the Biden administration marks its first year in office this week, we look at the president's ongoing defense of Trump-era anti-immigration policies. Department of Justice lawyers were in court Wednesday to defend the Trump-era order known as Title 42, which has been used to expel hundreds of thousands of migrants at the border without screening them for asylum. The policy was touted as a way to control the spread of COVID-19, even though top CDC officials say it's not needed to contain the virus. We speak with the ACLU's Lee Gelernt, who is the lead lawyer challenging the Biden administration's use of Title 4…

Mark Gruenberg (2022-01-21). Unions demand OSHA restore anti-COVID standard protecting health workers. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON (PAI)—Led by National Nurses United, unions are demanding the Biden administration's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) restore its national standard ordering hospitals and nursing homes to protect workers against the coronavirus. NNU's offensive took two forms. One was a Zoom virtual press conference, a National Day of Action, and a candlelight vigil in …

Mark Gruenberg (2022-01-21). Virus skews union density figures downward in 2021. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—Union membership declined by 241,000 nationwide in 2021, to 14.012 million, compared to the year before, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. But it also cautioned the coronavirus pandemic skewed the statistics, compiled from a survey of 60,000 households nationwide. And, as usual, unionists' median weekly earnings were far ahead of those of their non-union …

sputniknews (2022-01-21). Video: Molotov Cocktails, Cop Injury, Gunfire Amid Protests Against COVID Restrictions in Guadeloupe. sputniknews.com Over the past few months, the French overseas territory of Guadeloupe, along with the nearby French island of Martinique, has been hit by protests against coronavirus restrictions.

Staff (2022-01-21). Schools defy Johnson's Covid relaxations. rt.com Over 100 UK headteachers have insisted masks must still be worn | Hundreds of British schools are set to defy Prime Minister Boris Johnson after he announced on Wednesday that masks will no longer be needed in schools, when Plan B rules elapse next week, according to reports in British media. | More than 100 headteachers have already written to parents to inform them that their children will still be required to wear facemasks in the classrooms. | Several schools said the policy would be in place "until further notice," citing high regional levels of Covid-19; coronavirus prevalence remains high in England's n…

Amy Goodman (2022-01-21). Vaccine Profits Minted 9 New Billionaires While Vaccine Apartheid Drove Omicron. truthout.org As many of the world's wealthiest people wrap up virtual talks today at the World Economic Forum based in Davos, Switzerland, Oxfam reports the incomes of 99% of the world's population dropped during the pandemic while the world's 10 richest men saw their wealth double. Meanwhile, vaccine profits have minted at least nine new billionaires at Moderna, BioNTech and China's CanSino, amassing a combined new wealth of over $19 billion. To discuss the rise of billionaires and the policies that got…

Rob Wallace (2022-01-21). COVID Shows It's Time to End the Pharmaceutical Industry. truthout.org Eighty-four million Americans As with COVID testing, thousands of newly hired community health workers are needed to hit the streets and back roads to convince people that vaccines are safe and necessary. Daily conversat…

Newsclick (2022-01-21). Are COVID-19 cases plateauing in major Indian cities? peoplesdispatch.org Immunologist Dr. Satyajit Rath and NewsClick's Prabir Purkayastha review the situation of COVID-19 infections in India and other parts of the world. He also discusses the latest vaccine 'Corbevax', its effectiveness and what its patent-free character means.

Ian Ellis-Jones (2022-01-21). US blockade frustrates Cuba's vaccine internationalism. greenleft.org.au ING Group, the Dutch multinational banking institution, has bowed to pressure from the United States and is blocking donations to support Cuba's vaccine solidarity, reports Ian Ellis-Jones.

_____ (2022-01-21). QR Codes Are Dead in Russia. strategic-culture.org One thing the individual can do is resist, and when the majority of the population decides to grind the wheels the engine comes to a halt | The sum of all fears for the average Russian has just been averted. The large packet of totalitarian answers to a problem of questionable magnitude has been booted from the State Duma. There has been an air of dread amongst the populace who were waiting to see if nationwide QR-code legislation would make it into law destroying their lives and businesses to separate those vaccinated from plague ridden riff raff. There was an expectation that some sort of Hegelian Dialectic gam…

WSWS (2022-01-21). Stellantis refusing to distribute supply of N-95 masks to workers at Sterling Stamping Plant. wsws.org Throughout the auto industry, even flimsy surgical masks, inadequate to prevent transmission, are no longer being provided while workers report they are not allowed to bring higher quality N-95 masks from home.

Dean Baker (2022-01-21). Are Used Car Prices Bankrupting Workers? cepr.net The news media have been constantly hyping inflation in recent months. While everyone has been seeing the huge rise in gas prices over the last year (that's what happens when the world reopens after a pandemic), used car prices have risen almost as rapidly. From December 2020 to December 2021 they rose 37.3 percent. This accounted for 1.03 percentage points of the 7.0 percent overall inflation in the last year. | We know the story of these price increases. A fire in a semiconductor plant in Japan has created a worldwide shortage of semiconductors, which has slowed car production. With people unable to get new car…

Editor2 (2022-01-21). One Island Becoming a Mecca for Crypto Millionaires. orinocotribune.com Bitcoin enthusiasts are flocking to Puerto Rico, thanks to tax breaks and an island lifestyle | The US territory of Puerto Rico has become the new hot destination for cryptocurrency entrepreneurs as it has crypto-friendly policies, including huge tax breaks to those who spend at least 183 days on the island each year. | US citizens can hold on to their American passports while not having to pay any taxes on capital gains. | "That's where all my friends are. I don't have one friend left in New York, and maybe the pandemic accelerated this, but every single one of them has moved to Puerto Rico," crypto entrepreneur…

sputniknews (2022-01-21). Fifth Time's Not the Charm: Pam Anderson Files for Divorce as Husband Was 'D*ck' to Her, Report Says. sputniknews.com Anderson married Hayhurst, who previously was her bodyguard and a contractor on Christmas Eve in 2020, at her Vancouver Island home. But it appears that the romance has fizzled out due to the pandemic.

Nayvin Gordon (2022-01-21). U.S. COVID-19 POLICY: PRISONERS OF FEAR—THE ELDERLY, THE SICK, AND VULNERAB. indybay.org The only way out of the Covid pandemic prison is by fighting for ZERO-COVID…

WSWS (2022-01-21). The global struggle to close schools and stop the pandemic. wsws.org The fight against school reopenings is once again the spearhead of the global class struggle as masses of youth and educators are unwilling to accept further infections, hospitalizations and deaths from COVID-19.

WSWS (2022-01-21). Reports show worsening conditions for Australian youth. wsws.org The studies highlight that living conditions and financial security for young people in Australia were declining even before the pandemic, which has further exacerbated this trend.

WSWS (2022-01-21). New Mexico governor calls in National Guard to substitute teach as educators and child care workers fall ill from COVID. wsws.org With outbreaks of the Omicron variant resulting in staff shortages at schools, the Democratic governor is mobilizing military forces to act as replacements to keep schools running and parents working to produce profits during the pandemic.

WSWS (2022-01-21). West Bengal adopts mass infection policy amid India's COVID-19 surge. wsws.org The disaster unleashed by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's reckless policies in the current surge of the pandemic implicates the entire ruling establishment.

sputniknews (2022-01-21). Adele Cries Her Heart Out Amid Las Vegas Residency Delay, as Angered Fans Doubt Her Tears are Real. sputniknews.com The singer was supposed to perform at the iconic Colosseum every weekend, starting from 21 January until 16 April – however, the pandemic and delivery delays forced her to reschedule the grand event at the very last moment.

WSWS (2022-01-21). Hundreds of thousands of educators, children infected in Spanish schools. wsws.org The deliberate mass infection of pupils and teachers with COVID-19 is a part of the PSOE-Podemos government's policy of allowing the virus to become endemic.

WSWS (2022-01-21). Massachusetts hospitals "gasping for air" wsws.org The hospital system in Massachusetts is collapsing as thousands of workers fall to COVID-19 and new COVID-19 hospitalizations push facilities beyond capacity…

WSWS (2022-01-21). Hospitals across the US overflowing with COVID-19 patients. wsws.org Hospitals are buckling under the crush of COVID-19 admissions, sending out pleas for help and, in some cases, shuttering doors to incoming patients.

teleSUR -mcs -HIM (2022-01-21). Brasil aprueba uso de vacuna china anticovid en menores de edad. telesurtv.net Brasil atraviesa por una nueva ola de contagios de Covid-19 ante la expansión de la variante Ómicron.

WSWS (2022-01-21). As Omicron rages through US workplaces, 8.8 million workers were off sick in early January. wsws.org The number out on sick leave represents 6 percent of the total workforce and does not include another 3.2 million workers staying home due to fear of contracting or spreading COVID-19.

teleSUR- jaa -HIM (2022-01-21). OMS confirma récord de contagios diarios por Covid-19. telesurtv.net Según la OMS, la cifra de casos desde el inicio de la pandemia asciende a los 336.790.193.

Thomas Klikauer (2022-01-21). COVID-19 and Privatization in Germany. zcomm.org Public health is no longer measured on public health needs. Now they are based on abstract formulas about hospital bed and ICU occupancy…

WSWS (2022-01-21). At least one in 10 workers out with COVID at Amazon's JFK8 warehouse in Staten Island. wsws.org A leaked internal document has revealed that a large portion of the workforce at Amazon's JFK8 warehouse on Staten Island in New York City were out due to COVID-19 last week.