(2022-02-11). COVID-19: Calls grow to release people from prison. greenleft.org.au Prisons in New South Wales are rife with COVID-19. Michael Hatrick reports activists are demanding the government follow its own laws and release prisoners to keep them safe.
(2022-02-11). White House leads charge by states to end masking. wsws.org In a campaign initiated by the Biden administration and coordinated by the White House, Democratic state governors are systematically dismantling all measures to save lives from the COVID-19 pandemic that has killed nearly 1 million Americans.
(2022-02-11). Australia: COVID-19 swamps Northern Territory schools and Aboriginal communities. wsws.org Aboriginal medical organisations have condemned the Territory's Labor government for allowing the coronavirus to spread out of control.
(2022-02-11). Hundreds of anti-vaccine mandate protesters rally at New Zealand parliament. wsws.org The small far-right rally, inspired by similar events in Canada and elsewhere, is being used by sections of the political and media establishment to shift official politics further to the right, and to justify policies that will lead to mass infection of the population with COVID-19.
(2022-02-11). Donald Trump: America Is 'Going To Hell' Fast With Inflation And Covid. moguldom.com Former President Donald Trump, who is already preparing for a potential presidential run in 2024, claims the U.S. is going to "hell" due to inflation and the covid-19 pandemic. Trump held his first major campaign rally of 2022 in Florence, Arizona, where he promised to "Make America Great Again, Again." The Jan. 15 Save America rally was …
(2022-02-11). Australia's Macquarie University deepens job cuts, aided by the union. wsws.org Since the pandemic began, up to 90,000 jobs have been destroyed at Australian universities, while the unions have blocked calls for strikes and opposed any unified national action.
(2022-02-11). Scientists: Severe Illness With Covid Has A Lot To Do With Vitamin D Deficiency. moguldom.com Severe illness and death from covid-19 have been connected to vitamin D deficiency, according to a new study published in the journal PLOS ONE. Vitamin D is important for every system in the body including immune function and bone health. It may also protect against a range of diseases and conditions, such as type 1 …
(2022-02-11). Organize our way out of this crisis! cpusa.org 
Never in my entire life have I seen and heard so many good solid people, unionists, progressives of various stripes, activists, and fighters verbalizing feelings of extreme frustration, inadequacy, and complete powerlessness. Between COVID, complete legislative gridlock, a Supreme Court packed with conservatives, and Trump's continuing influence over large sections of white people influenced …
(2022-02-11). AFT President Randi Weingarten calls for "off-ramp" to end mask mandates in schools. wsws.org Weingarten's support for ending mask mandates in schools is part and parcel of the coordinated ruling class effort to end one of the few public health measures still in place to slow the spread of COVID-19.
(2022-02-11). Australia to treat COVID like the flu amid mass school infections, record deaths. wsws.org The World Socialist Web Site has learned that this week, at least 6,888 students and 600 staff in Victorian schools have tested positive for COVID-19. Last week, 4,514 students and 800 staff tested positive.
(2022-02-11). Kremlin explains extra-long table at Putin-Macron meeting. rt.com 
The French side declined to exchange fresh Covid-19 test results, Russia says | The Kremlin confirmed on Friday that Russian President Vladimir Putin and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron sat alone at opposite ends of an unusually long table during their talks this week because Macron refused to take a Covid-19 test in Moscow. | "Some leaders follow their own rules and don't interact with the host party in terms of exchanging the tests," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Russian media. "It's a normal practice around the world. However, in this case, an additional protocol of simultaneously protecting t…
(2022-02-11). 'That's a World War': Biden Tells Americans to Leave Ukraine, Shoots Down Reports of Evacuation. sputniknews.com On Thursday, the US Department of State released a 'Level 4: Do Not Travel' advisory warning Americans against venturing to Ukraine "due to the increased threats of Russian military action and COVID-19." The department also urged Americans in Ukraine to "depart now via commercial or private means."
(2022-02-11). Anti-doping officials explain mystery Valieva test delay. rt.com 
Officials at RUSADA have issued a statement after figure skater Kamila Valieva tested positive for a banned substance | Information about the positive doping test result for Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva was delayed because of issues caused by Covid-19 at a Stockholm laboratory, according to an explanation provided to the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA). | It was announced on Friday that Valieva had tested positive for a banned heart medicine which was detected in a sample taken on December 25 at the Russian national championships in St. Petersburg. | The statement from the International Testing Age…
(2022-02-11). United States: Using COVID-19 powers, Biden begins expelling Venezuelan migrants to Colombia. greenleft.org.au Despite promises by the Biden administration to respect the right to seek asylum, Washington has been denying migrants that right by invoking a provision that allows it to limit travel under the pretext of mitigating COVID-19, writes José Luis Granados Ceja.
(2022-02-11). E-mobility transition and DNA disease clues: News from the College. imperial.ac.uk Here's a batch of fresh news and announcements from across Imperial.
(2022-02-11). Melancholy Danes: A Scandinavian 'Sunset Boulevard' in Bille August's 'The Pact'. peoplesworld.org
(2022-02-10). Continuing US-led economic blockade provokes North Korean missile tests. wsws.org North Korea's economy has suffered from years of sanctions, now compounded by the global pandemic.
(2022-02-10). Right-wing racialists mount campaign against Asian entertainer Awkwafina's use of a "blaccent" wsws.org Amid threats of war between nuclear-armed powers, the ending of COVID-19 public safety measures and the danger of fascism, the hue and cry over the supposed use of "black speech" is preposterous and diversionary.
(2022-02-10). CDC reviews wastewater data to monitor levels of coronavirus. ecns.cn The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has begun listing crucial information on how prevalent the coronavirus is in local wastewater to help determine whether levels of the virus are rising or falling in hundreds of communities nationwide.
(2022-02-10). Canadian Trucker: Why We Are Not Going Anywhere. libya360.wordpress.com On January 15, the Canadian government announced a vaccine mandate for long-haul truckers. Over the days that followed, a convoy of unvaccinated and vaccinated truckers drove in solidarity across the country to protest against the measures. The convoy gathered in Ottawa on January 29 with a rally at Parliament Hill and Canadian PM Justin Trudeau…
(2022-02-10). New Zealand Police Arrest 120 Demonstrators Against Vaccine Mandate. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – New Zealand Police have arrested 120 people at the convoy protest on Parliament grounds on Thursday amid vaccine mandate demonstrations, Wellington District Commander Superintendent Corrie Parnell said.
(2022-02-10). Selected Articles: Brian Peckford, Signatory of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, on Trudeau and the COVID-19 Mandates. globalresearch.ca 
By Watch Brian Peckford speaking to a crowd in December 2021 on Trudeau's vaccine mandate and the …
(2022-02-10). Canada's 'Freedom Convoy' Threatens to Spread to US, DHS Warns. sputniknews.com Thousands of truckers and tens of thousands of their supporters descended on Ottawa starting late last month to protest Covid vaccination mandates. Police have called in reinforcements and begun a campaign of fines and pinpoint arrests of protesters, seizing fuel and blocking millions of dollars' worth of funding raised online.
(2022-02-10). The Heat: COVID-19, Trucker Protests & Mask Mandates. america.cgtn.com 
Another grim milestone as global COVID-19 cases pass 400 million.
(2022-02-10). Canada's governments implement key elements of far-right Freedom Convoy's pandemic policy. wsws.org Even as Ottawa remains under siege, Canada's federal Liberal and provincial governments have adopted in its essentials the far-right Convoy's demand that all remaining anti-COVID mitigation measures be scrapped.
(2022-02-10). Chinese scientists develop prototype tool to test COVID-19 in 4 mins. ecns.cn Chinese scientists have developed a molecular system that can provide COVID-19 testing results in less than four minutes.
(2022-02-10). Devaluing China's zero-COVID approach disregards facts. ecns.cn As the omicron strain still rages worldwide, lashing China's "dynamic zero-case policy" becomes the groupthink that is often hyped up by some Western media.
(2022-02-10). The Truckers Take Abuse in Ottawa: COVID Crimes Committed Behind the Cover of "Emergency Measures" southfront.org 
Written by Prof. Anthony J. Hall; originally published on Global Research In the name of a supposed health emergency, governments…
(2022-02-10). Japan's COVID-19 advisory panel approves extension of emergency measures amid concerns over new virus sub-variant. ecns.cn The Japanese government's advisory panel on COVID-19 measures has approved the extension of quasi-emergency restrictions currently in place in 13 prefectures that are set to expire on Sunday amid concerns over a new virus sub-variant.
(2022-02-10). Headlines for February 10, 2022. democracynow.org CDC Continues to Recommend Indoor Masking as More States Roll Back COVID Restrictions, GOP Rep. Hal Rogers Apologizes for Telling Black Caucus Chair Rep. Joyce Beatty, "Kiss My Ass", Russia Opens Joint War Games with Belarus as U.S. Troops Mobilize to Romania and Poland, Jan. 6 Committee Subpoenas Peter Navarro, Who Boasted of Efforts to Overturn 2020 Election, Biden Administration Unveils $5 Billion Plan to Fund Electric Vehicle Charging Stations, Climate Experts Detail Misinformation by Fossil Fuel Cos. as Oil CEOs Refuse to Testify to Congress, Youth Climate Activists Sue Virginia for Violating The…
(2022-02-10). Know Your Truth and Stand for It. Let Global Research Help You. globalresearch.ca The COVID-19 crisis has tightened the noose on truth-tellers. Ongoing developments on COVID mandates reinforce the interplay between the Deep State and the Global Elite which dictates the global COVID narrative under the guise of fact-checking. | Independent voices are the …
(2022-02-10). From "herd immunity" to "endemic": The ruling class policy of perpetual mass death. wsws.org Throughout the world, capitalist politicians are scrapping all remaining public health measures that slow the spread of COVID-19 by falsely claiming that the virus has become "endemic."
(2022-02-10). German politicians and media attack students opposing herd immunity COVID policies. wsws.org The popular petition against deliberate mass infection policies in schools has been subjected to a foul campaign of slanders.
(2022-02-10). Drug-resistant bacteria killed more people than HIV/AIDS, malaria in 2019; needs policy attention. peoplesdispatch.org 
A Lancet study found that in 2019 alone, 4.95 million people died from diseases where Anti-Microbial Resistant (AMR) bacteria played a role. Of these, 1.27 million deaths were ascribable to direct results of AMR…
(2022-02-10). Yemen: January Saw Highest Civilian Casualties in Saudi Air War Since 2016. news.antiwar.com A monthly summary from According to the data, 139 civilians were killed by Saudi air raids, and another 287 were wounded. It was the highest number of civilian casualties recorded in a single month since October 2016. | The deadliest air raid of the month hit a migrant detention facility in Sadaa on January 21st, which killed at least 91 civilians and wounded at le…