(2022-02-17). Headlines for February 17, 2022. democracynow.org NATO Defense Ministers Gather in Brussels, Dispute Russia's Claims of Troop Drawback, COVID-19 Pandemic Claimed 75,000 Lives Last Week, U.S. Centers for Disease Control Prepares to Roll Back Guidelines for COVID Restrictions, Hospitals in War-Ravaged Syria Forced to Close Amid Cuts in International Aid, U.N. Says 8 Million Yemenis Could Lose All Humanitarian Aid Next Month Due to Funding Shortages, Colombia Forced Displacement Crisis Worsened in 2021, Mexican Journalists Interrupt Congress to Demand Justice for Assassinated Colleagues, Amnesty International Condemns "Sham Trial" for Jailed Russi…
(2022-02-17). Freedom Convoy protesters threatened with losing their pets. rt.com 
Protesters arrested as part of "enforcement actions" could have their pets taken into care, Canadian authorities have warned | Canadians taking part in demonstrations against Covid-19 mandates were threatened with inadvertently relinquishing their pets if arrested by the police, authorities warned on Thursday. | According to an announcement on the Ottawa-By-law Twitter account, anyone arrested at demonstrations as part of "enforcement actions" by the government could have their animals placed in "protective care" for a week if they are unable to look after them. | The suspect must pay for the animal's care. Af…
(2022-02-17). Canada's ruling elite applauds Trudeau's use of emergency powers against far-right Freedom Convoy. wsws.org If the ruling class is ready to use emergency powers to supress small far-right protests, how will it respond to the eruption of mass working class opposition to its criminal pandemic policy or a new round of capitalist austerity?
(2022-02-17). Scientists Find Three New Coronaviruses That 'Could Represent Risk for Human Health'. sputniknews.com With the world already in the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the origins of the disease, which according to Johns Hopkins University has already killed 5.8 million people, remains a mystery. Different explanations are offered, including one suggesting the virus appeared due to a lab leak.
(2022-02-17). Protests here to stay, Canadian radio host axed for pro-trucker comments tells RT. rt.com 
Kid Carson lost his job after speaking out against mandates, but insists the public are on his side | Vancouver-based radio host Kid Carson was "politely shown the door" this week after railing against vaccine mandates and supporting the ongoing truckers' protest in Ottawa, Canada, he told RT on Thursday. Carson believes that despite the best efforts of the mainstream media, the public is sick of the "corruption and craziness" of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government, and the truckers parked on Parliament Hill aren't going anywhere. | Carson was dropped last week by Vancouver's Z95.3 FM, after an…
(2022-02-17). Message from Mohawk Women from Grand River Concerning Vaccine Mandates and Freedom. libya360.wordpress.com The following is a message from Onkwehon: we Grand River Mohawk women from the Turtle, Wolf and Bear clans to the people standing up for freedom against vaccine mandates. "We send love and gratitude to all of the brave men and women who are holding the line, uniting together with kindness and compassion in their hearts…
(2022-02-17). Why Gaza must be vaccinated. electronicintifada.net I am devastated after my uncle died from COVID.
(2022-02-17). "When all you have is a hammer…": why Agamben's ideas were bound to lead to this. mronline.org 
He has founded an intellectual group opposed to the restrictions, public health measures, vaccination requirements and other actions taken by public officials to combat the spread of the virus and its lethality.
(2022-02-17). California ends statewide mask mandate. america.cgtn.com 
California is ending its statewide indoor mask mandate for those who are fully vaccinated.
(2022-02-17). Unvaccinated U.S. seniors dying from COVID-19 at incredibly high rates: The Atlantic. ecns.cn The vaccination rates of American adults aged 65 and older are still low, and the unvaccinated elderly have been dying from COVID-19 at incredibly high rates, The Atlantic magazine has reported.
(2022-02-17). Vietnam To Resume Int'l Tourism From March 15. telesurenglish.net Vietnam will reopen borders for international tourism starting from March 15. Foreign travelers aged 12 and over must prove that they have been fully vaccinated or recovered from COVID-19, and show a negative test result as per requirements by local health authorities. | Photo taken on April 1, 2020 shows a tourist attraction in Hoi An ancient city in Vietnam's central Quang Nam province.
(2022-02-17). Not-so-breaking-news: Lockdowns are useless and dangerous. dissidentvoice.org 
I've written dozens and dozens of articles and recorded several podcasts informing readers and listeners that they have been duped for nearly two years. The lockdowns, the masks, the social distancing, the PCR test, the jabs, and more — all of them are nothing more than manipulations and deceptions. Now comes some "official" news on …
(2022-02-17). From Puerto Rico To Minnesota, Teachers Are Rising Up Again. popularresistance.org In the last two weeks, teachers in both Puerto Rico and Minnesota have taken to the streets. Though separated by thousands of miles, and a temperature difference of about 60 degrees, their demands are in many ways very similar: Like the teachers who went on strike in 2018, they are marching for better pay, better benefits, and greater funding for schools. However, these struggles are taking place in a period very different from 2018. The pre-pandemic strike wave was driven by decades of austerity and rising rank-and-file militancy born of frustration with do-nothing labor bureaucrats. The pandemic has since galva…
(2022-02-17). As Trudeau Cracks Down, the Left Drives Protesters Into the Arms of the Right Once Again. mintpressnews.com OTTAWA — If you were Canada's prime minister, what would you be prepared to do to enforce Covid restrictions on large swaths of your population? No one need ask that question any longer. Now we know the answer. | For the first time in the country's history, Justin Trudeau has invested his office with sweeping and undemocratic powers under the 1988 Emergencies Act in a bid to stop the so-called "Truckers' Protests" against Canada's pandemic restrictions. But, as one might expect, Trudeau has
(2022-02-17). Exposed: Why the Mad Rush to Jab Kids? libya360.wordpress.com Mickey Z. As always, follow the money Even if you still somehow believe the pandemic narrative, you surely recognize that the virus does not exactly threaten children. For example, in England, the child mortality rate from Covid-19 is 2 per million (0.0002%) across the whole population (assuming you also still somehow trust the insanely flawed PCR…
(2022-02-17). Why the US trade war on China has been an economic disaster for Americans. rt.com 
Trump hailed his 2020 deal with Beijing as "transformative" for the US. He was right — it's made ordinary US citizens much poorer | At the end of January, the US-China 'phase one' trade deal made under Donald Trump expired. The agreement, struck in January 2020 at the very beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic and before ties with Beijing fell off a cliff, stipulated that China would purchase (ludicrously) over $200 billion in agricultural products from the US per annum in order to end Trump's trade war. It was more like a one-sided extortion, placing huge demands on Beijing with very little compromise on t…
(2022-02-17). Denver SDS kicks off campaign to demilitarize campus police. fightbacknews.org Denver, CO – On February 10, students gathered outside Tivoli Commons on Auraria Campus to demand the disarmament of Auraria Campus Police Department (ACPD) and the end to their involvement in the Pentagon 1033 Program. Denver Students for a Democratic Society began their "Defund, Disarm, Demilitarize" campaign, joining many student and community organizations around the country in the struggle against police injustice. | "The money being put into ACPD's budget is being misused. We don't need rifles or SWAT vehicles; we need tuition relief for students suffering from housing insecurity in a pandemic!" said SDS s…
(2022-02-17). Imperial receives Queen's Anniversary Prize for 'world-class' COVID-19 response. imperial.ac.uk Imperial College London has been recognised for its response to the COVID-19 pandemic at a Queen's Anniversary Prize presentation this week.
(2022-02-17). Back to Normal? Many Immunocompromised People Feel Left Behind as U.S. Lifts Pandemic Measures. democracynow.org 
As U.S. health guidelines start to loosen as COVID-19 cases fall from record-high levels of infection, we look at how there there are still millions of immunocompromised people who face acute risk of illness and feel they have received little to no guidance on how to stay safe in a prolonged COVID-19 world. Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer Ed Yong of The Atlantic spoke to immunocompromised people for his new report and says, "While a lot of the world opens up, their world shuts down, and they feel left behind and abandoned by the government, by their friends, by their workplaces." Yong notes immu…
(2022-02-17). The criminal role of the Swedish government in the pandemic: Testimony from anti-COVID-19 activist Keith Begg—Part 2. wsws.org This interview is about the experience of the pandemic in Sweden, the birthplace of the homicidal "herd immunity" strategy which the Social Democratic government has ruthlessly pursued since March 2020.
(2022-02-17). COVID-19 deaths continue to rise among children in the US. wsws.org A comparative analysis among flu-related and COVID-19-related deaths among children shows that COVID-19 deaths among children not only far outpaced flu-related deaths but continue to rise sharply.
(2022-02-17). Cuba reporta 733 nuevos casos de COVID-19 y cinco fallecidos. cubadebate.cu Cuba confirmó al cierre de este miércoles 733 casos positivos a la COVID-19, cinco fallecidos y 924 altas médicas, informó en su reporte habitual el Ministerio de Salud Pública (Minsap).
(2022-02-17). Last Native Speaker of Chile's Yaghan Indigenous Language Dies. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, 93-year-old Chilean Cristina Calderon, the last native speaker of the Yaghan Indigenous language, died to COVID-19 in a hospital in the Magallanes region. | RELATED: | "I have deep regret for not being with you when you passed away. Be sure that everything I do is in your name and in that of our people," tweeted Calderon's daughter Lidia Gonzalez, who is Vice President of the Constitutional Convention.
(2022-02-17). Rep. Dominicana suspende medidas de restricción por la Covid-19. telesurtv.net "Desde ahora, a todos nos tocará cuidarnos, con responsabilidad, pero sin restricciones", destacó el presidente Abinader.
(2022-02-17). The UK anti-vax movement is not an "ally" against Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer. wsws.org The people confronting Starmer were in London that day on a protest "to end all the jab mandates and the jab programmes in the United Kingdom and the world… to end all the COVID regulations," in the words of their leader Piers Corbyn.
(2022-02-17). As Trudeau Cracks Down, the Left Drives Protesters into the Arms of the Right — Again. libya360.wordpress.com Jonathan Cook Divide and rule, the cultivation of tribalism, is an insurance policy against successful dissent and the threat of revolution If you were Canada's prime minister, what would you be prepared to do to enforce Covid restrictions on large swaths of your population? No one need ask that question any longer. Now we know…
(2022-02-17). Medical officials estimate Long COVID affects 1 million in Spain. wsws.org This is the result of the official policy, shared by all Europe's major governments, embracing mass COVID-19 infections under cover of declaring the virus "endemic."
(2022-02-17). Chile reporta mayor cifra de hospitalizados por Covid en seis meses. telesurtv.net Chile registró 37 fallecimientos la última jornada por lo que el país acumula 40.735 decesos desde el inicio de la pandemia.
(2022-02-17). The war that must be waged is the war on COVID-19. wsws.org While no cost is too great for the American ruling elites to wage imperialist war, there has been a full-scale capitulation to COVID-19 during the Omicron surge.
(2022-02-17). COVID cases surge in South Korea as virtually all public health measures ended. wsws.org The steps taken by the Moon Jae-in administration are meant to ensure big business will continue to make record profits.
(2022-02-17). Suiza eliminará algunas restricciones contra la Covid-19. telesurtv.net Las autoridades suizas precisaron que el contexto pandémico en el país mejora paulatinamente, por lo cual es pertinente levantar algunas restricciones sanitarias.
(2022-02-17). VIDEO — Australia: Striking New South Wales nurses speak out. wsws.org "Over the last two years with COVID, we just dealt with it, right? We just toughed it out. But it's been two years, and I think we've been through enough that it's about time we speak up."
(2022-02-17). New Zealand right-wing, pseudo-lefts urge government to "engage" with far-right protesters. wsws.org The media, including liberal and pseudo-left commentators, and opposition politicians, are seeking to sanitise the protest at parliament, which is demanding the removal of all COVID-19 public health measures.
(2022-02-17). Simple DNA Test May Make Breakthrough in Diagnosing Genetic and Neurological Diseases, Study Says. sputniknews.com Scientists say in some cases it is diagnosis and not the cure that plays a crucial role — patients can spend years suffering from certain symptoms and still be unaware of what ailment they have. The new method is expected to rectify this problem and help treat diseases in their early stages.
(2022-02-17). Bolivia recibe más de 1.300.000 dosis de vacunas Pfizer. telesurtv.net Desde el 29 de enero de 2021 arribaron al país un total de 23.815.500 dosis de vacunas contra el Sars Cov-2…