(2022-05-10). Study finds unmitigated spread of SARS-CoV-2 in the US could lead to hundreds of thousands of deaths. wsws.org The White House changes its rosy assessment of the pandemic as evidence emerges for mass infection and deaths this fall and winter.
(2022-05-10). Sinopharm launches Omicron vaccine trial in Hunan. ecns.cn Chinese company Sinopharm began delivering its Omicron-specific vaccine candidate to fully vaccinated people in a major clinical trial which launched in Hunan province on Monday.
(2022-05-10). Australia: Labor and the Coalition in lockstep as COVID-19 infection toll passes six million. wsws.org The Socialist Equality Party is the only party in this election advancing a program of action for the working class to protect lives and end the pandemic.
(2022-05-10). Protesters Provide the Punch at Bay Area Book Fest. indybay.org The Bay Area Book Festival was back after a hiatus caused by covid concerns. Many people masked up for that extra layer of protection at the event held all outdoors under decorated open air tents. Demonstrators for abortion rights and reproductive justice say they knew just what the festival needed to enliven things.
(2022-05-10). Delivery services resume gradually in Shanghai. ecns.cn Express delivery services in Shanghai gradually resumed as the city is seeing significant drops in COVID-19 cases in recent weeks, with 20 logistics companies starting operations, news portal The Paper repor…
(2022-05-10). Shanghai health authorities define close, secondary contacts. ecns.cn Shanghai reported 234 confirmed COVID-19 cases, 2,780 asymptomatic cases and 6 deaths on Monday, health authorities announced on Tuesday.
(2022-05-09). West continues to ramp up sanctions on Russia, increase strain on global economy. ecns.cn The United States and its Western allies on Sunday announced new sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine crisis, a move that aims to further cripple Moscow's economy but poses severe challenges for global economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
(2022-05-09). Editor Urges Journalists To Report Imminent Attempt To Sabotage Election. popularresistance.org In a chilling column in Folha de S.Paulo newspaper, quietly published at 11: 15pm on 7th May 2022, José Henrique Mariante, a veteran journalist, editor and currently Folha ombudsman, urged fellow journalists, and his own newspaper, to acknowledge the dark moment Brazil faces. | The piece was headlined in stark terms: "There will be a Coup. Pass the information. Folha and the press should once and for all change presumption for certainty of the fact." | Mariante compared the current situation to early 2020, when appeals for calm dovetailed with outright denial of the Coronavirus pandemic, and helped drastically wor…
(2022-05-09). Jobless rate steady at 3.6%; Firms claimed to create 406K jobs. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON —The U.S. jobless rate remained at 3.6% in April, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported, as private sector firms claimed to add 406,000 new jobs that month. That put private firms almost at their job levels before the coronavirus-caused depression two years ago. Governments added 22,000 jobs in April, 77% of them in local …
(2022-05-09). One hundred million coronavirus cases in the US predicted for fall and winter surge. wsws.org The implications of the level of mass infection predicted by the White House are staggering. One hundred million new cases implies, using the accepted infection fatality rate of the virus of 0.5 percent, 0,000 new deaths in the United States alone.
(2022-05-09). Study: Hospitalization From Covid Causes Cognitive Impairment, Ages You 20 Years. moguldom.com Some covid-19 victims who have been hospitalized are suffering from decreased cognitive function and psychological health, but people who have had all their vaccine doses will experience less severe illness, according to a recent UK study by scientists from the University of Cambridge and Imperial College London. The study found that covid hospitalization may result in patients experiencing a loss …
(2022-05-09). Equipment for vaccine production plant heads for Morocco. ecns.cn The world's largest multipurpose heavy lift vessel, the Pileck, departed Shanghai on Sunday, transporting Chinese vaccine production equipment to Morocco to enable the manufacture of COVID-19 vaccines in Africa.
(2022-05-09). BBC lays out what "Learning to live with the virus in the UK" means. wsws.org Despite the reduced ratio of deaths to infections, a comparable number of people have been killed in the Omicron wave to the earlier Delta wave—over a much shorter period of time and with higher levels of vaccination.
(2022-05-09). Strict pandemic control in Shanghai buys time for full vaccination coverage: study. ecns.cn Chinese epidemiologists said in a peer-reviewed medical journal that the strict, comprehensive pandemic control strategies in Shanghai will buy time for full vaccination coverage.
(2022-05-09). Defending The First Amendment. popularresistance.org Speaking as a historian, I believe that the work of UFF-UF officers, delegates, volunteers, and allies during the global pandemic will be remembered as among the finest moments of unionism this nation has ever witnessed. Under duress and constantly bullying by forces outside of our campus, we continued to grow as a union. We also continued to support a plethora of causes that the membership believes are essential to sustaining a democratic society. I believe that UFF's consistent and public support of academic freedom was a factor in the federal court's preliminary injunction against UF's repressive speech polici…
(2022-05-09). The black hole that is military spending. peoplesdispatch.org Amid a pandemic and dire economic crises across the world, military spending has continued relentlessly. The US has been the biggest spender by a huge margin. We look at some of the key findings from the recent SIPRI report.
(2022-05-09). State of working America 2021: Measuring wages in the pandemic labor market. mronline.org 
(2022-05-09). 100 Million New COVID Infections Could Be Just Months Away. truthout.org As far as medical publications go, it doesn't get much better than The Lancet. Founded in 1823, the journal has published many of the most important peer-reviewed studies, articles and case reviews in the field. | Over the weekend, The Lancet dropped an editorial titled "COVID-19: the next phase and beyond." It After living for more than 2 years with COVID-19—with over 6 ∑2 million confirmed deaths (but probably many more, with an estimated 20 million excess deaths) and over 510 million confirmed ca…
(2022-05-09). New York State governor tests positive for COVID-19. ecns.cn New York State Governor Kathy Hochul said on Sunday she has tested positive for COVID-19.
(2022-05-09). Cuba reporta 77 nuevos casos de COVID-19, ningún fallecido y 67 altas. cubadebate.cu Al cierre de este domingo 8 de mayo, Cuba reportó 77 nuevos casos de COVID-19, ningún fallecido y 67 altas médicas. Actualmente hay 575 casos activos, informó el Ministerio de Salud Pública (Minsap) en su parte diario este lunes.
(2022-05-09). Por qué la biotecnología no debe ser excepción. cubadebate.cu En los días cercanos al éxito de las vacunas cubanas en el control de la COVID-19, y al reconocimiento que recibimos todos los trabajadores de BioCubaFarma al ser escogidos para abrir el desfile del Primero de mayo, se discutió mucho, y en muchos escenarios, sobre el rol de la ciencia en el proyecto social socialista cubano, y en especial en la economía.
(2022-05-09). Sunday 5/8: Mad as Hell Raging Grannies & Handmaids Procession for Reproductive Justice. indybay.org Meet at the corner of Allston Way and MLK in Berkeley at 1: 45 pm. We start the procession promptly at 2pm.