2022-11-18: News Headlines

WSWS (2022-11-18). Floods once again devastate Australia's most populous state. wsws.org As they have done with the coronavirus pandemic, Australian governments have left flood devastated residents to fend for themselves.

Mickey Z. (2022-11-18). Remember the Vaccine Scandal in Maryland? dissidentvoice.org Let's imagine a hypothetical scenario. What if there was a time when the general population was being relentlessly coerced into taking a particular drug? How would you know what to do? Where would you turn for the necessary context? Surely you wouldn't just take the shot without doing your homework… right? That would be irrational. …

WSWS (2022-11-18). Evictions in Detroit return to pre-pandemic levels. wsws.org A study conducted by Poverty Solutions, a University of Michigan research organization, shows that the number of impoverished working class families in Detroit being evicted have returned to rates that existed prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

____ (2022-11-18). Payouts lure workers back to Foxconn assembly plant. ecns.cn The Foxconn plant in Zhengzhou, Henan province, hit by a recent spate of COVID-19 infections and workers leaving the site in October and the beginning of November, has welcomed a new wave of workers to meet production during its peak period, according to reports.

WSWS (2022-11-18). Australian workers support online rank-and-file public meeting to fight government removal of COVID-19 safety measures. wsws.org "The reason you have to come to this meeting is that it is not just for doctors, or nurses, or wardsman, or postmen. It's for everyone. Without unity, we have nothing." — Medical specialist…

WSWS (2022-11-18). The disastrous implications of lifting Zero-COVID in China. wsws.org The objective laws of viral transmission mean that any shift away from a Zero-COVID elimination strategy carries with it the potential for the situation to quickly spiral out of control.

TeleSUR -odr -YSM (2022-11-18). OPS insta a tomar medidas ante alza de afecciones respiratorias. telesurtv.net En las últimas semanas fue reportado un aumento de casos de Covid-19, influenza estacional y Virus Respiratorio Sincitial.

TeleSUR, jaa, SH (2022-11-18). Cepal advierte de consecuencias de la Covid-19 en Latinoamérica. telesurtv.net El Centro Latinoamericano y Caribeño de Demografía aseguró que hasta el 2025 la esperanza de vida no logrará alcanzar los niveles logrados antes de la pandemia.

WSWS (2022-11-18). Four months after contract expiration, UTLA still refusing to hold strike authorization vote. wsws.org Los Angeles teachers are still without a contract and with no COVID-19 mitigation measures, as LA County Health Department warns of winter surge.

Rudolf Bradner, Minqi Li (2022-11-17). In the Trap of NATO and The Collapse of US Hegemony. indybay.org Even before the outbreak of the global Covid pandemic, it was widely recognized that U.S. hegemony was in irreversible decline. Since then, the pace of hegemony loss has accelerated. In August 2021, the Taliban captured Kabul as U.S. forces withdrew in a chaotic and hasty manner…. Only about six months later, war broke out between Russia and Ukraine.

_____ (2022-11-17). Italian Police Bust Azov-Tied Nazi Cell Planning Terror Attacks. popularresistance.org Italian police announced a series of raids against the neo-Nazi Order of Hagal organization. Accused of stockpiling weapons and planning terror attacks, the group has established operational ties to the Ukrainian Azov Battalion. | Five members of an Italian neo-Nazi organization known as the "Order of Hagal" were arrested on November 15th while an additional member remains wanted by authorities. He happened to be in Ukraine, fighting Russian forces alongside the Azov Battalion, which has been formally integrated into the Ukrainian military. | The "Hagal" members are accused of plotting terrorist attacks on civili…

John Leake (2022-11-17). "The Covid mRNA Vaccine Causes Cardiac Arrests, Heart Attacks, Strokes… : Leading British Cardiologist, Dr. Aseem Malhotra, and Dr. Peter McCullough Independently Come to Same Conclusion. globalresearch.ca

____ (2022-11-17). Beijing starts inhaled COVID-19 booster vaccination. ecns.cn The first batch of inhaled COVID-19 booster vaccination has become available in Beijing starting from Wednesday in Beijing.

Marie-Claude Boily, Ruanne V. Barnabas, Minttu M. Rà∂nn, Cara J. Bayer, Cari van Schalkwyk, Nirali Soni, Darcy W. Rao, Lisa Staadegaard, Gui Liu, Romain Silhol, Marc Brisson, Leigh F. Johnson, Paul Bloem, Sami Gottlieb, Nathalie Broutet, Shona Dalal (2022-11-17). [Articles] Estimating the effect of HIV on cervical cancer elimination in South Africa: Comparative modelling of the impact of vaccination and screening. thelancet.com High HPV vaccination coverage of girls and 2 lifetime cervical screens could eliminate cervical cancer among women overall in South Africa by the end of the century and substantially decrease cases among all women and WLHIV over the short and medium term. Cervical cancer elimination in WLHIV would likely require enhanced prevention strategies for WLHIV. Screening of WLHIV remains an important strategy to reduce incidence and alleviate disparities in cervical cancer burden between women with and without HIV, despite HIV interventions scale-up.

_____ (2022-11-17). Gaza Freedom Flotilla To Sail In 2023. popularresistance.org After a pause due to the global pandemic, the Gaza Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) is set to resume its sailing to challenge the illegal, immoral and inhuman Israeli blockade of Gaza. The last sailing of the flotilla was in 2018. The 2020 sail was postponed due to the COVID pandemic that closed many European ports. | Members of the 10 national and international organization campaign coalition met in London November 4-6, 2022, and made the decision to resume sailing in 2023. Representatives of member campaigns from Norway, Malaysia, US, Sweden, Canada, France, New Zealand, Turkey and the International Committee f…

C.J. Hopkins (2022-11-17). The Road to Totalitarianism (Revisited). dissidentvoice.org Photo: W. Rospondek, Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp It feels like it's finally over, doesn't it, the whole "apocalyptic pandemic" thing? I mean, really, really over this time. Not like all those other times when you thought it was over, but it wasn't over, and was like the end of those Alien movies, where it seems like …

WSWS (2022-11-17). Michigan Medicine worker speaks out against capitalism's COVID policy. wsws.org "This place gave me COVID, but all they talk about is he, him or that I might be gay. I agree with the pandemic being a socially criminal policy, and this happening internationally."

Didi Rankovic (2022-11-17). Google Is Sued for Auto-installing COVID "Spyware" on People's Phones. globalresearch.ca

____ (2022-11-17). Guangdong reports over 8,800 new local COVID-19 cases, accelerates construction of medical facilities. ecns.cn Guangdong Province is speeding up construction of mobile hospitals and quarantine facilities to cope with the recent COVID-19 resurgence.

WSWS (2022-11-17). World Socialist Web Site readers in North Asia support online public meeting to fight "let it rip" COVID policies. wsws.org Sunday's public meeting will outline a political perspective, including the building of independent rank-and-file committees, to unify health workers, teachers and other sections of workers in the fight for decent wages, working conditions and the elimination of COVID-19.

Mike Ludwig (2022-11-17). Why Did Democrats Vote With the GOP to End the COVID National Emergency? truthout.org

Dr. Joseph Sansone (2022-11-17). Governor DeSantis, Ban the Covid mRNA Jab! globalresearch.ca

The Green Arcade (2022-11-17). Thursday 12/1: Two Great Readings to Mark World AIDS Day. indybay.org 1680 Market Street | SF, CA 94102…

Infobrics (2022-11-17). Creating Solidarity Between Africa and Brics Countries Top of Sars' List. infobrics.org The South African Revenue Service (Sars) participated in two multilateral meetings recently to cement international tax co-operation in Africa and among the Brics countries…

Editor (2022-11-17). Fossil Drugs: Antibiotics as the fossil fuels of medicine. mronline.org The discovery of antibiotics was one of humanity's greatest achievements. But we didn't invent them. Long before humans, microorganisms in soil evolved these molecules. It was not until the mid-twentieth century, however, that these molecules were isolated by humans and mass-produced for medicine. At first antibiotics seemed like a miracle. However, they are different from …

____ (2022-11-17). Chinese delegate calls on parties to seek compromise at upcoming UN biodiversity conference. ecns.cn All parties need to seek a compromise on key issues at the UN biodiversity conference to be held next month and strive to adopt…

Juan Chingo (2022-11-17). La relación de Alemania con China, de nuevo fuente de discordia con EE. UU. globalizacion.ca El canciller alemán Olaf Scholz fue el primer líder europeo en visitar Pekín desde el estallido de Covid-19. También, el primer líder occidental que se reunió con Xi Jinping flamantemente coronado para su tercer mandato. Su viaje despertó fuertes críticas…

Marc Vandepitte (2022-11-17). øQué podemos esperar de China con Xi Jinping? globalizacion.ca Vivimos tiempos muy turbulentos. Se avecinan muchas crisis y desafíos: el calentamiento global, el COVID-19, la crisis energética, la guerra en Ucrania… øQué podemos esperar ahora que Xi Jinping ha sido elegido para un tercer mandato? øQué dirección tomará China…

TeleSUR, odr -YSM (2022-11-17). Panamá alerta sobre inicio de sexta ola de la Covid-19. telesurtv.net El titular de Salud panameño precisó que algunas provincias han registrado últimamente un alza de hasta 10 por ciento de nuevos casos la Covid-19.

WSWS (2022-11-16). The COVID-19 pandemic and the fight for socialism. wsws.org The Socialist Equality Party (UK) Congress resolution explains: "The two alternatives posed before mankind are either unending mass infection, debilitation and death, or the revolutionary overthrow of capitalism and implementation of a policy of global elimination, to end all human-to-human transmission of COVID-19."

Contributing Writers (2022-11-16). Leading British Cardiologist, Dr. Aseem Malhotra, and Dr. Peter McCullough Independently Come to Same Conclusion/ By John Leake. marktaliano.net Orginal Link here: Leading British Cardiologist, Dr. Aseem Malhotra, and Dr. Peter McCullough Independently Come to Same Conclusion (substack.com) "The Covid mRNA vaccine has likely played a significant role or been a primary cause of unexpected cardiac arrests, heart attacks, strokes, cardiac arrhythmias, and heart failure since 2021…" Until the British cardiologist, Dr. Aseem Malhotra, …

Jake Johnson (2022-11-16). 13 Senate Dems Join GOP in Voting to End Covid Emergency Declaration, Kick Millions Off Medicaid. commondreams.org One public health advocate warned that final passage of the resolution would "affect the cost of vaccines, tests, and treatments, restrict access to Medicaid and telehealth, and restart student loan payments."

Monet Bailey (2022-11-16). Baby's vaccine responses linked to childbirth method. healtheuropa.com The childbirth delivery method is associated with how a baby's immune system will respond to two key childhood vaccines. There are multiple types of childbirth delivery methods, including spontaneous vaginal birth, assisted vaginal birth, caesarean section, breech birth and multiple births. Many women plan for a natural vaginal birth; however, complications can arise during labour …

____ (2022-11-16). APEC report calls for structural reform, green recovery. ecns.cn Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) member economies should embark on green structural reforms and promote a green recovery from the economic slowdown triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, said an APEC report on Wednesday.

Julia Conley (2022-11-16). Preserve and Restore Nature to Prevent Future Pandemics: Studies. commondreams.org "Right now, the world is focused on how we can stop the next pandemic," said one scientist. "Unfortunately, preserving or restoring nature is rarely part of the discussion."

Keenan "HIGz" Higgins (2022-11-16). The Evolution Of Hip-Hop From The Perspective Of Three Certified Rap Pioneers. newsone.com Source: General / Radio One | Snoop Dogg, E-40, Too $hort, and MORE: Formed in 2020 during the pandemic, all four rap pioneers have finally made it around to dropping their debut…

____ (2022-11-15). Macao SAR chief executive delivers policy address, focusing on economy, public concerns. ecns.cn Ho Iat Seng, chief executive of China's Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR), on Tuesday delivered a policy address for fiscal year 2023, stressing efforts to shore up the economy and mitigate public difficulties while keeping the COVID-19 epidemic under control.

____ (2022-11-15). Hospitals being built to cope with infections. ecns.cn More makeshift hospitals are being built in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province, to boost its treatment capacity for COVID-19 infections, according to a local health official.

____ (2022-11-16). (100 great changes) Traditional Chinese medicine benefits the whole world. ecns.cn In 2022, the World Health Organization released the report of the WHO Expert Meeting on Evaluation of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)in the Treatment of COVID-19. The report presented evidence of the efficacy and safety of TCM, suggesting that on the basis of clinically relevant outcome measures, the TCMs are beneficial in the treatment of COVID-19.

Rian Overy (2022-11-16). COVID-19 virus can reactivate myalgic encephalomyelitis. healtheuropa.com According to researchers from Linkà∂ping University COVID-19 can reactivate viruses that had become latent in cells, particularly in people with myalgic encephalomyelitis. Severe, long-term fatigue, post-exertional malaise, pain, and sleep problems are all signs of myalgic encephalomyelitis, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome. The cause of the condition is still not fully understood, although it …

Susan Dunham (2022-11-16). The Corona Crisis has "Broken our Relationships and Crushed our Souls", "Courageous Voices have Emerged to Speak to the Hysteria of our Time" globalresearch.ca

TeleSUR (2022-11-16). New Variants Drive Up COVID-19 Infections in the United States. telesurenglish.net The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) informed that Omicron subvariants BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 accounted for nearly half of new COVID-19 cases in the U.S. in the past week. | RELATED: | The two new variants have been growing especially fast since October. At the beginning of October, each one accounted for about 1 percent of new infections in the United States, but they have been roughly doubling in prevalence…

WSWS (2022-11-16). Chinese Communist Party begins lifting Zero-COVID policy. wsws.org There is no scientific justification for this shift in policy, which is based solely on political and economic considerations.

TeleSUR (2022-11-16). First Monkeypox Death Reported in Chile. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, Chile's Health Ministry reported the first death from monkeypox in the country, of a person who was diagnosed with the disease on September 29. | RELATED: | The Head of the Department of Epidemiology of the Health Ministry Christian Garcia said on his official Twitter account, "There is a pattern that is common (in severe cases), people with underlying pathologies that cannot respond in the best way to other diseases, in this case…

____ (2022-11-16). Digital healthcare nurtures innovation. ecns.cn Healthcare professionals work at the Chronic Disease Management Center of digital healthcare company WeDoctor's grassroots-level healthcare maintenance organization in Tianjin in August 2021.

____ (2022-11-16). Study finds men with history of melanoma have higher risk of prostate cancer. ecns.cn A study led by Australia's Daffodil Center has found that men with a history of melanoma are more likely to be diagnosed with prostate cancer, compared to men who have never suffered from this skin disease.

Monet Bailey (2022-11-16). The bacteria behind leprosy disease could regenerate livers. healtheuropa.com In a groundbreaking discovery, researchers have found that parasites behind leprosy disease can reprogramme cells to increase the size of a liver. The latest findings from a research team from the University of Edinburgh suggest the possibility of adapting this natural process from leprosy disease to renew ageing livers and increase health span which is …

En.mehrnews (2022-11-16). Haiti, UN appeal for help as fears grow over cholera's spread. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 16 (MNA) — The UN and Haitian officials called for international assistance to respond to an outbreak of cholera that the World Health Organization has warned puts hundreds of thousands of people across the Caribbean nation at risk.

Mitchell Zimmerman (2022-11-16). The GOP Won't Dump Trumpism Anytime Soon. otherwords.org In the face of midterm election results that confounded predictions and crushed Republican hopes for a landslide victory, some in the media are suggesting that the party may finally turn away from Trump. | Trump-backed Republicans did indeed blow some critical races. But this hope suggests there are reasonable Republican office-holders out there who are now ready to liberate themselves from Trump's orbit and re-make the GOP as a normal, democracy-respecting party. | The suggestion that there was an "extremist" fever that has run its course is false. | The reality: MAGA Republicans are the Republican Party. Few Re…

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