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2022-12-16: News Headlines

G. Dunkel (2022-12-16). Long COVID: a public health catastrophe. workers.org On Sept. 18, President Joe Biden declared: "The pandemic is over. We still have a problem with COVID. We're still doing a lot of work on it. But the pandemic is over." Symptoms of long COVID The U.S. had an average daily rate of 207 deaths from COVID-19 as of . . . |

____ (2022-12-16). U.S. announces COVID preparedness plan. ecns.cn The White House on Thursday announced a COVID-19 'winter preparedness plan', including free at-home tests, to fight the virus as cases and hospitalizations across the country surge.

____ (2022-12-15). New edition of China's COVID-19 control protocols to be released soon: Zhong Nanshan. ecns.cn The 10th edition of China's COVID-19 control protocols will be released soon, which will benefit economic development on the basis of active epidemic prevention.

____ (2022-12-15). China conducts survey on population most susceptible to COVID-19 infections. ecns.cn China is carrying out a survey to identify people most susceptible to COVID-19 infections, including the elderly and those with underlying diseases, an official with the National Health Commission (NHC) said on Thursday.

____ (2022-12-15). UAE approves use of China's Sinopharm broad-spectrum COVID vaccine. ecns.cn A broad-spectrum COVID-19 vaccine developed by Chinese drugmaker Sinopharm, which has the potential to protect against variants including Omicron, has been approved for emergency use by authorities in the United Arab Emirates.

____ (2022-12-15). Businesses receive boost for orders at home and abroad. ecns.cn In the last two weeks, foreign trade companies in China have ramped up their efforts to grab international orders, as the nation further optimizes its COVID-19 policies.

WSWS (2022-12-16). Education workers across Canada must link the fight for Zero COVID to the growing working-class challenge to capitalist austerity and imperialist war. wsws.org In Canada and many other countries, a conflux of respiratory viruses—primarily influenza, RSV and COVID-19—have brought an already overstretched and chronically understaffed health care system to the brink of collapse.

____ (2022-12-16). Leaders call for actions on biodiversity. ecns.cn The high-level meeting, starting from Dec 15, assembled ministers from 140 contracting parties and 60 international organizations, including nearly 200 ministerial-level representatives.

____ (2022-12-15). Biden says COVID-19 cases rising across U.S. ecns.cn U.S. President Joe Biden said on Thursday that COVID-19 cases "are rising" across the country.

____ (2022-12-16). Grassroots clinics being buffed up. ecns.cn Sourcing sufficient medical supplies for primary healthcare clinics, recruiting recent retirees and increasing the number of fever clinics are some of the measures being taken to relieve the strain on the grassroots level amid the Omicron outbreak.

WSWS (2022-12-16). Chinese Communist Party embraces the global "forever COVID" policy. wsws.org With breathtaking speed, at the behest of world capitalism, the CCP leadership has stripped away even the most basic disease mitigation measures and clearly shifted to a policy of mass infection.

____ (2022-12-15). Multiple Chinese cities begin second booster rollout. ecns.cn Multiple Chinese cities have released the location of local vaccination sites while encouraging the public to seek out a second COVID-19 booster shot.

____ (2022-12-16). Temporary fever clinic in Beijing's Fengtai opens to patients. ecns.cn The clinic provided 24-hour services to 16-65 years old patient with mild symptoms of COVID infection and no underlying diseases.

WSWS (2022-12-16). Alberta nurse speaks about union indifference to mass illness and death. wsws.org In this interview for the Global Workers' Inquest into the COVID-19 Pandemic, Alberta nurse Kerry speaks on her experience with Long COVID and the unions' complicity in enforcing the government's "let it rip" pandemic policy.

WSWS (2022-12-16). German states strike mask requirements in public transportation. wsws.org In Germany more than 100 people are dying daily from COVID-19, clinics are at capacity and a winter storm of coronavirus is brewing.

____ (2022-12-16). Inspectors quash drug price gouging. ecns.cn Market regulation authorities have stepped up efforts to crack down on price gouging and profiteering on COVID-19 drugs and other anti-epidemic materials.

____ (2022-12-16). UN officials call for building consensus on biodiversity blueprint at COP15 meeting. ecns.cn UN officials on Thursday called for more consensus on reaching a post-2020 global biodiversity framework as a ministerial-level negotiation of the ongoing UN biodiversity conference started.

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2022-12-15). You Should Thank this Russian Naval Officer that You and Your Loved Ones Are Alive Today. covertactionmagazine.com Let's hope there are more Vasily Arkhipovs out there today—we need them now more than ever On October 27, 1962, Soviet naval officer Vasily Arkhipov helped prevent the outbreak of World War III and saved humanity from nuclear catastrophe. A minesweeper during the Pacific War, Arkhipov was the commander of a diesel submarine that had …

Senator Ron Johnson (2022-12-15). COVID-19 Vaccines: What They Are, How They Work, and Possible Causes of Injuries. U.S. Senator Johnson's Roundtable. globalresearch.ca

____ (2022-12-15). Xinjiang enterprises go full throttle to boost foreign trade. ecns.cn Many localities across China are moving fast to boost foreign trade and investment as the country has adjusted its COVID-19 response to facilitate the orderly recovery of normal life and production.

____ (2022-12-15). China Meheco signs contract to distribute Pfizer's COVID treatment drug in China. ecns.cn China Meheco said on Wednesday it signed an agreement with Pfizer Inc to import and distribute its oral COVID-19 treatment Paxlovid in the Chinese mainland.

WSWS (2022-12-15). Interview with a Foxconn worker from China. wsws.org "The Chinese government cares just about the economy. Faced with economic decline and opposition from the middle class, sacrificing the lives of millions of the poor [by lifting COVID restrictions] is not an unbearable price."

Editor (2022-12-15). China and the cost of reversing COVID-19 policies. workers.org For months western media has been attacking China's COVID policies, condemning them for causing enormous inconvenience and discomfort to avoid massive deaths from the pandemic. So, it comes as no surprise that when protests actually occur within China against the protective restrictions, these same media pundits elevate them to the . . . |

Julia Conley (2022-12-15). Outlook 'Grim' Halfway Through Global Biodiversity Summit, Climate Groups Warn. commondreams.org "If Global North countries don't compromise, the consequences will be dire," said Greenpeace. "One million species are at risk of extinction, threatening the web of life that holds our planet together."

____ (2022-12-15). Guangzhou scrambles to treat COVID patients. ecns.cn Major hospitals in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, have set up special operating rooms and isolation wards for COVID-19 patients as demand grows, local media reported.

____ (2022-12-15). Guangzhou taking steps to get biz back on track. ecns.cn Guangzhou, Guangdong province, is sparing no effort to attract more offshore investment and stimulate consumption as the country is optimizing its COVID-19 policies and measures.

Michelle Zuno (2022-12-15). Los Angeles Tenants Union holds People's Assembly to address housing crisis. liberationnews.org On December 3, several hundred attendees participated in the first People's Assembly organized by the Los Angeles Tenants Union since the pandemic exacerbated the housing crisis in Los Angeles. The union-wide assembly was held in the Student Union building at the Los Angeles City College. The Assembly represented local chapters of the Los Angeles Tenants Union, including: Baldwin-Leimert-Crenshaw, East Hollywood, Union de Vecinos from the Eastside, Lincoln Heights, South Central, Flower Drive, MacArthur Park, Vermont y Beverly (VyBe), and more. Each local presented their unique struggles, their tenants organizing…

teleSUR, odr, SH (2022-12-15). Chile informa alza de Covid-19 y acumula 4.086 contagios. telesurtv.net Chile acumula 4.967.494 casos confirmados y 62.753 fallecidos a causa del coronavirus.

teleSUR, rzr, YSM (2022-12-15). OMS espera fin de emergencia global por Covid-19 y mpox en 2023. telesurtv.net Los criterios para decidir si se levanta la emergencia internacional se valorarán el próximo enero en la reunión trimestral del comité de expertos.6…

WSWS (2022-12-15). Florida drops case against COVID-19 whistleblower Rebekah Jones in deferred prosecution agreement. wsws.org The State of Florida dismissed the malicious charge of illegal computer use against Jones on December 7 while leveling a significant fine against her along with other draconian requirements.

Bryant Arroyo, Joe Piette (2022-12-15). Health care in prisons is a crime. workers.org Bryant Arroyo and Joe Piette If you have the misfortune of being convicted of a crime, innocent or not, what's it like behind bars if you have an illness, disease or injury? Bryant Arroyo, incarcerated at State Correctional Institute at Coal Township, Pennsylvania, gave recent examples of how people there . . . |

____ (2022-12-14). China launches second COVID-19 booster shot. ecns.cn China will offer a second COVID-19 booster dose to certain groups who had received their first booster shot more than six months, authorities said Wednesday.

____ (2022-12-14). COP15: China's subnational governments' role highlighted. ecns.cn The role that China's regional governments and local authorities play in boosting biodiversity was highlighted at the United Nations' COP15 on Tuesday.

____ (2022-12-14). Nov credit shortfall due to outbreaks. ecns.cn China's credit growth fell short of market expectations in November despite improvements from a month earlier, highlighting the need to launch more measures to expand credit demand and stabilize the economy.

WSWS (2022-12-14). Chinese hospitals face deluge of patients with end of Zero COVID. wsws.org As soon as China ended its centralized COVID testing and lifted its primary public health restrictions, COVID cases have begun to surge rapidly across the population. Hospitals in major metropolitan cities are reporting long lines of patients seeking treatment.

____ (2022-12-14). COP15: Goal is to secure biodiversity framework. ecns.cn The participants in the United Nations' COP15 are working toward finalizing…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-12-14). The Covid "Killer Vaccine". People Are Dying All Over the World. It's A Criminal Undertaking. globalresearch.ca First published on November 26, 2022 | *** | We are being accused of "spreading disinformation" regarding the Covid-19 vaccine. | The Reuters and AP media "trackers" and "fact checkers" will be out to smear the testimonies of parents who have lost their …

____ (2022-12-14). Beijing rushes to meet surging demand for medications. ecns.cn Pharmaceutical companies rushed to boost supplies as demand surges for fever and cold medications in Beijing.

WSWS (2022-12-14). New York Times covers up for Biden, Trump and other COVID-19 criminals. wsws.org At bottom, the death toll from the coronavirus pandemic does not result from a medical or health care crisis but from the subordination of public health to private profit.

____ (2022-12-14). Second booster shot available for at-risk people. ecns.cn People at high risk of contracting COVID-19 are now permitted to get a second booster shot, according to a new notice on Wednesday.

Jim Spellman (2022-12-14). Businesses look to incorporate biodiversity preservation into strategies. america.cgtn.com Business is often seen as being at odds with preserving biodiversity, but Akanksha Khatri, Head of Nature and Biodiversity at the World Economic Forum says businesses must embrace biodiversity to thrive.

Jim Hoft (2022-12-14). College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario "Suggests": Unvaccinated Patients Are Mentally Ill and Should be Put on Psychiatric Medication. globalresearch.ca

Stop World Control (2022-12-14). Video: The Plan. WHO Plans to Have 10 Years of Pandemics (2020-2030). "Proof that the Pandemic was Planned with a Purpose" globalresearch.ca First published by Global Research on June 1, 2022 | *** | THE PLAN shows the official agenda of the World Health Organization to have ten years of ongoing pandemics, from 2020 to 2030. | This is revealed by a WHO virologist, Marion …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-12-14). Video: Pfizer's "Secret" Report on the Covid Vaccine. Beyond Manslaughter. The Evidence is Overwhelming. The Vaccine Should Be Immediately Withdrawn Worldwide. globalresearch.ca

His Excellency Carlo Maria Viganà≤ (2022-12-14). Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganà≤: The COVID Pandemic Farce Served as a Trial Balloon for the New World Order. globalresearch.ca

teleSUR, MER (2022-12-14). Presidente venezolano: sistema de salud respondió ante Covid-19. telesurtv.net El mandatario afirmó que gracias a las estrategias aplicadas y al esfuerzo del personal sanitario pudieron mantener bajo control la pandemia.

Ethan Huff (2022-12-14). Many People Fully Vaccinated for COVID Are Now Going Blind. globalresearch.ca

____ (2022-12-14). Eased restrictions to spur Spring Festival travel surge. ecns.cn Travel agencies have forecast that the tourism market will embrace a robust recovery during the approaching Spring Festival holiday in late January in the wake of the government's continued optimization of COVID-19 control measures.

WSWS (2022-12-14). Australian Labor government restricts COVID testing. wsws.org More reliable PCR tests will no longer be available for large sections of the population and those who are eligible will require a doctor's referral.

____ (2022-12-14). Dinosaur visits COP15 meeting. ecns.cn The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) brought a ferocious, life-like dinosaur to COP15, the UN's biodiversity conference, to urge more climate action from global leaders.

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2022-12-14: News Headlines

WSWS (2022-12-14). New York Times covers up for Biden, Trump and other COVID-19 criminals. wsws.org At bottom, the death toll from the coronavirus pandemic does not result from a medical or health care crisis but from the subordination of public health to private profit.

____ (2022-12-14). Eased restrictions to spur Spring Festival travel surge. ecns.cn Travel agencies have forecast that the tourism market will embrace a robust recovery during the approaching Spring Festival holiday in late January in the wake of the government's continued optimization of COVID-19 control measures.

____ (2022-12-14). Second booster shot available for at-risk people. ecns.cn People at high risk of contracting COVID-19 are now permitted to get a second booster shot, according to a new notice on Wednesday.

____ (2022-12-14). China launches second COVID-19 booster shot. ecns.cn China will offer a second COVID-19 booster dose to certain groups who had received their first booster shot more than six months, authorities said Wednesday.

WSWS (2022-12-14). Chinese hospitals face deluge of patients with end of Zero COVID. wsws.org As soon as China ended its centralized COVID testing and lifted its primary public health restrictions, COVID cases have begun to surge rapidly across the population. Hospitals in major metropolitan cities are reporting long lines of patients seeking treatment.

WSWS (2022-12-14). Australian Labor government restricts COVID testing. wsws.org More reliable PCR tests will no longer be available for large sections of the population and those who are eligible will require a doctor's referral.

____ (2022-12-14). Nov credit shortfall due to outbreaks. ecns.cn China's credit growth fell short of market expectations in November despite improvements from a month earlier, highlighting the need to launch more measures to expand credit demand and stabilize the economy.

____ (2022-12-14). Beijing rushes to meet surging demand for medications. ecns.cn Pharmaceutical companies rushed to boost supplies as demand surges for fever and cold medications in Beijing.

____ (2022-12-14). COP15: China's subnational governments' role highlighted. ecns.cn The role that China's regional governments and local authorities play in boosting biodiversity was highlighted at the United Nations' COP15 on Tuesday.

____ (2022-12-14). COP15: Goal is to secure biodiversity framework. ecns.cn The participants in the United Nations' COP15 are working toward finalizing…

____ (2022-12-14). Dinosaur visits COP15 meeting. ecns.cn The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) brought a ferocious, life-like dinosaur to COP15, the UN's biodiversity conference, to urge more climate action from global leaders.

TeleSUR, MER (2022-12-14). Presidente venezolano: sistema de salud respondió ante Covid-19. telesurtv.net El mandatario afirmó que gracias a las estrategias aplicadas y al esfuerzo del personal sanitario pudieron mantener bajo control la pandemia.

____ (2022-12-12). Netizens grateful for lifesaving antivirus efforts. ecns.cn China's strict COVID-19 policies, which have been routinely modified over the past three years to tackle the ceaseless mutations of thenovel coronavirus, have saved millions of lives in the country, many netizens said.

Dr. Peter McCullough (2022-12-13). Conservative Risk Benefit Analyses Decide Against COVID-19 Vaccination. globalresearch.ca

____ (2022-12-13). Health kits to protect vulnerable from virus. ecns.cn Special free health kits for COVID-19 prevention and control are being provided to children, seniors and those in need in major cities as the country optimizes its policies to fight the pandemic.

WSWS (2022-12-13). US COVID-19 policy: "Social murder" of older Americans. wsws.org The disproportionate death toll of COVID-19 on those over 65 is a desired outcome of the architects of America's pandemic policy.

____ (2022-12-12). China moves to boost foreign investment, trade as COVID-19 measures adjusted. ecns.cn Many localities across China are moving fast to boost foreign trade and investment as the country has adjusted its COVID-19 response to facilitate the orderly recovery of normal life and production.

____ (2022-12-13). China's major telecom operators delete data of COVID-19 travel code. ecns.cn Trip records data of Chinese users collected by the Travel Card mini app was deleted synchronously to protect the personal information security according to law, said China's three major telecom operators.

____ (2022-12-13). Travelers keen to get away after new rules introduced. ecns.cn The domestic tourism market is breathing a collective sigh of relief and hoping for a strong recovery after the central government's relaxation of COVID-19 control measures.

____ (2022-12-13). Rural ICUs prepare for surge in cases. ecns.cn China is shoring up intensive care facilities in rural areas and strengthening the training of grassroots medical staff to improve capacity before possible surges in cases of COVID-19, the top health authority said.

____ (2022-12-13). Life, production returning to normal in China's Xinjiang. ecns.cn Life is returning to normal and production is being steadily restored in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, with further optimized COVID-19 response measures in place.

Ethan Huff (2022-12-13). BABY-CIDE Jabs: Dr. Cole Receiving Placentas from COVID-jabbed Women That Are Inflamed, Calcified and Full of Spike Proteins. globalresearch.ca

____ (2022-12-13). Teamwork stressed on health crises. ecns.cn Infectious disease experts from the United States and China have put the case for collaboration on health threats, especially with the likelihood that public health emergencies will emerge at a faster pace in the coming decades.

____ (2022-12-12). Courts strengthen protection of biodiversity. ecns.cn Chinese courts have pledged to strengthen judicial protection of biodiversity and advance the building of a legal system for conserving biodiversity, so as to beautify the environment and increase people's sense of security, fulfillment and happiness.

____ (2022-12-13). UN high-ranking official 'optimistic' about securing key roadmap for biodiversity conservation. ecns.cn Elizabeth Maruma Mrema said here on Monday that she is optimistic about concluding…

Owen Fairclough (2022-12-13). COP15: Challenges to secure a 'Paris'-style agreement for nature. america.cgtn.com Delegates from around 200 countries were continuing their discussions on Thursday to find a new deal on protecting biodiversity after a stark warning from the head of the United Nations. The COP15 conference in Canada, led by China, is trying to forge a deal …

Staff (2022-12-13). AZ Governor Builds Illegal "Border Wall" of Shipping Containers & Razor Wire. Why Isn't Biden Stopping It? democracynow.org Outgoing Republican Governor Doug Ducey of Arizona is spending nearly $100 million in his final weeks in office to erect a makeshift border wall along the state's southern boundary with Mexico made of shipping containers and razor wire. Ducey has described it as an effort to complete former President Donald Trump's border wall, but the shipping containers are being placed on federal and tribal lands without permission. Protesters who have tried to block construction warn the wall is destroying precious desert biodiversity and forcing asylum seekers to take even more dangerous routes along the border t…

TeleSUR, SH (2022-12-13). China relaja restricciones en lucha contra el coronavirus. telesurtv.net China anunció recientemente el fin de los confinamientos a gran escala y las cuarentenas en instalaciones gubernamentales.

TeleSUR, lvm, JGN (2022-12-13). Gobierno argentino reitera reforzar vacunación contra la Covid-19. telesurtv.net La ministra Vizzotti expresó que "los refuerzos siguen siendo la mejor manera de prevenir hospitalizaciones y muertes".

TeleSUR, odr, JGN (2022-12-13). Panamá registra alza de Covid-19 y acumula 1.015.970 de contagios. telesurtv.net En las unidades de cuidados intensivos había cinco pacientes, en sala 170 y en sus domicilios 9.167 enfermos.

TeleSUR, odr, YSM (2022-12-13). Bolivia reporta 6.079 nuevos casos de Covid-19. telesurtv.net Nueve departamentos registran mayor número de casos, encabezados por Santa Cruz.

Anonymous103 (2022-12-12). The Twitter Files: The Corporate Media Ignores The Biggest Story Of The Decade. southfront.org | Originally published on The biggest story of the past decade is not the covid pandemic, the January 6th protests, the war in Ukraine, the BLM riots, or even the stagflationary crisis in the US. Behind these major events is another story, one that connects them all together in a disturbing way. Even more important than the effects of geopolitical and economic chaos is the…

____ (2022-12-12). Top epidemiologist urges intensified COVID-19 vaccine booster drive. ecns.cn The United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Sunday successfully launched the Rashid moon rover, marking its first mission to the surface of the moon.

Paul Anthony Taylor (2022-12-12). New Study Confirms What We Knew All Along : mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines Are Associated with More Serious Harms Than Originally Claimed. globalresearch.ca

Will Jones (2022-12-12). New Autopsy Report Reveals Those Who Died Suddenly Were Likely Killed by the COVID Vaccine. globalresearch.ca

_____ (2022-12-12). 'It's going to be a nightmare': Grueling holiday conditions on the horizon for airport workers. popularresistance.org Every year, the media churns out countless headlines on holiday travel surges, operational issues, delays, and lost bags, while ignoring low paid and understaffed workers at airports around the United States. Starting Thanksgiving week, airports are flooded with a holiday surge in passengers, with air travel this season projected to be around 99% of pre-pandemic levels. | Bearing the brunt of the holiday travel demands are airport workers who are now expected to handle this surge despite severe understaffing and low pay in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many were initially laid off or furloughed at the onset…

_____ (2022-12-12). Grueling Holiday Conditions On The Horizon For Airport Workers. popularresistance.org Every year, the media churns out countless headlines on holiday travel surges, operational issues, delays, and lost bags, while ignoring low paid and understaffed workers at airports around the United States. Starting Thanksgiving week, airports are flooded with a holiday surge in passengers, with air travel this season projected to be around 99% of pre-pandemic levels. | Bearing the brunt of the holiday travel demands are airport workers who are now expected to handle this surge despite severe understaffing and low pay in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many were initially laid off or furloughed at the onset…

WSWS (2022-12-12). US COVID death toll surges in third winter of the pandemic. wsws.org The elderly account for 92 percent of recent deaths, the byproduct of a deliberate policy of "culling" the population of those who do not contribute to corporate profit.

Anthony Murdoch (2022-12-12). Canadian Quarantine Cops Fined Close to 5,000 Children for Violating Trudeau's COVID Rules. globalresearch.ca

Children's Health Defense (2022-12-12). COVID Booster Mandates for Young Adults Will Cause 'Net Harm,' BMJ Study Says. globalresearch.ca

Didi Rankovic (2022-12-12). EU Chooses Digital ID Contractor Associated with the UK's COVID Trace System. globalresearch.ca

____ (2022-12-12). Cities unveil policies to stimulate economic recovery. ecns.cn Several Chinese cities are introducing concrete steps to stimulate consumption and maintain stable economic growth amid optimization of the country's COVID-19 rules in recent weeks.

____ (2022-12-12). China's fast-moving consumer goods market resilient despite COVID-19: report. ecns.cn China's fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector showed a resilient performance despite the impact of COVID-19, an industrial report said.

____ (2022-12-12). Bumper 2022 grain harvest achieved. ecns.cn China has seen another year with a bumper grain harvest despite the impact of extreme weather and COVID-19, official data showed on Monday.

____ (2022-12-12). COVID patients positive again, but not contagious. ecns.cn People who tested positive again after they had been treated for COVID-19 and discharged from the hospital were not contagious, a study has found.

____ (2022-12-12). Treating potentially severe COVID cases given priority. ecns.cn The focus of COVID-19 control measures has shifted to intervention in potentially severe cases as the milder Omicron variant spreads more widely, experts said.

Emanuel Pastreich (2022-12-12). "Inside the COVID-19 Global Coup d'état" globalresearch.ca

Lily Meyersohn (2022-12-12). COVID Tragedy at Nursing Home Underscores the Deadly Risks of For-Profit Care. truthout.org New York Attorney General Letitia James recently filed a lawsuit against The Villages, a nursing home in Albion, New York, for years of financial fraud that resulted in the abandonment of the "most basic functions of care" for the nursing home's residents. An investigation conducted by the Office of the Attorney General found that from 2015 to 2021, the facility's owners received $86.4… |

Luis Chirino (2022-12-12). The International Havana Film Festival returns in full. america.cgtn.com Cubans are going to movie theaters this week in large numbers to enjoy a large sampling of films at the International Havana Film Festival. The event returns in full after two years of COVID-19 restrictions. Short and full-length feature films, documentaries, poster exhibits and theoretical …

____ (2022-12-12). China's biodiversity conservation goals better than average: COP15 president. ecns.cn China's implementation of biodiversity conservation goals in the past decade was better than the global average.

Laith Fadel (2022-12-12). Protecting the environment and Indigenous Peoples go hand-in-hand. america.cgtn.com The COP15 has seen several important topics raised by delegates, including the protection of the world's ecosystems and its biodiversity.At the UN Biodiversity conference, delegates continue to work on a framework that could help shape how the world's land and water are protected. In the …

Mark Niu (2022-12-12). COP15: Delegates working to slow biodiversity crisis. america.cgtn.com At the UN Biodiversity Convention, COP15, in Montreal, delegates are under pressure to draft a global agreement to slow the loss of the Earth's biodiversity. By some estimates, around a million animal and plant species could disappear, many within decades.

SP Editor (2022-12-12). End of Destructive Subsidies Key Demand at COP15 Biodiversity Talks. scheerpost.com

TeleSUR, hvh, JDO (2022-12-12). Más de 900 migrantes arriban a Italia en operación humanitaria. telesurtv.net Según el protocolo establecido, los migrantes recibieron atención médica y fueron sometidos a un test de Covid-19.

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2022-12-13: News Headlines

____ (2022-12-12). Netizens grateful for lifesaving antivirus efforts. ecns.cn China's strict COVID-19 policies, which have been routinely modified over the past three years to tackle the ceaseless mutations of thenovel coronavirus, have saved millions of lives in the country, many netizens said.

____ (2022-12-13). Health kits to protect vulnerable from virus. ecns.cn Special free health kits for COVID-19 prevention and control are being provided to children, seniors and those in need in major cities as the country optimizes its policies to fight the pandemic.

WSWS (2022-12-13). US COVID-19 policy: "Social murder" of older Americans. wsws.org The disproportionate death toll of COVID-19 on those over 65 is a desired outcome of the architects of America's pandemic policy.

____ (2022-12-12). China moves to boost foreign investment, trade as COVID-19 measures adjusted. ecns.cn Many localities across China are moving fast to boost foreign trade and investment as the country has adjusted its COVID-19 response to facilitate the orderly recovery of normal life and production.

____ (2022-12-13). Travelers keen to get away after new rules introduced. ecns.cn The domestic tourism market is breathing a collective sigh of relief and hoping for a strong recovery after the central government's relaxation of COVID-19 control measures.

____ (2022-12-13). Rural ICUs prepare for surge in cases. ecns.cn China is shoring up intensive care facilities in rural areas and strengthening the training of grassroots medical staff to improve capacity before possible surges in cases of COVID-19, the top health authority said.

____ (2022-12-13). Life, production returning to normal in China's Xinjiang. ecns.cn Life is returning to normal and production is being steadily restored in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, with further optimized COVID-19 response measures in place.

____ (2022-12-13). Teamwork stressed on health crises. ecns.cn Infectious disease experts from the United States and China have put the case for collaboration on health threats, especially with the likelihood that public health emergencies will emerge at a faster pace in the coming decades.

____ (2022-12-12). Courts strengthen protection of biodiversity. ecns.cn Chinese courts have pledged to strengthen judicial protection of biodiversity and advance the building of a legal system for conserving biodiversity, so as to beautify the environment and increase people's sense of security, fulfillment and happiness.

____ (2022-12-13). UN high-ranking official 'optimistic' about securing key roadmap for biodiversity conservation. ecns.cn Elizabeth Maruma Mrema said here on Monday that she is optimistic about concluding…

TeleSUR, SH (2022-12-13). China relaja restricciones en lucha contra el coronavirus. telesurtv.net China anunció recientemente el fin de los confinamientos a gran escala y las cuarentenas en instalaciones gubernamentales.

TeleSUR, odr, YSM (2022-12-13). Bolivia reporta 6.079 nuevos casos de Covid-19. telesurtv.net Nueve departamentos registran mayor número de casos, encabezados por Santa Cruz.

TeleSUR, lvm, JGN (2022-12-13). Gobierno argentino reitera reforzar vacunación contra la Covid-19. telesurtv.net La ministra Vizzotti expresó que "los refuerzos siguen siendo la mejor manera de prevenir hospitalizaciones y muertes".

TeleSUR, odr, JGN (2022-12-13). Panamá registra alza de Covid-19 y acumula 1.015.970 de contagios. telesurtv.net En las unidades de cuidados intensivos había cinco pacientes, en sala 170 y en sus domicilios 9.167 enfermos.

Anonymous103 (2022-12-12). The Twitter Files: The Corporate Media Ignores The Biggest Story Of The Decade. southfront.org | Originally published on The biggest story of the past decade is not the covid pandemic, the January 6th protests, the war in Ukraine, the BLM riots, or even the stagflationary crisis in the US. Behind these major events is another story, one that connects them all together in a disturbing way. Even more important than the effects of geopolitical and economic chaos is the…

____ (2022-12-12). Top epidemiologist urges intensified COVID-19 vaccine booster drive. ecns.cn The United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Sunday successfully launched the Rashid moon rover, marking its first mission to the surface of the moon.

Paul Anthony Taylor (2022-12-12). New Study Confirms What We Knew All Along : mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines Are Associated with More Serious Harms Than Originally Claimed. globalresearch.ca

_____ (2022-12-12). 'It's going to be a nightmare': Grueling holiday conditions on the horizon for airport workers. popularresistance.org Every year, the media churns out countless headlines on holiday travel surges, operational issues, delays, and lost bags, while ignoring low paid and understaffed workers at airports around the United States. Starting Thanksgiving week, airports are flooded with a holiday surge in passengers, with air travel this season projected to be around 99% of pre-pandemic levels. | Bearing the brunt of the holiday travel demands are airport workers who are now expected to handle this surge despite severe understaffing and low pay in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many were initially laid off or furloughed at the onset…

_____ (2022-12-12). Grueling Holiday Conditions On The Horizon For Airport Workers. popularresistance.org Every year, the media churns out countless headlines on holiday travel surges, operational issues, delays, and lost bags, while ignoring low paid and understaffed workers at airports around the United States. Starting Thanksgiving week, airports are flooded with a holiday surge in passengers, with air travel this season projected to be around 99% of pre-pandemic levels. | Bearing the brunt of the holiday travel demands are airport workers who are now expected to handle this surge despite severe understaffing and low pay in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many were initially laid off or furloughed at the onset…

WSWS (2022-12-12). US COVID death toll surges in third winter of the pandemic. wsws.org The elderly account for 92 percent of recent deaths, the byproduct of a deliberate policy of "culling" the population of those who do not contribute to corporate profit.

Anthony Murdoch (2022-12-12). Canadian Quarantine Cops Fined Close to 5,000 Children for Violating Trudeau's COVID Rules. globalresearch.ca

Children's Health Defense (2022-12-12). COVID Booster Mandates for Young Adults Will Cause 'Net Harm,' BMJ Study Says. globalresearch.ca

____ (2022-12-12). Cities unveil policies to stimulate economic recovery. ecns.cn Several Chinese cities are introducing concrete steps to stimulate consumption and maintain stable economic growth amid optimization of the country's COVID-19 rules in recent weeks.

____ (2022-12-12). China's fast-moving consumer goods market resilient despite COVID-19: report. ecns.cn China's fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector showed a resilient performance despite the impact of COVID-19, an industrial report said.

____ (2022-12-12). Bumper 2022 grain harvest achieved. ecns.cn China has seen another year with a bumper grain harvest despite the impact of extreme weather and COVID-19, official data showed on Monday.

____ (2022-12-12). COVID patients positive again, but not contagious. ecns.cn People who tested positive again after they had been treated for COVID-19 and discharged from the hospital were not contagious, a study has found.

____ (2022-12-12). Treating potentially severe COVID cases given priority. ecns.cn The focus of COVID-19 control measures has shifted to intervention in potentially severe cases as the milder Omicron variant spreads more widely, experts said.

____ (2022-12-12). China's biodiversity conservation goals better than average: COP15 president. ecns.cn China's implementation of biodiversity conservation goals in the past decade was better than the global average.

TeleSUR, hvh, JDO (2022-12-12). Más de 900 migrantes arriban a Italia en operación humanitaria. telesurtv.net Según el protocolo establecido, los migrantes recibieron atención médica y fueron sometidos a un test de Covid-19.

WSWS (2022-12-11). Catastrophe in care at German children's hospitals. wsws.org A wave of infections in Germany is pushing hospitals and their staff to the limit. In addition to the strain of the coronavirus pandemic, now in its third year, seasonal sickness from influenza and RSV have increased the burden on health care.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-12-11). The Covid "Killer Vaccine". People Are Dying All Over the World. It's A Criminal Undertaking. globalresearch.ca First published on November 26, 2022 | *** | We are being accused of "spreading disinformation" regarding the Covid-19 vaccine. | The Reuters and AP media "trackers" and "fact checkers" will be out to smear the testimonies of parents who have lost their …

Jim Hoft (2022-12-11). College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario "Suggests": Unvaccinated Patients Are Mentally Ill and Should be Put on Psychiatric Medication. globalresearch.ca

Michael Snyder (2022-12-11). Climate Change Lockdowns. Yup, They Are Actually Going There… globalresearch.ca Important article by Michael Snyder | I suppose that we should have known that this was inevitable. After establishing a precedent during the pandemic, now the elite apparently intend to impose lockdowns for other reasons as well. | What I have detailed …

Art Moore (2022-12-11). Top Oncologist: Cancer in Patients Exploding After COVID Shots. globalresearch.ca

____ (2022-12-11). Avatar: The Way of Water promises bright future for Chinese cinemas. ecns.cn In China, more than half of cinemas have resumed business as the country optimized COVID-19 prevention and control measures, with many popular films including Avatar: The Way of Water to be screened in the upcoming days.

____ (2022-12-11). What experts say about China's COVID-19 response measures. ecns.cn

____ (2022-12-11). WHO concerned over increasing antibiotic resistance in human infections. ecns.cn High levels of antibiotic resistance in bacteria are causing life-threatening bloodstream infections, according to the latest report released by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday.

Anonymous669 (2022-12-11). 24 Syrian Soldiers Allegedly Killed Or Wounded In Two Raids By HTS Near Greater Idlib (Photos). southfront.org On December 11, militants of al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) attacked several positions of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) around…

Keegan O'Brien (2022-12-11). After Club Q, We Must Build a Movement for Queer and Trans Liberation. truthout.org Daniel Davis Aston, a 28-year-old trans man, was a bartender at Club Q. He loved poetry and the arts. According to friends, his handsome smile and warm, charming energy was contagious. Earlier this year Aston moved from Tulsa, Oklahoma back to Colorado Springs to be closer to family and begin his medical transition. Like so many trans and queer people, he sought refuge and found it — in Club Q… |

Mark Niu (2022-12-11). COP15 delegates gather in Montreal. america.cgtn.com Representatives from nearly 200 governments have descended on Montreal for the UN Biodiversity COP 15 conference. As Mark Niu reports, the delegates are getting a push from environmentalists to come up with solutions to save the planet.

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-12-11). Presidente de Italia, Sergio Mattarella, da positivo a la Covid-19. telesurtv.net Matarella, de 81 años de edad, se sometió a una prueba y dio positivo, por lo que ha tenido que posponer los compromisos institucionales de los próximos días en su agenda.

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____ (2022-12-11). WHO concerned over increasing antibiotic resistance in human infections. ecns.cn High levels of antibiotic resistance in bacteria are causing life-threatening bloodstream infections, according to the latest report released by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday.

____ (2022-12-11). What experts say about China's COVID-19 response measures. ecns.cn

____ (2022-12-11). Avatar: The Way of Water promises bright future for Chinese cinemas. ecns.cn In China, more than half of cinemas have resumed business as the country optimized COVID-19 prevention and control measures, with many popular films including Avatar: The Way of Water to be screened in the upcoming days.

Mark Niu (2022-12-11). COP15 delegates gather in Montreal. america.cgtn.com Representatives from nearly 200 governments have descended on Montreal for the UN Biodiversity COP 15 conference. As Mark Niu reports, the delegates are getting a push from environmentalists to come up with solutions to save the planet.

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-12-11). Presidente de Italia, Sergio Mattarella, da positivo a la Covid-19. telesurtv.net Matarella, de 81 años de edad, se sometió a una prueba y dio positivo, por lo que ha tenido que posponer los compromisos institucionales de los próximos días en su agenda.

WSWS (2022-12-10). Sick children turned away as crisis deepens in Australian hospitals. wsws.org The catastrophic conditions in hospitals are a product of "let it rip" COVID-19 policies, implemented with bipartisan approval since late 2021 and deepened by the federal Labor government of Anthony Albanese.

Rohini Mathur, Christopher T Rentsch, Kavita Venkataraman, Segun Fatumo, Modou Jobe, Chaisiri Angkurawaranon, Suan Ee Ong, Angel Y S Wong, Moneeza K Siddiqui (2022-12-10). [Comment] How do we collect good-quality data on race and ethnicity and address the trust gap? thelancet.com The collection of high-quality data on race and ethnicity is essential for identifying inequalities and uncovering patterns of potential disadvantage and racism that might otherwise remain insidious. The terms race and ethnicity encompass a wide and complex range of socially constructed characteristics, including an individual's own self-identification and social determinants of health and wellbeing. The importance of collecting race and ethnicity data was highlighted during the COVID-19 pandemic; for instance, in the UK, researchers uncovered stark ethnic inequalities1,2 and translated these findings into policy…

Anonymous103 (2022-12-10). Untold Political Campaign Tools Of The US: Social Media, COVID-19, Masks … southfront.org | Since the outbreak of COVID-19, the U.S. government has been using the anti-epidemic measures as bargaining chips. The America First Legal Foundation (AFL) found out that the government has used social media and NGOs to monitor public opinion, changed the public health policy without scientific evidence. As a result, the US leads the world in confirmed coronavirus cases, and the citizens are at high risk of infection. | The U.S. government attempted to control public opinions through s…

Habib Naqvi, Reginald D Williams, Owen Chinembiri, Sam Rodger (2022-12-10). [Comment] Workforce and workplace racism in health systems: organisations are diverse but not inclusive. thelancet.com In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and the international reckoning on racial justice, there is a fundamental imperative for organisations to expose and combat racism and bias within the health-care workforce. Racism is a public health threat and there is an opportunity for individuals and institutions to identify and reverse racist policies and practices that lead to unequal treatment, outcomes, and experiences in health care.1 At present, the UK and the USA have workplaces that are increasingly diverse but are not inclusive.

Michael Snyder (2022-12-10). Climate Change Lockdowns. Yup, They Are Actually Going There… globalresearch.ca Important article by Michael Snyder | I suppose that we should have known that this was inevitable. After establishing a precedent during the pandemic, now the elite apparently intend to impose lockdowns for other reasons as well. | What I have detailed …

Michael Welch (2022-12-10). Is the Pandemic Over? The Worldwide Corona Crisis. Bankruptcies, Unemployment, Famine and Food Insecurity. globalresearch.ca

Puja Mehta, Christopher D Buckley (2022-12-10). [Correspondence] "Your people have always been servants": internalised racism in academic medicine. thelancet.com The COVID-19 pandemic and Black Lives Matter protests catalysed a global racial awakening, intensifying an outcry to abolish structural racism, including making science more equitable and accountable. Many minoritised people had an epiphany: that we are standing at the foot of a "hostile obstacle course",1 which contrasts with the popular, but passive, leaky pipeline analogy.

WSWS (2022-12-10). Australia faces holiday surge as COVID infections, hospitalisations grow. wsws.org By every metric, the pandemic is once again worsening in Australia. Governments, however, are insisting that the priority is to ensure a "normal" holiday season to maximise profits.

Josh Mitteldorf (2022-12-10). U.S. Senate Roundtable: COVID Policy Has Been a Crime Against Humanity. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2022-12-10). Low levels of testing in Europe obscure rapid COVID-19 winter surge. wsws.org European governments' "forever COVID" strategy has led to the total destruction of the most basic measures to track the virus.

Lawrence B Brown, Fabian Johnston (2022-12-10). [Comment] Racial disparities in physician decision making for primary brain tumours. thelancet.com Prompt evaluation and early surgical resection of neurological tumours have been shown to improve long-term outcomes for patients with primary brain tumors.1—4 Despite the high morbidity of neurological disease within the USA, there is little data considering physician decisions in the management of neurosurgical patients and the disparities that could arise from these decisions. Disparities work in this field has largely focused on patient factors such as access, income, insurance, geography, structural inequities, and operative and postoperative morbidity.

Udani Samarasekera (2022-12-10). [World Report] Pakistan's growing HIV epidemic. thelancet.com Diagnoses are growing and experts fear that infection is moving from key populations to the public at large. Udani Samarasekera reports.

WSWS (2022-12-10). New Jersey governor seeks private vendor to run state's veterans homes. wsws.org The move is an attempt at damage control after federal inspectors effectively ended new admissions to the Menlo Park, New Jersey, veterans home because of inadequate infection control.

TeleSUR, odr, YSM (2022-12-10). Costa Rica reporta 3.552 nuevos casos de Covid-19 en una semana. telesurtv.net El reporte de la semana epidemiológica 48 indica que los casos se incrementaron en 764, en comparación con la semana precedente.

TeleSUR, gao, SH (2022-12-10). Registran abrupto incremento de casos de Covid-19 en Paraguay. telesurtv.net Las autoridades sanitarias de Paraguay indicaron que el número de casos de coronavirus aumentaron un 120 por ciento en una semana.

Staff (2022-12-10). Soberana 02 y Soberana Plus reciben gran premio en evento internacional en Belarús. cubadebate.cu Las vacunas cubanas anti covid-19 Soberana 02 y Soberana Plus obtuvieron el Gran Premio del evento internacional de negocios Líder del Año, en Belarús, por su contribución a la lucha mundial contra la pandemia, informó en su cuenta en Twitter el Instituto Finlay de Vacunas (IFV).

TeleSUR, jaa, YSM (2022-12-10). Francia reporta aumento en tasa de incidencia de Covid-19. telesurtv.net Se registraron al menos 94 muertes más asociadas a la Covid-19, por lo que suman 159.611 desde el inicio de la pandemia.

TeleSUR, odr, YSM (2022-12-10). Belice reporta 69 nuevos casos de Covid-19. telesurtv.net Hasta el momento, no varía la cifra de fallecidos, que se mantiene en 688, ni hay personas hospitalizadas.

Hannah Recht (2022-12-09). Paxlovid and Pfizer Vaccine Expected to Skyrocket in Price Next Year. truthout.org Nearly 6 million Americans have taken Paxlovid for free, courtesy of the federal government. The Pfizer pill has helped prevent many people infected with covid-19 from being hospitalized or dying, and it may even reduce the risk of developing long covid. But the government plans to stop footing the bill within months, and millions of people who are at the highest risk of severe illness and are… |

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-12-09). Biggest Lie in World History: There Never Was A Pandemic. The Data Base is Flawed. The Covid Mandates including the Vaccine are Invalid. globalresearch.ca Fake science was supportive of this devastating agenda. The lies were sustained by a massive media disinformation campaign. The historic March 11, 2020 lockdown triggered economic and social chaos Worldwide. It was an act of "economic warfare": a war against humanity.

Mike Campbell (2022-12-09). WHO Member States Agree to Develop Legally-binding Pandemic Treaty. globalresearch.ca

Ashley Sadler (2022-12-09). Florida Governor DeSantis Promises to Hold Pfizer, Moderna Accountable for COVID Jab Side Effects. globalresearch.ca

____ (2022-12-09). Guidelines issued to help patients recover. ecns.cn Health authorities on Thursday issued two guidelines in tandem to help COVID-19 patients with mild symptoms recover at home and to properly monitor their health with test kits.

____ (2022-12-09). 101-year-old Chinese COVID-19 patient cured after 5 days in hospital. ecns.cn Sitting in her wheelchair, a 101-year-old COVID-19 patient surnamed Li expressed her thanks to the medical staff who had cared for her over the previous five days.

Emanuel Pastreich (2022-12-09). The Third Opium War: The Agenda Behind the COVID-19 Assault on China. globalresearch.ca

Hector Luis Alamo (2022-12-09). Brownlisted: What I Saw This Week in Quarantine. latinorebels.com This week's wrap-up comes to you from the cozy confines of quarantine, as senior editor Hector Luis Alamo has managed to catch COVID for only the second time this year.

WSWS (2022-12-09). At the behest of world capitalism, Chinese Communist Party opens China to COVID-19. wsws.org The demand for mass infection in China comes not from the Chinese people but from international finance capital.

TeleSUR, hvh, JDO (2022-12-09). Grupo de Puebla pospone encuentro en apoyo a Cristina Fernández. telesurtv.net La vicepresidenta argentina dio positivo a la Covid-19. El foro político de izquierda señaló que "se encuentra en buen estado de salud".

TeleSUR, rzr, YSM (2022-12-09). FAO potenciará la agricultura familiar. telesurtv.net Se acordó que la agricultura familiar revierta los efectos de la Covid-19, el cambio climático y la inestabilidad del mercado mundial de alimentos.

TeleSUR, odr, JGN (2022-12-09). OMS asegura que casos de malaria se mantuvieron estables en 2021. telesurtv.net Según las estadísticas decreció el número de contagios, independientemente del alza del 2020, primer año de la pandemia.

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____ (2022-12-09). 101-year-old Chinese COVID-19 patient cured after 5 days in hospital. ecns.cn Sitting in her wheelchair, a 101-year-old COVID-19 patient surnamed Li expressed her thanks to the medical staff who had cared for her over the previous five days.

____ (2022-12-09). Guidelines issued to help patients recover. ecns.cn Health authorities on Thursday issued two guidelines in tandem to help COVID-19 patients with mild symptoms recover at home and to properly monitor their health with test kits.

WSWS (2022-12-09). At the behest of world capitalism, Chinese Communist Party opens China to COVID-19. wsws.org The demand for mass infection in China comes not from the Chinese people but from international finance capital.

TeleSUR, rzr, YSM (2022-12-09). FAO potenciará la agricultura familiar. telesurtv.net Se acordó que la agricultura familiar revierta los efectos de la Covid-19, el cambio climático y la inestabilidad del mercado mundial de alimentos.

The Global Research Team (2022-12-08). Join Our Campaigns, Become a Member of Global Research! globalresearch.ca The COVID-19 pandemic crisis coupled with the war in Ukraine has precipitated the world into a mesh of economic, social and environmental disruptions. And it is people worldwide who are the victims. | In our campaigns against the experimental COVID vaccines…

Fvorinoco (2022-12-08). Venezuela Tops List of Latin American Countries with Highest Inflation. orinocotribune.com Recent economic figures indicate that many Latin American countries will close the year with the highest inflation rates in decades. | Although, broadly speaking, the increase in the cost of living is attributed to the consequences of the war in Ukraine, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, both of which wrought problems in supply chains and wreaked havoc in the world's largest economies. The internal management of each country continues to be measured in month-by-month statistics by the Consumer Price Index (CPI). | In grouping the countries that register the highest inflation data, it becomes clear that only t…

____ (2022-12-08). Vaccine effective in lowering senior death rates, official says. ecns.cn Vaccinations have proved to be effective in reducing death rates caused by COVID-19 among the elderly, so China will ramp up its vaccination efforts among the vulnerable group…

Global Research News (2022-12-08). Selected Articles: 'Obsolete, Misguided': Critics Call Out Pfizer's Plan for Bivalent Booster for Kids Under 5. globalresearch.ca

Zachary Stieber (2022-12-08). Four Takeaways from Sen. Johnson's Panel on COVID-19 Vaccines. globalresearch.ca

____ (2022-12-08). Masks, tests still key to ensuring hospitals run smoothly. ecns.cn Medical workers must be careful to wear protective equipment to minimize the risk of COVID-19 exposure, a senior health official said on Thursday.

____ (2022-12-08). Shanghai Disney Resort reopens. ecns.cn Shanghai Disneyland reopened on Thursday as the COVID-19 pandemic control measures eased.

Tom Parker (2022-12-08). International Pandemic Treaty: WHO Meets to Impose Censorship of "Misinformation" globalresearch.ca

____ (2022-12-08). Samsung chip plant in China expects output value to top 100 bln yuan in 2022. ecns.cn Samsung's chip plant in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, expects its 2022 output value to top 100 billion yuan (14.3 billion U.S. dollars) despite obstacles brought about by the COVID-19 epidemic.

____ (2022-12-08). COVID testing and health code no longer required for people arriving in Beijing. ecns.cn Beijing will no longer require people who return to this city to show their negative nucleic acid testing results and health codes, said local health authorities at a press conference on Wednesday.

____ (2022-12-08). Q&A: Latest optimized COVID-19 control policies. ecns.cn China further optimized its COVID-19 control policies in a 10-point notice released on Wednesday. Below are some of the key adjustments.

____ (2022-12-08). Guideline clarifies rules for homebound COVID-19 patients. ecns.cn Authorities on Thursday issued a guideline to help COVID-19 patients who exhibit mild symptoms such as fever and cough recover at home.

____ (2022-12-08). COVID-19 policy shift due to 'experience and confidence' in control measures. ecns.cn A negative result is still needed to enter nursing homes, welfare homes, medical institutions, childcare institutions and primary and secondary schools.

____ (2022-12-08). Free flow of people, goods mandated. ecns.cn China's transport sector has adjusted epidemic control protocols to respond to optimized COVID-19 measures.

____ (2022-12-08). East China's Zhejiang leads enterprises abroad for global orders. ecns.cn As COVID-19 control measures are optimized across China, Zhejiang Province, one of the country's leading foreign trade contributors, will organize more than 10,000 enterprises in different sectors to participate in economic and trade activities abroad.

____ (2022-12-08). COVID-19 response further optimized with 10 new measures. ecns.cn China released a circular on further optimizing the COVID-19 response on Wednesday, announcing 10 prevention and control measures.

____ (2022-12-08). Restaurants will no longer check COVID test in Shanghai. ecns.cn Shanghai enclosed public places of entertainment and catering service will no longer check COVID test results starting Friday.

Emanuel Pastreich (2022-12-08). China's "Third Opium War". Covid-19 and the Opium Wars. The Alliance of Global Finance and IT Tyranny. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2022-12-08). A glimpse into what Chinese workers think about COVID restrictions. wsws.org The social media posts by workers are not calling for "freedom" from the Zero-COVID policy but for housing, proper food and measures to stop the spread of COVID infections.

WSWS (2022-12-08). Weekly US influenza cases highest on record. wsws.org The most recent reporting week found six times the number of cases for the equivalent week in any previous flu season.

Matthew Brown (2022-12-08). Northern Plains tribes bring back their wild 'relatives'. peoplesworld.org FORT BELKNAP AGENCY, Mont. (AP) — Native species such as swift foxes and black-footed ferrets disappeared from the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation generations ago, wiped out by poisoning campaigns, disease and farm plows that turned open prairie where nomadic tribes once roamed into cropland and cattle pastures. Now with guidance from elders and outside wildlife …

____ (2022-12-08). China attaches great importance to biodiversity protection: FM spokesperson. ecns.cn

TeleSUR, hvh, JCM (2022-12-08). China anuncia flexibilización de medidas sanitarias anticovid. telesurtv.net La Comisión Nacional de Salud anunció las medidas en pos de resolver problemas en la prevención y el control.

TeleSUR, odr, YSM (2022-12-08). Reportan 469 nuevos casos de Covid-19 en República Dominicana. telesurtv.net Desde el comienzo de la pandemia, República Dominicana acumula 652.529 infectados y han muerto 4.384 personas.

Frank Jordans (2022-12-07). German police arrest fascists and monarchists plotting to overthrow government. peoplesworld.org BERLIN (AP)—Thousands of police officers carried out raids across much of Germany on Wednesday against suspected far-right extremists who allegedly sought to overthrow the government in an armed coup. Officials said 25 people were detained. Federal prosecutors said some 3,000 officers conducted searches at 130 sites in 11 of Germany's 16 states. While police raids …

____ (2022-12-07). More COVID curbs eased in Beijing, other cities. ecns.cn Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Tuesday warned Iran of the "consequences" of the arms supplies to Russia, the Ukrainian government-run Ukrinform news agency reported.

Emily Mangiaracina (2022-12-07). Video: Australian Doctor Finds Chips, 'Self-assembling' Structures Forming in Pfizer Vaccine Contents. globalresearch.ca

Peter Wilson (2022-12-07). $1 Billion Worth of Unused COVID Vaccines in Canada Will Expire by Year's End, Says Auditor General. globalresearch.ca

Prof Denis Rancourt (2022-12-07). Bombshell. India's "Shock" and Sudden Excess Mortality (April-July 2021), Caused by Covid Vaccine Rollout In its Early Stages? globalresearch.ca

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-12-07). 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.

Editor (2022-12-07). Warnock Defeats Walker in Georgia, Giving Democrats 51-49 Senate Majority. scheerpost.com

Maroosha Muzaffar (2022-12-07). New Zealand Court Takes Away Custody of Sick Infant from Parents After They Refuse 'Vaccinated' Blood. globalresearch.ca

Maximillian Alvarez (2022-12-07). William Robinson: Global revolts in the age of COVID capitalism. therealnews.com Capitalism's response to the COVID-19 pandemic has come at the expense of the lives, health, and freedom of millions of poor and working people around the world. While corporations guzzle profits at every opportunity, governments have been ready to discipline workers to keep profits churning, and cooperation between capitalist states and the transnational capitalist class during COVID-19 has led to the erection of a global police state. What forms of resistance are taking shape around the globe to the emerging post-pandemic police state and a capitalist order dead set on destroying our shared planet and eve…

Mforinoco (2022-12-07). Zero-Covid and the China Protests: Look at the Bigger Picture. orinocotribune.com By Morning Star Nov 28, 2022 | Establishment media have seized on protests over Covid lockdowns to rehearse their favorite anti-China narratives. | Ever since the world's first Covid outbreak in Wuhan, the virus has been used as a stick to beat China. | Donald Trump cynically portrayed the pandemic as a Chinese weapon—"the worst attack we've ever had on our country… worse than Pearl Harbor." | Trump's ravings were seldom taken seriously even by US allies. But the resurrection of the "lab leak" conspiracy theory by the Joe Biden administration made it respectable, and the judgement of a World Health…

____ (2022-12-07). Experts: Omicron has lower risk of causing severe illness. ecns.cn Chinese experts have recently stated that the Omicron variant of COVID-19 has a lower chance of causing severe illness and death compared with the flu, hence China should continue to optimize its epidemic control policies to protect the vulnerable population.

____ (2022-12-07). Localities nationwide make sustained efforts on COVID-19 response optimization. ecns.cn With an elevated capability for science-based and targeted epidemic response, localities across China have been making sustained efforts to optimize their COVID-19 prevention and control measures in a range of areas.

____ (2022-12-07). Asymptomatic carriers, mild cases advised to quarantine at home. ecns.cn Asymptomatic carriers, mild cases of COVID-19 are advised to quarantine at home when conditions allow, according to authorities.

____ (2022-12-07). China releases new 10-point plan to optimize COVID response. ecns.cn China further adjusted and optimized its COVID response by releasing 10 new measures, including allowing asymptomatic carriers and mind COVID-19 patients and those who meet certain requirements to quarantine at home.

____ (2022-12-07). Travel searches soar in wake of new COVID-19 measures. ecns.cn The search volume for plane tickets on travel platform Ctrip immediately surged by 160 percent following the release of the adjusted COVID-19 measures released by the authorities on Wednesday.

____ (2022-12-07). New COVID-19 rules are a response to new situation, expert says. ecns.cn Liang Wannian said during a news briefing that the launch of the new measures does not signal a complete relaxation of disease control policies, nor does it mean the government has grown passive toward the epidemic.

____ (2022-12-07). China's approach to COVID response right, science-based and effective. ecns.cn

Patrick Delaney (2022-12-07). Dr. McCullough: mRNA from COVID Vax Transfers from Jabbed to Unjabbed, 'Changing Human Genome'. globalresearch.ca

Prof. Anthony J. Hall (2022-12-07). The Covid-19 Crisis, Justin Trudeau, The Freedom Convoy and "The Emergency Act" Fiasco. globalresearch.ca

____ (2022-12-07). Green efforts skirt top-down constraints. ecns.cn Governments at the lower tiers in countries are playing an important role in boosting biodiversity, experts said ahead of a United Nations conference aimed at boosting protection for the natural world.

____ (2022-12-07). UN chief appeals for more fund from developed countries to help preserve biodiversity. ecns.cn Developed countries must provide bold financial support for the countries of the Global South as custodians of the world's natural wealth.

Staff (2022-12-07). Al cierre del año, ni un solo descuido frente a la Covid-19. cubadebate.cu Este martes, desde el Palacio de la Revolución, el miembro del Buró Político y primer ministro, Manuel Marrero Cruz, chequeó el comportamiento de la Covid-19 y el dengue en el país, así como el avance de la recuperación en los territorios afectados por el paso del huracán Ian…

Lucrecia Franco (2022-12-07). Biodiversity at risk in Brazil. america.cgtn.com See how biologist and documentarist Ricardo Gomes is protecting Rio de Janeiro's marine life, currently at serious risk.

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2022-12-07: News Headlines

____ (2022-12-07). More COVID curbs eased in Beijing, other cities. ecns.cn Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Tuesday warned Iran of the "consequences" of the arms supplies to Russia, the Ukrainian government-run Ukrinform news agency reported.

____ (2022-12-07). Localities nationwide make sustained efforts on COVID-19 response optimization. ecns.cn With an elevated capability for science-based and targeted epidemic response, localities across China have been making sustained efforts to optimize their COVID-19 prevention and control measures in a range of areas.

____ (2022-12-07). Experts: Omicron has lower risk of causing severe illness. ecns.cn Chinese experts have recently stated that the Omicron variant of COVID-19 has a lower chance of causing severe illness and death compared with the flu, hence China should continue to optimize its epidemic control policies to protect the vulnerable population.

____ (2022-12-07). Asymptomatic carriers, mild cases advised to quarantine at home. ecns.cn Asymptomatic carriers, mild cases of COVID-19 are advised to quarantine at home when conditions allow, according to authorities.

____ (2022-12-07). China's approach to COVID response right, science-based and effective. ecns.cn

____ (2022-12-07). Green efforts skirt top-down constraints. ecns.cn Governments at the lower tiers in countries are playing an important role in boosting biodiversity, experts said ahead of a United Nations conference aimed at boosting protection for the natural world.

Staff (2022-12-07). Al cierre del año, ni un solo descuido frente a la Covid-19. cubadebate.cu Este martes, desde el Palacio de la Revolución, el miembro del Buró Político y primer ministro, Manuel Marrero Cruz, chequeó el comportamiento de la Covid-19 y el dengue en el país, así como el avance de la recuperación en los territorios afectados por el paso del huracán Ian…

____ (2022-12-06). Virus control to focus on alleviating symptoms. ecns.cn The target for future COVID-19 epidemic control will focus on alleviating the symptoms of patients as scientists reached the consensus two years ago that the novel coronavirus is not going to disappear…

Dr. Joseph Mercola (2022-12-06). Vaccine Passport, Digital Identity, Social Credit System, Digital Currency (CBDC): An Invisible Prison Has Been Built Just for You. globalresearch.ca

Greg Reese (2022-12-06). Video: Canadian Psychiatric Association Targets Anti-Vaxxers. The Unvaccinated are Categorized As "Having a Mental Problem" Requiring Treatment. globalresearch.ca

_____ (2022-12-06). How China-Germany Ties Hurt US Strategic Plans. journal-neo.org When German Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited China in early November, it sent shock waves in the Transatlantic Alliance. The visit came only months after NATO declared China as its enemy. The visit's significance also lies in the fact that Olaf is the only leader from G7 to visit China since the COVID-19 pandemic began three …

____ (2022-12-06). Water projects in Tibet proceed. ecns.cn Despite challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has been affecting the Tibet autonomous region since early August, the region has been making efforts to resume its water conservation projects.

Dennis Broe (2022-12-06). The business of streaming 2022: 'The one where the whole thing nearly collapsed'. peoplesworld.org If the buzzword for corporate streaming in 2021, with life still centered online as COVID lingered, was "expansion," the key phrase in 2022, with nuclear war looming, inflation and rising interest rates deflating salaries, and climate destruction worsening, was "retrenchment." The turnaround of what was once part of one of the last of the still …

____ (2022-12-06). Antigen kits could play role in next phase. ecns.cn COVID-19 antigen self-testing could be an important tool for identifying and managing infected people and preventing the virus' spread to highly vulnerable groups, experts said as more cities cut back on nucleic acid testing.

____ (2022-12-06). Chinese mainland reports 4,988 new local confirmed COVID-19 cases. ecns.cn The Chinese mainland on Monday reported 4,988 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said Tuesday…

____ (2022-12-06). Travel to Hainan eased, COVID measures adjusted. ecns.cn Eleven cities and counties in Hainan, including Haikou, Sanya, Danzhou and Wenchang, have adjusted their epidemic prevention and control management measures to allow easier access to the island province.

____ (2022-12-06). Beijing no longer requires COVID test for entering public places. ecns.cn Beijing no longer requires COVID test for entering public places such as markets and office buildings starting Tuesday.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-12-06). Video: "Imagine All The People": Remember Last Year's Covid-19 Christmas under Lockdown. Will it Happen Again? globalresearch.ca We are told by our governments that It's Christmas under Lockdown. To protect you and your loved ones against the so-called deadly Covid Omicron Variant. The announcement was made on Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving.

WSWS (2022-12-06). Chinese Communist Party moves towards "herd immunity" policy. wsws.org Confronting economic crisis at home and under the conjoined pressures of international finance capital and the military provocations of US imperialism, the Xi government is scrapping China's Zero-COVID policy that has saved millions of lives.

Submedia.tv (2022-12-06). System Fail #19: The Woke Mind Virus. itsgoingdown.org Sub.Media returns with a new episode of System Fail, which looks at international news from an anarchist perspective. As the news cycle focuses on an epic battle between those infected with the Woke Mind Virus and so-called defenders of free speech, another virus, virtually forgotten by western governments, has sparked tensions in China. Mired by…

Neal Resnikoff (2022-12-06). Some Problems With the US Constitution. orinocotribune.com By Neal Resnikoff Dec 4, 2022 | The U.S. Constitution, a product of the rich capitalist ruling class, has a number of serious problems of lack of democracy, some of which plague most of us to this day. Here are a few instances which expose the fallacy of the argument that the U.S. government stands for democracy vs autocracy in the world. | First, it is important to remember that the earliest version of the U.S. Constitution did not allow Blacks, Indigenous people, women, or poor white males to vote. And it supported slavery. | Another example is how the Presidential election results are not based on the po…

Anonymous103 (2022-12-06). New Round Of Escalation In The north Of Kosovo. southfront.org : A member of the Kosovo Police Special Unit near the village of Cabra during the May 28, 2019 raids in the predominantly Serb north of Kosovo. IMAGE: AFP / Armend Nimani | A new round of escalation in the north of self-proclaimed Republic of Kosovo. Five explosions thundered in the city of Kosovo-Mitrovica. Smoke was seen rising in the north of the region. | Special forces of the partially recognized Republic of Kosovo broke into the premises of the election commission in the city of Kosovo-Mitrovica…

____ (2022-12-06). Scientists create first map of soil antibiotic resistance genes. ecns.cn Chinese scientists have compiled the world's first distribution map of soil antibiotic resistance genes by using big data from soil metagenomics.

____ (2022-12-06). Post-2020 global biodiversity framework to dominate key UN conference. ecns.cn The adoption of a post-2020 global biodiversity framework is top of the agenda at a major upcoming United Nations conference as the world faces "the greatest loss of species on Earth since the dinosaurs' demise."

TeleSUR, SH (2022-12-06). Argentina supera los 940 casos confirmados de viruela símica. telesurtv.net Segun ministerio de salud de Argentina ubicó la existencia del virus en 16 provincias, siendo La Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, la que mayor casos reporta…

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-12-06). China relaja restricciones en varias ciudades por el Covid-19. telesurtv.net La viceprimera ministra china, Sun Chunlan, abogó la semana pasada por pasar a una nueva fase en la lucha contra la pandemia.

____ (2022-12-05). 'Zombie' Viruses Are Thawing in Melting Permafrost Because of Climate Change. transcend.org 2 Dec 2022 – Ancient viruses are locked in Russia's permafrost. We may soon get a peek.

Dr. Paul Elias Alexander (2022-12-05). "Pfizer's CEO rapped by Regulator for making 'Misleading' Statements about Children's Vaccines"; Dr Bourla Claimed "Benefits in Favour Vaccinated Youngsters Aged 5 to 11 against Covid" globalresearch.ca

____ (2022-12-05). Vaccinating elderly key to exiting pandemic. ecns.cn An abundance of data has shown that domestic COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective for the elderly and other vulnerable groups, drugmakers have said, as experts reiterated the importance of expanding immunization coverage in order to cope with the epidemic.

____ (2022-12-05). Guangzhou confident of meeting inhaled vaccine demand. ecns.cn Guangzhou has the ability to meet the mass vaccination need as far as inhaled COVID-19 vaccine is concerned, said an official with the Guangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention on Sunday.

Michael Nevradakis (2022-12-05). CDC, HHS Offer $1 Million for Research to Predict Vaccine 'Misinformation Trends'. globalresearch.ca

Steve Watson (2022-12-05). GOP Senators Say They Will Block Military Funding Unless Vaccine Mandate Scrapped. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Peter McCullough (2022-12-05). Found Dead at Home After COVID-19 Vaccination. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Meryl Nass (2022-12-05). Video: Accused of "Covid Misinformation", Dr Meryl Nass Fights for Her Medical License. globalresearch.ca After initially having her license suspended by the Maine Board of Licensure in Medicine for allegedly "spreading covid misinformation" and being ordered to have a psychological evaluation conducted by a doctor of the Board's choosing, Dr. Meryl Nass, who has …

____ (2022-12-05). China changes global economic landscape amid COVID-19. ecns.cn Cloud River Urban Research Institute answers these questions as it looks into the figures of major countries as well as Chinese cities.

____ (2022-12-05). COVID controls eased in Hangzhou. ecns.cn Starting on Monday, passengers traveling to and from Hangzhou East Railway Station in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, will no longer be required to provide negative nucleic acid test results or have a venue code scanned.

____ (2022-12-05). More Chinese cities remove COVID testing for public transportation, outdoor venues. ecns.cn Negative nucleic acid testing results are not required for taking public transportation and entering public venues such as parks and scenic spots in more cities around China, according to health authorities.

____ (2022-12-05). COVID controls fine-tuned in cities. ecns.cn Several cities and provinces have recently optimized COVID-19 control measures concerning mass nucleic acid testing and medical services to minimize the impact on people and economic activity.

____ (2022-12-05). Cities optimize COVID-19 measures to restore normal life. ecns.cn People shop at a mall in Beijing, Dec. 4, 2022. Shopping malls gradually restored business as Beijing optimized COVID-19 control measures.

James Kilgore (2022-12-05). Prison COVID Policies Fell Short. Incarcerated Activists Fight for Their Lives. truthout.org On October 11, prison organizer Dawn Brooks's phone began ringing off the hook. Within three days, she received 50 calls. Colitha Bush, a Texas mother who had been released from federal prison under COVID measures in mid-September, was one of the callers. She had spent 14 days at a halfway house before being released to home confinement at her sister's house. On October 12… |

Prof. Anthony J. Hall (2022-12-05). No Amnesty without Accountability for COVID Crimes: Looking Into and Beyond Canada's Emergency Act Inquiry. globalresearch.ca

TeleSUR (2022-12-05). Argentina Recorded Over 12 000 New COVID-19 Cases Last Week. telesurenglish.net In the latest epidemiological report, the Argentine Ministry of Health noted that the number of new cases confirmed in the last week increased by 279.4 percent, while deaths increased slightly by 12 percent. | RELATED: | The Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA), with 6 032 cases in the last wee…

WSWS (2022-12-05). Health experts warn of impending public health crisis as China quickly adapts itself to herd immunity policy. wsws.org Published estimates suggest that the ending of Zero-COVID in China, now being demanded by the corporate media, could cost 1 to 2 million lives immediately.

WSWS (2022-12-05). Health experts warn of impending public health crisis as China quickly adapts itself to the herd immunity policy. wsws.org Published estimates suggest that the ending of Zero-COVID in China, now being demanded by the corporate media, could cost 1 to 2 million lives immediately.

WSWS (2022-12-05). New Zealand government suppressed COVID testing to keep infected people at work. wsws.org In advice to the government in late July, officials said identifying positive COVID cases would have "unintended consequences" including people being "taken out of the available workforce."

____ (2022-12-05). COP15 aims for ambitious, practical biodiversity targets. ecns.cn

TeleSUR, DRL (2022-12-05). Confirman inicio de sexta ola de pandemia de Covid-19 en Bolivia. telesurtv.net Lo atribuyen al incremento a las subvariantes de Ómicrón, BQ.1 y BQ.1.1, detectadas en La Paz y Santa Cruz hace 2 meses.

TeleSUR, jaa, JDO (2022-12-05). Advierten en Ecuador sobre aumento de infecciones respiratorias. telesurtv.net Durante las últimas semanas, en las principales ciudades del país se experimentó un aumento de casos de Covid-19.

TeleSUR, JGN (2022-12-05). Presidente de Venezuela destaca recuperación del país. telesurtv.net El país ha experimentado un crecimiento económico del 10 por ciento, pese a la pandemia de la Covid-19 y de las medidas coercitivas unilaterales de EE.UU.

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2022-12-06: News Headlines

_____ (2022-12-06). How China-Germany Ties Hurt US Strategic Plans. journal-neo.org When German Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited China in early November, it sent shock waves in the Transatlantic Alliance. The visit came only months after NATO declared China as its enemy. The visit's significance also lies in the fact that Olaf is the only leader from G7 to visit China since the COVID-19 pandemic began three …

____ (2022-12-06). Virus control to focus on alleviating symptoms. ecns.cn The target for future COVID-19 epidemic control will focus on alleviating the symptoms of patients as scientists reached the consensus two years ago that the novel coronavirus is not going to disappear…

____ (2022-12-06). Beijing no longer requires COVID test for entering public places. ecns.cn Beijing no longer requires COVID test for entering public places such as markets and office buildings starting Tuesday.

Greg Reese (2022-12-06). Video: Canadian Psychiatric Association Targets Anti-Vaxxers. The Unvaccinated are Categorized As "Having a Mental Problem" Requiring Treatment. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Joseph Mercola (2022-12-06). Vaccine Passport, Digital Identity, Social Credit System, Digital Currency (CBDC): An Invisible Prison Has Been Built Just for You. globalresearch.ca

____ (2022-12-06). Water projects in Tibet proceed. ecns.cn Despite challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has been affecting the Tibet autonomous region since early August, the region has been making efforts to resume its water conservation projects.

____ (2022-12-06). Antigen kits could play role in next phase. ecns.cn COVID-19 antigen self-testing could be an important tool for identifying and managing infected people and preventing the virus' spread to highly vulnerable groups, experts said as more cities cut back on nucleic acid testing.

____ (2022-12-06). Chinese mainland reports 4,988 new local confirmed COVID-19 cases. ecns.cn The Chinese mainland on Monday reported 4,988 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said Tuesday…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-12-06). Video: "Imagine All The People": Remember Last Year's Covid-19 Christmas under Lockdown. Will it Happen Again? globalresearch.ca We are told by our governments that It's Christmas under Lockdown. To protect you and your loved ones against the so-called deadly Covid Omicron Variant. The announcement was made on Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving.

WSWS (2022-12-06). Chinese Communist Party moves towards "herd immunity" policy. wsws.org Confronting economic crisis at home and under the conjoined pressures of international finance capital and the military provocations of US imperialism, the Xi government is scrapping China's Zero-COVID policy that has saved millions of lives.

____ (2022-12-06). Travel to Hainan eased, COVID measures adjusted. ecns.cn Eleven cities and counties in Hainan, including Haikou, Sanya, Danzhou and Wenchang, have adjusted their epidemic prevention and control management measures to allow easier access to the island province.

Submedia.tv (2022-12-06). System Fail #19: The Woke Mind Virus. itsgoingdown.org Sub.Media returns with a new episode of System Fail, which looks at international news from an anarchist perspective. As the news cycle focuses on an epic battle between those infected with the Woke Mind Virus and so-called defenders of free speech, another virus, virtually forgotten by western governments, has sparked tensions in China. Mired by…

Neal Resnikoff (2022-12-06). Some Problems With the US Constitution. orinocotribune.com By Neal Resnikoff Dec 4, 2022 | The U.S. Constitution, a product of the rich capitalist ruling class, has a number of serious problems of lack of democracy, some of which plague most of us to this day. Here are a few instances which expose the fallacy of the argument that the U.S. government stands for democracy vs autocracy in the world. | First, it is important to remember that the earliest version of the U.S. Constitution did not allow Blacks, Indigenous people, women, or poor white males to vote. And it supported slavery. | Another example is how the Presidential election results are not based on the po…

____ (2022-12-06). Scientists create first map of soil antibiotic resistance genes. ecns.cn Chinese scientists have compiled the world's first distribution map of soil antibiotic resistance genes by using big data from soil metagenomics.

____ (2022-12-06). Post-2020 global biodiversity framework to dominate key UN conference. ecns.cn The adoption of a post-2020 global biodiversity framework is top of the agenda at a major upcoming United Nations conference as the world faces "the greatest loss of species on Earth since the dinosaurs' demise."

TeleSUR, SH (2022-12-06). Argentina supera los 940 casos confirmados de viruela símica. telesurtv.net Segun ministerio de salud de Argentina ubicó la existencia del virus en 16 provincias, siendo La Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, la que mayor casos reporta…

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-12-06). China relaja restricciones en varias ciudades por el Covid-19. telesurtv.net La viceprimera ministra china, Sun Chunlan, abogó la semana pasada por pasar a una nueva fase en la lucha contra la pandemia.

____ (2022-12-05). 'Zombie' Viruses Are Thawing in Melting Permafrost Because of Climate Change. transcend.org 2 Dec 2022 – Ancient viruses are locked in Russia's permafrost. We may soon get a peek.

Dr. Paul Elias Alexander (2022-12-05). "Pfizer's CEO rapped by Regulator for making 'Misleading' Statements about Children's Vaccines"; Dr Bourla Claimed "Benefits in Favour Vaccinated Youngsters Aged 5 to 11 against Covid" globalresearch.ca

____ (2022-12-05). Vaccinating elderly key to exiting pandemic. ecns.cn An abundance of data has shown that domestic COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective for the elderly and other vulnerable groups, drugmakers have said, as experts reiterated the importance of expanding immunization coverage in order to cope with the epidemic.

____ (2022-12-05). Guangzhou confident of meeting inhaled vaccine demand. ecns.cn Guangzhou has the ability to meet the mass vaccination need as far as inhaled COVID-19 vaccine is concerned, said an official with the Guangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention on Sunday.

Michael Nevradakis (2022-12-05). CDC, HHS Offer $1 Million for Research to Predict Vaccine 'Misinformation Trends'. globalresearch.ca

Steve Watson (2022-12-05). GOP Senators Say They Will Block Military Funding Unless Vaccine Mandate Scrapped. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Peter McCullough (2022-12-05). Found Dead at Home After COVID-19 Vaccination. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Meryl Nass (2022-12-05). Video: Accused of "Covid Misinformation", Dr Meryl Nass Fights for Her Medical License. globalresearch.ca After initially having her license suspended by the Maine Board of Licensure in Medicine for allegedly "spreading covid misinformation" and being ordered to have a psychological evaluation conducted by a doctor of the Board's choosing, Dr. Meryl Nass, who has …

____ (2022-12-05). China changes global economic landscape amid COVID-19. ecns.cn Cloud River Urban Research Institute answers these questions as it looks into the figures of major countries as well as Chinese cities.

____ (2022-12-05). COVID controls eased in Hangzhou. ecns.cn Starting on Monday, passengers traveling to and from Hangzhou East Railway Station in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, will no longer be required to provide negative nucleic acid test results or have a venue code scanned.

____ (2022-12-05). More Chinese cities remove COVID testing for public transportation, outdoor venues. ecns.cn Negative nucleic acid testing results are not required for taking public transportation and entering public venues such as parks and scenic spots in more cities around China, according to health authorities.

____ (2022-12-05). COVID controls fine-tuned in cities. ecns.cn Several cities and provinces have recently optimized COVID-19 control measures concerning mass nucleic acid testing and medical services to minimize the impact on people and economic activity.

____ (2022-12-05). Cities optimize COVID-19 measures to restore normal life. ecns.cn People shop at a mall in Beijing, Dec. 4, 2022. Shopping malls gradually restored business as Beijing optimized COVID-19 control measures.

James Kilgore (2022-12-05). Prison COVID Policies Fell Short. Incarcerated Activists Fight for Their Lives. truthout.org On October 11, prison organizer Dawn Brooks's phone began ringing off the hook. Within three days, she received 50 calls. Colitha Bush, a Texas mother who had been released from federal prison under COVID measures in mid-September, was one of the callers. She had spent 14 days at a halfway house before being released to home confinement at her sister's house. On October 12… |

Prof. Anthony J. Hall (2022-12-05). No Amnesty without Accountability for COVID Crimes: Looking Into and Beyond Canada's Emergency Act Inquiry. globalresearch.ca

TeleSUR (2022-12-05). Argentina Recorded Over 12 000 New COVID-19 Cases Last Week. telesurenglish.net In the latest epidemiological report, the Argentine Ministry of Health noted that the number of new cases confirmed in the last week increased by 279.4 percent, while deaths increased slightly by 12 percent. | RELATED: | The Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA), with 6 032 cases in the last wee…

WSWS (2022-12-05). Health experts warn of impending public health crisis as China quickly adapts itself to herd immunity policy. wsws.org Published estimates suggest that the ending of Zero-COVID in China, now being demanded by the corporate media, could cost 1 to 2 million lives immediately.

WSWS (2022-12-05). Health experts warn of impending public health crisis as China quickly adapts itself to the herd immunity policy. wsws.org Published estimates suggest that the ending of Zero-COVID in China, now being demanded by the corporate media, could cost 1 to 2 million lives immediately.

WSWS (2022-12-05). New Zealand government suppressed COVID testing to keep infected people at work. wsws.org In advice to the government in late July, officials said identifying positive COVID cases would have "unintended consequences" including people being "taken out of the available workforce."

____ (2022-12-05). COP15 aims for ambitious, practical biodiversity targets. ecns.cn

TeleSUR, DRL (2022-12-05). Confirman inicio de sexta ola de pandemia de Covid-19 en Bolivia. telesurtv.net Lo atribuyen al incremento a las subvariantes de Ómicrón, BQ.1 y BQ.1.1, detectadas en La Paz y Santa Cruz hace 2 meses.

TeleSUR, jaa, JDO (2022-12-05). Advierten en Ecuador sobre aumento de infecciones respiratorias. telesurtv.net Durante las últimas semanas, en las principales ciudades del país se experimentó un aumento de casos de Covid-19.

TeleSUR, JGN (2022-12-05). Presidente de Venezuela destaca recuperación del país. telesurtv.net El país ha experimentado un crecimiento económico del 10 por ciento, pese a la pandemia de la Covid-19 y de las medidas coercitivas unilaterales de EE.UU.

Dean Baker (2022-12-04). The November Jobs Report Was Not as Strong as Advertised. cepr.net I confess, I am a card-carrying member of Team Transitory, and I have been wrong about the extent to which inflation would be persistent. This was largely due to subsequent rounds of Covid, China's zero Covid policy, and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, all factors which the inflation hawks did not anticipate either. But regardless …

Dr. Charles Hoffe (2022-12-04). Video: Covid mRNA Vaccine. Biggest Disaster in Medical History. Dr. Charles Hoffe. globalresearch.ca

Ella Kietlinska (2022-12-04). Active US Military Service Members: Significant Increase in Cancers, Myocarditis, and Pericarditis Resulting from Covid-19 Vaccine. globalresearch.ca

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-12-04). The Covid "Killer Vaccine". People Are Dying All Over the World. It's A Criminal Undertaking. globalresearch.ca First published on November 26, 2022 | *** | We are being accused of "spreading disinformation" regarding the Covid-19 vaccine. | The Reuters and AP media "trackers" and "fact checkers" will be out to smear the testimonies of parents who have lost their …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-12-04). Video: Pfizer's "Secret" Report on the Covid Vaccine. Beyond Manslaughter. The Evidence is Overwhelming. The Vaccine Should Be Immediately Withdrawn Worldwide. globalresearch.ca

SUN (2022-12-04). COVID-19 Vaccines: Proof of Lethality. Over One Thousand Scientific Studies. globalresearch.ca

Ethan Huff (2022-12-04). Many People Fully Vaccinated for COVID Are Now Going Blind. globalresearch.ca

_____ (2022-12-04). The Volatility Of US Hegemony In Latin America, Part III. popularresistance.org US and other western central banks — what Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega calls the "gang of assassins who control the global economy" — maintained low interest rates for much of the last decade which encouraged countries in Latin America and the Caribbean to take out large loans. | Starting around 2021, interest rates were slowly raised. Coincident, the pandemic hit and developing countries were forced to go further into debt to fund Covid measures and cushion the effects of the economic dislocation. In these volatile times, the value of the US dollar has increased on international markets. | For…

Dr. Nicole Delépine (2022-12-04). Invention of "The Covid Narrative": The PCR Test Sustains The Myth of a Global Pandemic. It Serves to "Maintain Fear" globalresearch.ca

His Excellency Carlo Maria Viganà≤ (2022-12-04). Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganà≤: The COVID Pandemic Farce Served as a Trial Balloon for the New World Order. globalresearch.ca

J Goldberg, A Leisewitz, G Wiegel & M Zander (2022-12-04). Lockdown light – Corona crisis and capitalism. indybay.org The pandemic and countermeasures have effects shaped by the neoliberal form of capitalism[6] that has dominated since the 1980s. Three aspects are worth mentioning: 1.the independence of the financial sphere,2.the fragmentation of the labor markets, and | 3.the weakening of social systems. In the financialized economy, measures to cushion the crisis strengthen the haves.

Ken Schwencke (2022-12-04). Financial Technology Firms Made "Massive Profits" on PPP Loans, Engaged in Fraud. truthout.org Originally published by ProPublica. Financial technology firms at the front lines of approving loans through the Paycheck Protection Program — intended to help small businesses survive during the pandemic — lacked fraud controls, chased high fees to the detriment of some borrowers and sometimes exploited their business relationships to arrange suspect loans for the companies' own executives. |

Mac Slavo (2022-12-04). Rockefeller Foundation Funds Behavioral Scientists to Brainwash People Into Taking COVID Injections. globalresearch.ca

Christine Massey (2022-12-04). Video: Does the Virus Exist? Has SARS-CoV-2 Been Isolated? Interview with Christine Massey. globalresearch.ca "is there reliable evidence that SARS-CoV-2 has been isolated from an "unadulterated sample taken from a diseased patient"? | Christine Massey submitted Freedom of Information (FOI) requests to some 90 Health /Science institutions.

TeleSUR, jaa, JGN (2022-12-04). Quinta ola de covid-19 inicia en Paraguay con 621 nuevos casos. telesurtv.net El director de vigilancia epidemiológica afirmó que el número de personas hospitalizadas se duplicó, pues fueron internados 44 pacientes, entre ellos cuatro embarazadas.

2022-12-06 18:40:45 | 18:40 EST | jz | 57 | 15 | 31 | 25 | 0 

2022-12-05: News Headlines

WSWS (2022-12-05). Health experts warn of impending public health crisis as China quickly adapts itself to the herd immunity policy. wsws.org Published estimates suggest that the ending of Zero-COVID in China, now being demanded by the corporate media, could cost 1 to 2 million lives immediately.

____ (2022-12-05). Vaccinating elderly key to exiting pandemic. ecns.cn An abundance of data has shown that domestic COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective for the elderly and other vulnerable groups, drugmakers have said, as experts reiterated the importance of expanding immunization coverage in order to cope with the epidemic.

Michael Nevradakis (2022-12-05). CDC, HHS Offer $1 Million for Research to Predict Vaccine 'Misinformation Trends'. globalresearch.ca

____ (2022-12-05). Guangzhou confident of meeting inhaled vaccine demand. ecns.cn Guangzhou has the ability to meet the mass vaccination need as far as inhaled COVID-19 vaccine is concerned, said an official with the Guangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention on Sunday.

Dr. Meryl Nass (2022-12-05). Video: Accused of "Covid Misinformation", Dr Meryl Nass Fights for Her Medical License. globalresearch.ca After initially having her license suspended by the Maine Board of Licensure in Medicine for allegedly "spreading covid misinformation" and being ordered to have a psychological evaluation conducted by a doctor of the Board's choosing, Dr. Meryl Nass, who has …

____ (2022-12-05). COVID controls fine-tuned in cities. ecns.cn Several cities and provinces have recently optimized COVID-19 control measures concerning mass nucleic acid testing and medical services to minimize the impact on people and economic activity.

____ (2022-12-05). Cities optimize COVID-19 measures to restore normal life. ecns.cn People shop at a mall in Beijing, Dec. 4, 2022. Shopping malls gradually restored business as Beijing optimized COVID-19 control measures.

Prof. Anthony J. Hall (2022-12-05). No Amnesty without Accountability for COVID Crimes: Looking Into and Beyond Canada's Emergency Act Inquiry. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2022-12-05). New Zealand government suppressed COVID testing to keep infected people at work. wsws.org In advice to the government in late July, officials said identifying positive COVID cases would have "unintended consequences" including people being "taken out of the available workforce."

____ (2022-12-05). China changes global economic landscape amid COVID-19. ecns.cn Cloud River Urban Research Institute answers these questions as it looks into the figures of major countries as well as Chinese cities.

____ (2022-12-05). COVID controls eased in Hangzhou. ecns.cn Starting on Monday, passengers traveling to and from Hangzhou East Railway Station in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, will no longer be required to provide negative nucleic acid test results or have a venue code scanned.

____ (2022-12-05). More Chinese cities remove COVID testing for public transportation, outdoor venues. ecns.cn Negative nucleic acid testing results are not required for taking public transportation and entering public venues such as parks and scenic spots in more cities around China, according to health authorities.

____ (2022-12-05). COP15 aims for ambitious, practical biodiversity targets. ecns.cn

TeleSUR, jaa, JDO (2022-12-05). Advierten en Ecuador sobre aumento de infecciones respiratorias. telesurtv.net Durante las últimas semanas, en las principales ciudades del país se experimentó un aumento de casos de Covid-19.

TeleSUR, DRL (2022-12-05). Confirman inicio de sexta ola de pandemia de Covid-19 en Bolivia. telesurtv.net Lo atribuyen al incremento a las subvariantes de Ómicrón, BQ.1 y BQ.1.1, detectadas en La Paz y Santa Cruz hace 2 meses.

TeleSUR, JGN (2022-12-05). Presidente de Venezuela destaca recuperación del país. telesurtv.net El país ha experimentado un crecimiento económico del 10 por ciento, pese a la pandemia de la Covid-19 y de las medidas coercitivas unilaterales de EE.UU.

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-12-05). China relaja restricciones en varias ciudades por el Covid-19. telesurtv.net La viceprimera ministra china, Sun Chunlan, abogó la semana pasada por pasar a una nueva fase en la lucha contra la pandemia.

Dean Baker (2022-12-04). The November Jobs Report Was Not as Strong as Advertised. cepr.net I confess, I am a card-carrying member of Team Transitory, and I have been wrong about the extent to which inflation would be persistent. This was largely due to subsequent rounds of Covid, China's zero Covid policy, and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, all factors which the inflation hawks did not anticipate either. But regardless …

Dr. Charles Hoffe (2022-12-04). Video: Covid mRNA Vaccine. Biggest Disaster in Medical History. Dr. Charles Hoffe. globalresearch.ca

Ella Kietlinska (2022-12-04). Active US Military Service Members: Significant Increase in Cancers, Myocarditis, and Pericarditis Resulting from Covid-19 Vaccine. globalresearch.ca

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-12-04). The Covid "Killer Vaccine". People Are Dying All Over the World. It's A Criminal Undertaking. globalresearch.ca First published on November 26, 2022 | *** | We are being accused of "spreading disinformation" regarding the Covid-19 vaccine. | The Reuters and AP media "trackers" and "fact checkers" will be out to smear the testimonies of parents who have lost their …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-12-04). Video: Pfizer's "Secret" Report on the Covid Vaccine. Beyond Manslaughter. The Evidence is Overwhelming. The Vaccine Should Be Immediately Withdrawn Worldwide. globalresearch.ca

SUN (2022-12-04). COVID-19 Vaccines: Proof of Lethality. Over One Thousand Scientific Studies. globalresearch.ca

Ethan Huff (2022-12-04). Many People Fully Vaccinated for COVID Are Now Going Blind. globalresearch.ca

_____ (2022-12-04). The Volatility Of US Hegemony In Latin America, Part III. popularresistance.org US and other western central banks — what Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega calls the "gang of assassins who control the global economy" — maintained low interest rates for much of the last decade which encouraged countries in Latin America and the Caribbean to take out large loans. | Starting around 2021, interest rates were slowly raised. Coincident, the pandemic hit and developing countries were forced to go further into debt to fund Covid measures and cushion the effects of the economic dislocation. In these volatile times, the value of the US dollar has increased on international markets. | For…

Dr. Nicole Delépine (2022-12-04). Invention of "The Covid Narrative": The PCR Test Sustains The Myth of a Global Pandemic. It Serves to "Maintain Fear" globalresearch.ca

His Excellency Carlo Maria Viganà≤ (2022-12-04). Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganà≤: The COVID Pandemic Farce Served as a Trial Balloon for the New World Order. globalresearch.ca

J Goldberg, A Leisewitz, G Wiegel & M Zander (2022-12-04). Lockdown light – Corona crisis and capitalism. indybay.org The pandemic and countermeasures have effects shaped by the neoliberal form of capitalism[6] that has dominated since the 1980s. Three aspects are worth mentioning: 1.the independence of the financial sphere,2.the fragmentation of the labor markets, and | 3.the weakening of social systems. In the financialized economy, measures to cushion the crisis strengthen the haves.

Ken Schwencke (2022-12-04). Financial Technology Firms Made "Massive Profits" on PPP Loans, Engaged in Fraud. truthout.org Originally published by ProPublica. Financial technology firms at the front lines of approving loans through the Paycheck Protection Program — intended to help small businesses survive during the pandemic — lacked fraud controls, chased high fees to the detriment of some borrowers and sometimes exploited their business relationships to arrange suspect loans for the companies' own executives. |

Mac Slavo (2022-12-04). Rockefeller Foundation Funds Behavioral Scientists to Brainwash People Into Taking COVID Injections. globalresearch.ca

Christine Massey (2022-12-04). Video: Does the Virus Exist? Has SARS-CoV-2 Been Isolated? Interview with Christine Massey. globalresearch.ca "is there reliable evidence that SARS-CoV-2 has been isolated from an "unadulterated sample taken from a diseased patient"? | Christine Massey submitted Freedom of Information (FOI) requests to some 90 Health /Science institutions.

TeleSUR, jaa, JGN (2022-12-04). Quinta ola de covid-19 inicia en Paraguay con 621 nuevos casos. telesurtv.net El director de vigilancia epidemiológica afirmó que el número de personas hospitalizadas se duplicó, pues fueron internados 44 pacientes, entre ellos cuatro embarazadas.

_____ (2022-12-03). America's Fate: Revolution or Fascism? strategic-culture.org Daniel Lazare is a journalist, author and commentator who specializes in critically analyzing the politics and Constitution of the United States. He has authored several books, including The Velvet Revolution and the Decline of American Democracy. | The Covid-19 pandemic over the past two years exposes the pathological diseased state of US capitalism where private profit is prioritized over public health. Over one million people have died in the US, by far the biggest death toll of any other nation. | By contrast, China's death toll from Covid-19 stands at around 5,200, or 0.5 percent of the US. That shows tha…

WSWS (2022-12-03). High excess mortality as coronavirus death rates rise in Germany. wsws.org The reckless approach of governments at all levels in lifting the remaining coronavirus protections despite the enormous excess mortality illustrates the indifference of the ruling class to human life.

Allen Forrest (2022-12-03). The Veracity of Vaccine Makers. dissidentvoice.org The shots are produced, owned and distributed by the Department of Defense in the US and other military departments world wide and are property of the DOD until they are injected into people.

_____ (2022-12-03). Zero Covid And The Protests In China. popularresistance.org Establishment media have seized on protests over Covid lockdowns to rehearse their favourite anti-China narratives. | Ever since the world's first Covid outbreak in Wuhan, the virus has been used as a stick to beat China. | Donald Trump cynically portrayed the pandemic as a Chinese weapon — "the worst attack we've ever had on our country … worse than Pearl Harbour." | Trump's ravings were seldom taken seriously even by US allies. But the resurrection of the "lab leak" conspiracy theory by the Joe Biden administration made it respectable, and the judgement of a World Health Organisation scientific team, th…

Alfonso J Rodriguez-Morales, Fatma A Amer (2022-12-03). [Comment] Monkeypox virus infection in women and non-binary people: uncommon or neglected? thelancet.com In 2022, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, monkeypox re-emerged globally as a new and additional infectious threat for countries outside Africa, and it was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern by WHO.1,2 During this multicountry monkeypox outbreak, which has comprised more than 80‚Äà488 cases to Nov 21, 2022 according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, new epidemiological and clinical features have been observed, including genital primary presentation, an association with sexual activity, and a predominance among men, particularly adult men who have sex with m…

Isheka N. Harrison (2022-12-03). Dr. Lamont Hill: My Bookstore Was Burglarized In Philly And I Wouldn't Press Charges, I Met With The 2 Brothers. moguldom.com Dr. Marc Lamont Hill recently shared he doesn't just preach decriminalization, he practices it. "My store WAS burglarized during the pandemic. The police caught the 2 brothers who did it. They asked me to press charges. I said no. They charged them anyway. They asked me to come to court. I refused. Instead I found …

Dongsheng News (2022-12-03). Urumqi Fire and New Covid Outbreak. dissidentvoice.org This week's News on China in 2 minutes. ‚Ä¢ Urumqi Fire and new Covid outbreak ‚Ä¢ Pop singer sentenced to 13 years in prison ‚Ä¢ Local elections in Taiwan ‚Ä¢ New findings from the frontal region of the brain…

____ (2022-12-03). Guangzhou updates COVID-19 assessment standards. ecns.cn Standards for designating high-risk areas and those who have close contact with infected people have been updated in Guangzhou, Guangdong province.

____ (2022-12-03). Aerial view of traffic flow in Guangzhou after COVID control eased. ecns.cn More districts in Guangzhou have lifted temporary control measures to bring life and work back to normal amid the COVID-19 control.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-12-03). Understanding the challenges before Malaysia's public health system. peoplesdispatch.org Ahead of the country's election, Dr. Lim Chee Han of of the People's Health Forum-Malaysia and Third World Network talks about the characteristics of Malaysia's health system and the challenges before it. | He explains how the country's health system dealt with COVID-19 and how the private sector has been privileged over the public sector. He explains how there is a need for greater public spending on health care and the difference it can make to the requirements of the people.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-12-03). "Economic Warfare" Directed against China? The Shanghai "Covid Zero Tolerance Mandate" Extends its Grip to Major Industrial Cities. globalresearch.ca "Covid Tolerance Zero" has contributed to destabilizing Shanghai's financial sector as well as China's buoyant export economy. It has created social havoc for millions of people, requiring the imposition of PCR tests, using the QR code as a means of social control.

Fumi Okamoto, Yoshitaka Nishikawa, Yousuf Twalla, Takeo Nakayama, Siraji Masai (2022-12-03). [Correspondence] Ebola outbreak in Uganda: patient values and preferences. thelancet.com The Ebola virus outbreak in Mubende district, Uganda, in September, 2022, was caused by Sudan virus. It was expected that with an effective government response this outbreak would be quickly under control.1 Nevertheless, seven suspected patients reportedly left their hospital quarantines on Sept 26, ahead of their scheduled release.2 One of these individuals ran to seek a traditional healer. Additionally, his family wanted a traditional ritual to be carried out before a potential burial.3 It has been argued that understanding and respecting local cultural practices and placing trust in communities is essential fo…

Geoff Watts (2022-12-03). [Obituary] Lewis Henry Kuller. thelancet.com Revered cardiovascular epidemiologist. He was born in New York, NY, USA, on Jan 9, 1934 and died of pneumonia in Pittsburgh, PA, USA, on Oct 25, 2022 aged 88 years.

Aula Abbara, Naser Almhawish, Ibrahim Aladhan, Redwan Alobaid, Nabil Karah (2022-12-03). [Correspondence] Weaponisation of water. thelancet.com We read Sharmila Devi's World Report1 on the cholera outbreak in Syria and would like to emphasise how the weaponisation of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) has affected the emergence of preventable communicable disease outbreaks. This weaponisation includes deliberate interference with WASH, and the use of WASH as a military tool, a tool of cooperation, or a tool of domination and legitimacy.2 Water infrastructure is often indirectly damaged due to secondary reverberating effects of attacks on urban infrastructure.

The Lancet (2022-12-03). [Editorial] Lecanemab for Alzheimer's disease: tempering hype and hope. thelancet.com The Alzheimer's disease community has become accustomed to false hope, disappointment, and controversy. With an estimated 55 million people worldwide affected by dementia, the need for an effective treatment is undeniable. But efforts to develop a drug that can modify the course of Alzheimer's disease, by using antibodies to clear amyloid-beta (AŒ≤) from the brain, have endured numerous setbacks over the past 20 years. Almost a decade ago, the first anti-AŒ≤ antibodies tested in phase 3 trials, bapineuzumab and solanezumab, did not improve clinical outcomes in mild to moderate Alzheimer's diseas…

Joe Parkin Daniels (2022-12-03). [World Report] Cholera surges in Haiti. thelancet.com Efforts to stem the outbreak are being hampered by fuel shortages and violence. Joe Parkin Daniels reports.

Udani Samarasekera (2022-12-03). [World Report] A missed opportunity? Anopheles stephensi in Africa. thelancet.com A malaria vector new to Africa threatens to undo decades of progress. Udani Samarasekera reports.

Brian Bienkowski (2022-12-03). EU's New Climate Change Plan Will Cause Biodiversity Loss and Deforestation. truthout.org A new climate change plan in the European Union, which has been lauded for its ambitious targets and aggressive action on emissions, will sacrifice carbon-storing trees, threaten biodiversity and outsource deforestation, according to a new paper. The paper, published this week in Nature, calls into question the plan's treatment of biomass — organic material from trees, plants and animals — as… |

Brian Bienkowski (2022-12-03). EU's New Climate Plan Will Cause Biodiversity Loss and Deforestation. truthout.org A new climate change plan in the European Union, which has been lauded for its ambitious targets and aggressive action on emissions, will sacrifice carbon-storing trees, threaten biodiversity and outsource deforestation, according to a new paper. The paper, published this week in Nature, calls into question the plan's treatment of biomass — organic material from trees, plants and animals — as… |

Staff (2022-12-03). 'Turn Off the Tap on Plastic,' UN Chief Declares Amid Debate Over New Global Treaty. commondreams.org "Plastics are fossil fuels in another form," said U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres, "and pose a serious threat to human rights, the climate, and biodiversity."

TeleSUR, mcs, JDO (2022-12-03). Reportan aumento de fallecidos por Covid-19 en El Salvador. telesurtv.net De las 36 víctimas confirmadas, la mitad falleció en la última semana de noviembre y la tercera parte correspondió a adultos mayores de 80 años.

William Elson, Maria Zambon, Simon de Lusignan (2022-12-03). [Correspondence] Integrated respiratory surveillance after the COVID-19 pandemic. thelancet.com We welcome Thedi Ziegler and colleagues' Comment on the WHO Global Influenza Surveillance and Response System and believe its proposals could strengthen global sentinel surveillance.1…

TeleSUR, lvm, YSM (2022-12-03). OMS: 90 % de la población tiene cierta inmunidad a la Covid-19. telesurtv.net Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus alertó que la semana pasada se registraron más de 8. 0 decesos.

Scorinoco (2022-12-03). Bird Flu Virus Detected in Pelicans in Eastern Venezuela. orinocotribune.com On Friday, December 2, Venezuelan Minister for Science and Technology Gabriela Jiménez reported the detection of the AH5N1 avian influenza virus in pelicans in the eastern Venezuelan state of Anzoátegui. | "The Bolivarian Government of Venezuela reports the detection of the Avian Influenza AH5N1 virus in pelicans in the northern coastal region of Anzoátegui state," the minister wrote on social media. | She announced that "preventive measures and health alerts are being developed" in response to this situation. | La influenza aviar es una enfermedad viral contagiosa que afecta a las aves domésticas y silvestres. L…

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2022-12-04: News Headlines

J Goldberg, A Leisewitz, G Wiegel & M Zander (2022-12-04). Lockdown light – Corona crisis and capitalism. indybay.org The pandemic and countermeasures have effects shaped by the neoliberal form of capitalism[6] that has dominated since the 1980s. Three aspects are worth mentioning: 1.the independence of the financial sphere,2.the fragmentation of the labor markets, and | 3.the weakening of social systems. In the financialized economy, measures to cushion the crisis strengthen the haves.

TeleSUR, jaa, JGN (2022-12-04). Quinta ola de covid-19 inicia en Paraguay con 621 nuevos casos. telesurtv.net El director de vigilancia epidemiológica afirmó que el número de personas hospitalizadas se duplicó, pues fueron internados 44 pacientes, entre ellos cuatro embarazadas.

WSWS (2022-12-03). High excess mortality as coronavirus death rates rise in Germany. wsws.org The reckless approach of governments at all levels in lifting the remaining coronavirus protections despite the enormous excess mortality illustrates the indifference of the ruling class to human life.

Allen Forrest (2022-12-03). The Veracity of Vaccine Makers. dissidentvoice.org The shots are produced, owned and distributed by the Department of Defense in the US and other military departments world wide and are property of the DOD until they are injected into people.

_____ (2022-12-03). Zero Covid And The Protests In China. popularresistance.org Establishment media have seized on protests over Covid lockdowns to rehearse their favourite anti-China narratives. | Ever since the world's first Covid outbreak in Wuhan, the virus has been used as a stick to beat China. | Donald Trump cynically portrayed the pandemic as a Chinese weapon — "the worst attack we've ever had on our country … worse than Pearl Harbour." | Trump's ravings were seldom taken seriously even by US allies. But the resurrection of the "lab leak" conspiracy theory by the Joe Biden administration made it respectable, and the judgement of a World Health Organisation scientific team, th…

Alfonso J Rodriguez-Morales, Fatma A Amer (2022-12-03). [Comment] Monkeypox virus infection in women and non-binary people: uncommon or neglected? thelancet.com In 2022, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, monkeypox re-emerged globally as a new and additional infectious threat for countries outside Africa, and it was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern by WHO.1,2 During this multicountry monkeypox outbreak, which has comprised more than 80‚Äà488 cases to Nov 21, 2022 according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, new epidemiological and clinical features have been observed, including genital primary presentation, an association with sexual activity, and a predominance among men, particularly adult men who have sex with m…

Isheka N. Harrison (2022-12-03). Dr. Lamont Hill: My Bookstore Was Burglarized In Philly And I Wouldn't Press Charges, I Met With The 2 Brothers. moguldom.com Dr. Marc Lamont Hill recently shared he doesn't just preach decriminalization, he practices it. "My store WAS burglarized during the pandemic. The police caught the 2 brothers who did it. They asked me to press charges. I said no. They charged them anyway. They asked me to come to court. I refused. Instead I found …

Dongsheng News (2022-12-03). Urumqi Fire and New Covid Outbreak. dissidentvoice.org This week's News on China in 2 minutes. ‚Ä¢ Urumqi Fire and new Covid outbreak ‚Ä¢ Pop singer sentenced to 13 years in prison ‚Ä¢ Local elections in Taiwan ‚Ä¢ New findings from the frontal region of the brain…

____ (2022-12-03). Guangzhou updates COVID-19 assessment standards. ecns.cn Standards for designating high-risk areas and those who have close contact with infected people have been updated in Guangzhou, Guangdong province.

____ (2022-12-03). Aerial view of traffic flow in Guangzhou after COVID control eased. ecns.cn More districts in Guangzhou have lifted temporary control measures to bring life and work back to normal amid the COVID-19 control.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-12-03). "Economic Warfare" Directed against China? The Shanghai "Covid Zero Tolerance Mandate" Extends its Grip to Major Industrial Cities. globalresearch.ca "Covid Tolerance Zero" has contributed to destabilizing Shanghai's financial sector as well as China's buoyant export economy. It has created social havoc for millions of people, requiring the imposition of PCR tests, using the QR code as a means of social control.

Fumi Okamoto, Yoshitaka Nishikawa, Yousuf Twalla, Takeo Nakayama, Siraji Masai (2022-12-03). [Correspondence] Ebola outbreak in Uganda: patient values and preferences. thelancet.com The Ebola virus outbreak in Mubende district, Uganda, in September, 2022, was caused by Sudan virus. It was expected that with an effective government response this outbreak would be quickly under control.1 Nevertheless, seven suspected patients reportedly left their hospital quarantines on Sept 26, ahead of their scheduled release.2 One of these individuals ran to seek a traditional healer. Additionally, his family wanted a traditional ritual to be carried out before a potential burial.3 It has been argued that understanding and respecting local cultural practices and placing trust in communities is essential fo…

Geoff Watts (2022-12-03). [Obituary] Lewis Henry Kuller. thelancet.com Revered cardiovascular epidemiologist. He was born in New York, NY, USA, on Jan 9, 1934 and died of pneumonia in Pittsburgh, PA, USA, on Oct 25, 2022 aged 88 years.

Aula Abbara, Naser Almhawish, Ibrahim Aladhan, Redwan Alobaid, Nabil Karah (2022-12-03). [Correspondence] Weaponisation of water. thelancet.com We read Sharmila Devi's World Report1 on the cholera outbreak in Syria and would like to emphasise how the weaponisation of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) has affected the emergence of preventable communicable disease outbreaks. This weaponisation includes deliberate interference with WASH, and the use of WASH as a military tool, a tool of cooperation, or a tool of domination and legitimacy.2 Water infrastructure is often indirectly damaged due to secondary reverberating effects of attacks on urban infrastructure.

The Lancet (2022-12-03). [Editorial] Lecanemab for Alzheimer's disease: tempering hype and hope. thelancet.com The Alzheimer's disease community has become accustomed to false hope, disappointment, and controversy. With an estimated 55 million people worldwide affected by dementia, the need for an effective treatment is undeniable. But efforts to develop a drug that can modify the course of Alzheimer's disease, by using antibodies to clear amyloid-beta (AŒ≤) from the brain, have endured numerous setbacks over the past 20 years. Almost a decade ago, the first anti-AŒ≤ antibodies tested in phase 3 trials, bapineuzumab and solanezumab, did not improve clinical outcomes in mild to moderate Alzheimer's diseas…

Joe Parkin Daniels (2022-12-03). [World Report] Cholera surges in Haiti. thelancet.com Efforts to stem the outbreak are being hampered by fuel shortages and violence. Joe Parkin Daniels reports.

Udani Samarasekera (2022-12-03). [World Report] A missed opportunity? Anopheles stephensi in Africa. thelancet.com A malaria vector new to Africa threatens to undo decades of progress. Udani Samarasekera reports.

Brian Bienkowski (2022-12-03). EU's New Climate Change Plan Will Cause Biodiversity Loss and Deforestation. truthout.org A new climate change plan in the European Union, which has been lauded for its ambitious targets and aggressive action on emissions, will sacrifice carbon-storing trees, threaten biodiversity and outsource deforestation, according to a new paper. The paper, published this week in Nature, calls into question the plan's treatment of biomass — organic material from trees, plants and animals — as… |

Brian Bienkowski (2022-12-03). EU's New Climate Plan Will Cause Biodiversity Loss and Deforestation. truthout.org A new climate change plan in the European Union, which has been lauded for its ambitious targets and aggressive action on emissions, will sacrifice carbon-storing trees, threaten biodiversity and outsource deforestation, according to a new paper. The paper, published this week in Nature, calls into question the plan's treatment of biomass — organic material from trees, plants and animals — as… |

TeleSUR, mcs, JDO (2022-12-03). Reportan aumento de fallecidos por Covid-19 en El Salvador. telesurtv.net De las 36 víctimas confirmadas, la mitad falleció en la última semana de noviembre y la tercera parte correspondió a adultos mayores de 80 años.

William Elson, Maria Zambon, Simon de Lusignan (2022-12-03). [Correspondence] Integrated respiratory surveillance after the COVID-19 pandemic. thelancet.com We welcome Thedi Ziegler and colleagues' Comment on the WHO Global Influenza Surveillance and Response System and believe its proposals could strengthen global sentinel surveillance.1…

TeleSUR, lvm, YSM (2022-12-03). OMS: 90 % de la población tiene cierta inmunidad a la Covid-19. telesurtv.net Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus alertó que la semana pasada se registraron más de 8. 0 decesos.

Scorinoco (2022-12-03). Bird Flu Virus Detected in Pelicans in Eastern Venezuela. orinocotribune.com On Friday, December 2, Venezuelan Minister for Science and Technology Gabriela Jiménez reported the detection of the AH5N1 avian influenza virus in pelicans in the eastern Venezuelan state of Anzoátegui. | "The Bolivarian Government of Venezuela reports the detection of the Avian Influenza AH5N1 virus in pelicans in the northern coastal region of Anzoátegui state," the minister wrote on social media. | She announced that "preventive measures and health alerts are being developed" in response to this situation. | La influenza aviar es una enfermedad viral contagiosa que afecta a las aves domésticas y silvestres. L…

Finian Cunningham (2022-12-02). America's Fate: Revolution or Fascism? thealtworld.com Daniel Lazare in this interview with Finian Cunningham says that the United States of America is locked in a fateful political and economic crisis that will produce either of two outcomes. Either the country is heading towards more authoritarian rule or there will be a second American revolution. | Daniel Lazare is a journalist, author and commentator who specializes in critically analyzing the politics and Constitution of the United States. He has authored several books, including The Velvet Revolution and the Decline of American Democracy. | The Covid-19 pandemic over the past two years exposes the pathological…

Dr. Joseph Mercola (2022-12-02). Banking on a Shot in the Dark. Big Pharma is Fast Tracking mRNA Vaccine Boosters, Ignoring all Scientific Protocols. globalresearch.ca

The Global Research Team (2022-12-02). "The Worldwide Corona Crisis, Global Coup d'Etat Against Humanity" by Michel Chossudovsky. globalresearch.ca My objective is to inform people worldwide and refute the official narrative which has been used as a justification to destabilize the economic and social fabric of entire countries, followed by the imposition of the "deadly" COVID-19 "vaccine". This crisis affects humanity in its entirety: almost 8 billion people.

Dr. Peter McCullough (2022-12-02). Why Indiscriminate Mass Vaccination Has Worsened the Pandemic. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2022-12-02). Chinese vice premier signals shift from Zero-COVID based on lie that Omicron is mild. wsws.org Sun Chunlan said Wednesday that "preventing the epidemic" would take place through vaccination, making medical resources available and preparing therapeutics, all the while "stabilizing the economy."

WSWS (2022-12-02). Flight attendant shares his experience being intubated for 19 days with COVID-19. wsws.org In this interview for the Global Workers' Inquest into the COVID-19 Pandemic, flight attendant Tim Yoder shares his experiences in early 2020. Tim caught COVID-19 in mid-March 2020 after being told he was an "essential worker" and had to continue flying despite feeling ill when multiple coworkers had already tested positive for COVID-19.

____ (2022-12-02). 100 billion parcels sent so far this year. ecns.cn More than 100 billion parcels have been handled in China this year as of Thursday, evidence of the sector's resilience amid sporadic COVID-19 outbreaks.

____ (2022-12-02). Nov manufacturing PMI remains in contraction status on COVID cases. ecns.cn China's factory activity contracted in November as renewed COVID-19 outbreaks disrupted output and subdued demand, a business survey showed on Thursday.

____ (2022-12-02). Guangzhou eases more COVID-19 controls. ecns.cn More districts in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, have announced measures to bring life and work back to normal amid the COVID-19 control.

Editor (2022-12-02). America's 'Zero' Strategy. scheerpost.com By Mark Fiore / Original to ScheerPost China's "zero Covid" policy has sparked rare protests across the nation of nearly a billion and a half people. Which led me to think about our very own failed "zero" policy here in the United States. Zero corporate tax. To be fair, it's not a policy per se, but is …

Kennedy Hall (2022-12-02). Medical Clinic Treating People Injured by COVID Shot Opens in Italy. globalresearch.ca

Paulo Cabral (2022-12-02). HIV/AIDS progress in Brazil. america.cgtn.com December 1 is World AIDS Day, a time to raise awareness and show support for those living with AIDS or HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.

_____ (2022-12-02). Innu Communities In Quebec Say Logging Threatens Their Cultural Identity. popularresistance.org The Montreal Gazette reports: "Two Innu communities on Quebec's North Shore say they are 'exasperated' by the province's 'inaction' when it comes to protecting the woodland caribou, a species threatened by logging." | "They say the Quebec government is not taking seriously 'the irreversible damage the loss of biodiversity' has on the Innu." | The article adds: "Councils representing the Pessamit and Essipit communities on Tuesday accused the province of dragging its feet on a proposal to create a 2,700-square-kilometre biodiversity reserve, about 150 kilometres north of Saguenay." | Marielle Vachon, head of the I…

_____ (2022-12-02). Innu Communities Say Logging Threatens Their Cultural Identity. popularresistance.org The Montreal Gazette reports: "Two Innu communities on Quebec's North Shore say they are 'exasperated' by the province's 'inaction' when it comes to protecting the woodland caribou, a species threatened by logging." | "They say the Quebec government is not taking seriously 'the irreversible damage the loss of biodiversity' has on the Innu." | The article adds: "Councils representing the Pessamit and Essipit communities on Tuesday accused the province of dragging its feet on a proposal to create a 2,700-square-kilometre biodiversity reserve, about 150 kilometres north of Saguenay." | Marielle Vachon, head of the I…

Robert Hunziker (2022-12-02). Montreal Biodiversity COP15 December 2022. dissidentvoice.org What is it about a bunch of high-ranking people getting together at a Conference of the Parties (COP) at some major metropolitan center with plenty of 4-star and 5-star hotels in order to figure out how to save the planet, but it never works! For example, the tenth (10th) meeting of the Conference of the …

Dr. Peter McCullough (2022-12-02). Por qué la vacunación masiva indiscriminada ha empeorado la pandemia. globalizacion.ca Un principio de las enfermedades infecciosas es la "administración antimicrobiana", que implica elegir el antibiótico correcto para el paciente correcto y nunca recetar en exceso o cubrir a los pacientes que no necesitan tratamiento. | Otro principio es "reducir el espectro"…

TeleSUR, odr -YSM (2022-12-02). Confirman quinta ola de Covid-19 ante alza de casos en Perú. telesurtv.net La ministra de Salud, Kelly Portalatino, anunció que se evaluará el retorno del uso de las mascarillas en sitios abiertos.

TeleSUR, odr, SH (2022-12-02). Sugieren retomar el uso de mascarillas en República Dominicana. telesurtv.net Las autoridades dominicanas sugirieron además observar el cumplimiento de las normas sanitarias por el aumento de casos de la Covid-19.

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2022-12-03: News Headlines

WSWS (2022-12-03). High excess mortality as coronavirus death rates rise in Germany. wsws.org The reckless approach of governments at all levels in lifting the remaining coronavirus protections despite the enormous excess mortality illustrates the indifference of the ruling class to human life.

Allen Forrest (2022-12-03). The Veracity of Vaccine Makers. dissidentvoice.org The shots are produced, owned and distributed by the Department of Defense in the US and other military departments world wide and are property of the DOD until they are injected into people.

Alfonso J Rodriguez-Morales, Fatma A Amer (2022-12-03). [Comment] Monkeypox virus infection in women and non-binary people: uncommon or neglected? thelancet.com In 2022, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, monkeypox re-emerged globally as a new and additional infectious threat for countries outside Africa, and it was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern by WHO.1,2 During this multicountry monkeypox outbreak, which has comprised more than 80‚Äà488 cases to Nov 21, 2022 according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, new epidemiological and clinical features have been observed, including genital primary presentation, an association with sexual activity, and a predominance among men, particularly adult men who have sex with m…

Isheka N. Harrison (2022-12-03). Dr. Lamont Hill: My Bookstore Was Burglarized In Philly And I Wouldn't Press Charges, I Met With The 2 Brothers. moguldom.com Dr. Marc Lamont Hill recently shared he doesn't just preach decriminalization, he practices it. "My store WAS burglarized during the pandemic. The police caught the 2 brothers who did it. They asked me to press charges. I said no. They charged them anyway. They asked me to come to court. I refused. Instead I found …

J Goldberg, A Leisewitz, G Wiegel & M Zander (2022-12-03). Lockdown light – Corona crisis and capitalism. indybay.org The pandemic and countermeasures have effects shaped by the neoliberal form of capitalism[6] that has dominated since the 1980s. Three aspects are worth mentioning: 1.the independence of the financial sphere,2.the fragmentation of the labor markets, and | 3.the weakening of social systems. In the financialized economy, measures to cushion the crisis strengthen the haves.

Dongsheng News (2022-12-03). Urumqi Fire and New Covid Outbreak. dissidentvoice.org This week's News on China in 2 minutes. ‚Ä¢ Urumqi Fire and new Covid outbreak ‚Ä¢ Pop singer sentenced to 13 years in prison ‚Ä¢ Local elections in Taiwan ‚Ä¢ New findings from the frontal region of the brain…

____ (2022-12-03). Guangzhou updates COVID-19 assessment standards. ecns.cn Standards for designating high-risk areas and those who have close contact with infected people have been updated in Guangzhou, Guangdong province.

____ (2022-12-03). Aerial view of traffic flow in Guangzhou after COVID control eased. ecns.cn More districts in Guangzhou have lifted temporary control measures to bring life and work back to normal amid the COVID-19 control.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-12-03). "Economic Warfare" Directed against China? The Shanghai "Covid Zero Tolerance Mandate" Extends its Grip to Major Industrial Cities. globalresearch.ca "Covid Tolerance Zero" has contributed to destabilizing Shanghai's financial sector as well as China's buoyant export economy. It has created social havoc for millions of people, requiring the imposition of PCR tests, using the QR code as a means of social control.

Fumi Okamoto, Yoshitaka Nishikawa, Yousuf Twalla, Takeo Nakayama, Siraji Masai (2022-12-03). [Correspondence] Ebola outbreak in Uganda: patient values and preferences. thelancet.com The Ebola virus outbreak in Mubende district, Uganda, in September, 2022, was caused by Sudan virus. It was expected that with an effective government response this outbreak would be quickly under control.1 Nevertheless, seven suspected patients reportedly left their hospital quarantines on Sept 26, ahead of their scheduled release.2 One of these individuals ran to seek a traditional healer. Additionally, his family wanted a traditional ritual to be carried out before a potential burial.3 It has been argued that understanding and respecting local cultural practices and placing trust in communities is essential fo…

Geoff Watts (2022-12-03). [Obituary] Lewis Henry Kuller. thelancet.com Revered cardiovascular epidemiologist. He was born in New York, NY, USA, on Jan 9, 1934 and died of pneumonia in Pittsburgh, PA, USA, on Oct 25, 2022 aged 88 years.

Aula Abbara, Naser Almhawish, Ibrahim Aladhan, Redwan Alobaid, Nabil Karah (2022-12-03). [Correspondence] Weaponisation of water. thelancet.com We read Sharmila Devi's World Report1 on the cholera outbreak in Syria and would like to emphasise how the weaponisation of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) has affected the emergence of preventable communicable disease outbreaks. This weaponisation includes deliberate interference with WASH, and the use of WASH as a military tool, a tool of cooperation, or a tool of domination and legitimacy.2 Water infrastructure is often indirectly damaged due to secondary reverberating effects of attacks on urban infrastructure.

The Lancet (2022-12-03). [Editorial] Lecanemab for Alzheimer's disease: tempering hype and hope. thelancet.com The Alzheimer's disease community has become accustomed to false hope, disappointment, and controversy. With an estimated 55 million people worldwide affected by dementia, the need for an effective treatment is undeniable. But efforts to develop a drug that can modify the course of Alzheimer's disease, by using antibodies to clear amyloid-beta (AŒ≤) from the brain, have endured numerous setbacks over the past 20 years. Almost a decade ago, the first anti-AŒ≤ antibodies tested in phase 3 trials, bapineuzumab and solanezumab, did not improve clinical outcomes in mild to moderate Alzheimer's diseas…

Joe Parkin Daniels (2022-12-03). [World Report] Cholera surges in Haiti. thelancet.com Efforts to stem the outbreak are being hampered by fuel shortages and violence. Joe Parkin Daniels reports.

Udani Samarasekera (2022-12-03). [World Report] A missed opportunity? Anopheles stephensi in Africa. thelancet.com A malaria vector new to Africa threatens to undo decades of progress. Udani Samarasekera reports.

TeleSUR, jaa, JGN (2022-12-03). Quinta ola de covid-19 inicia en Paraguay con 621 nuevos casos. telesurtv.net El director de vigilancia epidemiológica afirmó que el número de personas hospitalizadas se duplicó, pues fueron internados 44 pacientes, entre ellos cuatro embarazadas.

TeleSUR, mcs, JDO (2022-12-03). Reportan aumento de fallecidos por Covid-19 en El Salvador. telesurtv.net De las 36 víctimas confirmadas, la mitad falleció en la última semana de noviembre y la tercera parte correspondió a adultos mayores de 80 años.

William Elson, Maria Zambon, Simon de Lusignan (2022-12-03). [Correspondence] Integrated respiratory surveillance after the COVID-19 pandemic. thelancet.com We welcome Thedi Ziegler and colleagues' Comment on the WHO Global Influenza Surveillance and Response System and believe its proposals could strengthen global sentinel surveillance.1…

TeleSUR, lvm, YSM (2022-12-03). OMS: 90 % de la población tiene cierta inmunidad a la Covid-19. telesurtv.net Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus alertó que la semana pasada se registraron más de 8. 0 decesos.

Dr. Joseph Mercola (2022-12-02). Banking on a Shot in the Dark. Big Pharma is Fast Tracking mRNA Vaccine Boosters, Ignoring all Scientific Protocols. globalresearch.ca

The Global Research Team (2022-12-02). "The Worldwide Corona Crisis, Global Coup d'Etat Against Humanity" by Michel Chossudovsky. globalresearch.ca My objective is to inform people worldwide and refute the official narrative which has been used as a justification to destabilize the economic and social fabric of entire countries, followed by the imposition of the "deadly" COVID-19 "vaccine". This crisis affects humanity in its entirety: almost 8 billion people.

Dr. Peter McCullough (2022-12-02). Why Indiscriminate Mass Vaccination Has Worsened the Pandemic. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2022-12-02). Chinese vice premier signals shift from Zero-COVID based on lie that Omicron is mild. wsws.org Sun Chunlan said Wednesday that "preventing the epidemic" would take place through vaccination, making medical resources available and preparing therapeutics, all the while "stabilizing the economy."

Finian Cunningham (2022-12-02). America's Fate: Revolution or Fascism? thealtworld.com Daniel Lazare in this interview with Finian Cunningham says that the United States of America is locked in a fateful political and economic crisis that will produce either of two outcomes. Either the country is heading towards more authoritarian rule or there will be a second American revolution. | Daniel Lazare is a journalist, author and commentator who specializes in critically analyzing the politics and Constitution of the United States. He has authored several books, including The Velvet Revolution and the Decline of American Democracy. | The Covid-19 pandemic over the past two years exposes the pathological…

WSWS (2022-12-02). Flight attendant shares his experience being intubated for 19 days with COVID-19. wsws.org In this interview for the Global Workers' Inquest into the COVID-19 Pandemic, flight attendant Tim Yoder shares his experiences in early 2020. Tim caught COVID-19 in mid-March 2020 after being told he was an "essential worker" and had to continue flying despite feeling ill when multiple coworkers had already tested positive for COVID-19.

____ (2022-12-02). 100 billion parcels sent so far this year. ecns.cn More than 100 billion parcels have been handled in China this year as of Thursday, evidence of the sector's resilience amid sporadic COVID-19 outbreaks.

____ (2022-12-02). Nov manufacturing PMI remains in contraction status on COVID cases. ecns.cn China's factory activity contracted in November as renewed COVID-19 outbreaks disrupted output and subdued demand, a business survey showed on Thursday.

____ (2022-12-02). Guangzhou eases more COVID-19 controls. ecns.cn More districts in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, have announced measures to bring life and work back to normal amid the COVID-19 control.

Editor (2022-12-02). America's 'Zero' Strategy. scheerpost.com By Mark Fiore / Original to ScheerPost China's "zero Covid" policy has sparked rare protests across the nation of nearly a billion and a half people. Which led me to think about our very own failed "zero" policy here in the United States. Zero corporate tax. To be fair, it's not a policy per se, but is …

Kennedy Hall (2022-12-02). Medical Clinic Treating People Injured by COVID Shot Opens in Italy. globalresearch.ca

Paulo Cabral (2022-12-02). HIV/AIDS progress in Brazil. america.cgtn.com December 1 is World AIDS Day, a time to raise awareness and show support for those living with AIDS or HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.

_____ (2022-12-02). Innu Communities In Quebec Say Logging Threatens Their Cultural Identity. popularresistance.org The Montreal Gazette reports: "Two Innu communities on Quebec's North Shore say they are 'exasperated' by the province's 'inaction' when it comes to protecting the woodland caribou, a species threatened by logging." | "They say the Quebec government is not taking seriously 'the irreversible damage the loss of biodiversity' has on the Innu." | The article adds: "Councils representing the Pessamit and Essipit communities on Tuesday accused the province of dragging its feet on a proposal to create a 2,700-square-kilometre biodiversity reserve, about 150 kilometres north of Saguenay." | Marielle Vachon, head of the I…

_____ (2022-12-02). Innu Communities Say Logging Threatens Their Cultural Identity. popularresistance.org The Montreal Gazette reports: "Two Innu communities on Quebec's North Shore say they are 'exasperated' by the province's 'inaction' when it comes to protecting the woodland caribou, a species threatened by logging." | "They say the Quebec government is not taking seriously 'the irreversible damage the loss of biodiversity' has on the Innu." | The article adds: "Councils representing the Pessamit and Essipit communities on Tuesday accused the province of dragging its feet on a proposal to create a 2,700-square-kilometre biodiversity reserve, about 150 kilometres north of Saguenay." | Marielle Vachon, head of the I…

Robert Hunziker (2022-12-02). Montreal Biodiversity COP15 December 2022. dissidentvoice.org What is it about a bunch of high-ranking people getting together at a Conference of the Parties (COP) at some major metropolitan center with plenty of 4-star and 5-star hotels in order to figure out how to save the planet, but it never works! For example, the tenth (10th) meeting of the Conference of the …

Dr. Peter McCullough (2022-12-02). Por qué la vacunación masiva indiscriminada ha empeorado la pandemia. globalizacion.ca Un principio de las enfermedades infecciosas es la "administración antimicrobiana", que implica elegir el antibiótico correcto para el paciente correcto y nunca recetar en exceso o cubrir a los pacientes que no necesitan tratamiento. | Otro principio es "reducir el espectro"…

TeleSUR, odr -YSM (2022-12-02). Confirman quinta ola de Covid-19 ante alza de casos en Perú. telesurtv.net La ministra de Salud, Kelly Portalatino, anunció que se evaluará el retorno del uso de las mascarillas en sitios abiertos.

TeleSUR, odr, SH (2022-12-02). Sugieren retomar el uso de mascarillas en República Dominicana. telesurtv.net Las autoridades dominicanas sugirieron además observar el cumplimiento de las normas sanitarias por el aumento de casos de la Covid-19.

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