Governments are now spending trillions to manage the fallout from COVID-19 crisis. But how long can this last? Is western society moving into the era of bigger government and sweeping state intervention in markets and infrastructure? Can globalization really be unwound that easily, and is the last four decades of ‘pro-market’ neoliberal reforms coming to end? If so, what is coming next?
Andre Vltchek
21st Century Wire
It is not only about physically surviving the pandemic. People miss people, and places, sometimes desperately. And they die, when separated.
No doubt the clarification that India will not map Covid-19 infections on the basis of religion has many heaving sighs of relief. But will the peace last? Image Courtesy: AP “Move for community-based mapping of coronavirus?” a recent news item in a prestigious daily asked, getting tongues wagging about “closed-door meetings at the highest level”, though no “official” decision had been taken in … Continue reading Community-Based Mapping of Covid: Nothing Official About it →
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In a rambling interview this week, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti (above, wearing a mask) informed America’s largest city that stay-at-home ‘lockdown’ orders will continue ‘with all certainty’ for another three months, bringing his house arrest sentence for upwards of 13 million residents up to the month of August.
As the COVID-19 crisis continues to drift on, western governments are looking for more excuses to extend what is now known to be a disastrous lockdown policy. One of the hooks which politicians and health officials like Dr. Anthony Fauci continue to dangle in front of the public is the promise of a “cure” for the Coronavirus, or more specifically – a vaccine. The sheer scale of the corruption between industry and government is difficult to fathom.
Yesterday, it was announced that the UK government will spend £20 million to purchase stocks of hydroxychloroquin, a known generic antimalarial drug which received considerable attention after Donald Trump began promoting it as a
As the US and UK governments continue pressing forward with their disastrous lockdown policy, the fissures in the economy are now widening, with more evidence to suggest that the death toll is being driven primarily by the lockdown itself, and not COVID-19.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court struck down the state’s coronavirus lockdown order on Wednesday in a 4-3 majority decision by the high court – a ‘first of its kind’ crackdown on executive power in the state, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
After weeks of public skepticism and frustration over the lockdown, the people of Wisconsin begin to see some light after their high court’s ruling.
Dr. Jay Bhattacharaya from Stanford School of Medicine to give an update on his department’s latest COVID-19 serology antibody survey of Major League Baseball employees which he co-authored. His team tested some 5,600 employees at all levels, across all 26 Major League Baseball clubs across the country. The results showed some interesting conclusions regarding the concept of ‘herd immunity’ within this mixed demographic, but also insights into how COVID may be spreading across geographical and economic lines. Dr.
