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The West practicing vaccine apartheid at a global level (2)
Apr 29, 2021 03:13A comparison of the number of doses of vaccine manufactured by the rich countries with the number of doses used by them in their own countries provides a clear picture of the extent of vaccine apartheid practiced by these countries.
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The West practicing vaccine apartheid at a global level (1)
Apr 28, 2021 09:46A comparison of the number of doses of vaccines manufactured by the rich countries with the number of doses used by them in their own countries provides a clear picture of the extent of vaccine apartheid practiced by these countries. An article in The New York Times in late March reveals, “Residents of wealthy and middle-income countries have received about 90% of the nearly 400 million vaccines delivered so far.”
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Why India’s worsening COVID crisis is a dire problem for the world
Apr 27, 2021 14:02The catastrophe unfolding in India appears to be the worst-case scenario that many feared from the COVID-19 pandemic: unable to find sufficient hospital beds, access to tests, medicines or oxygen, the country of 1.4 billion is sinking beneath the weight of infections.
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EU asks states to back legal action against AstraZeneca
Apr 25, 2021 05:13EU capitals have been asked by the European commission to back legal action against AstraZeneca by the end of the week over an alleged breach of its contractual obligations to supply member states with its COVID vaccine.
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US colleges are using COVID as an excuse for austerity
Apr 23, 2021 14:46In the early days of the pandemic in the US, little was certain about the future — if students would defer fall enrollment, how states might cut education funding or if the federal government would step in to offset the financial impact of the crises.
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US inflation isn’t coming – it’s already there
Apr 22, 2021 04:09Real US consumer price inflation is running at about 4% a year, well above the Federal Reserve’s 2% target and far higher than the 2.7% year-on-year increase reported for April and reflected in the yields of short-term inflation-indexed US Treasury securities. That’s due to a quirk of US inflation measurement, which includes home price inflation with a one- to two-year lag.
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'Out of abundance of caution,' FDA and CDC recommend pause of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine
Apr 16, 2021 13:30Injections of Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose coronavirus vaccine came to a sudden halt in much of the US on Tuesday, April 13th after federal health agencies called for a pause in the vaccine’s use following the emergence of a rare blood clotting disorder in six recipients.
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EU seeking ‘urgent clarification’ on Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine delay
Apr 15, 2021 14:05The European commission has said it is seeking “urgent clarification” from Johnson & Johnson after the company’s “completely unexpected” announcement that it is delaying the deployment of its coronavirus vaccine across Europe following concerns in the US about a small number of blood clots.
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Fauci admits PPE shortages under Trump increased COVID death toll of frontline healthcare workers
Apr 15, 2021 14:02Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top infectious disease expert in the U.S., admitted in an interview with The Guardian recently that major shortages of masks, gloves, and other personal protective equipment under the Trump administration contributed to the deaths of more than 3,600 healthcare workers during the first year of the coronavirus pandemic.
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More than 3,600 US health care workers have died in the pandemic’s first year
Apr 14, 2021 10:08More than 3,600 U.S. health care workers perished in the first year of the pandemic, according to “Lost on the Frontline,” a 12-month investigation by The Guardian and KHN to track such deaths.