JOSEF BOUSKA - How Europe and America blew it on the pandemic: A tale of blindness and arrogance
It is said that times of crisis reveal who we really are. If this adage works for civilizations as it does for individuals, Europe and America have reasons to worry. The illusion of getting the new coronavirus under control was short-lived, barely surviving summer. Europe is seeing infections rising to spring levels; mortality remains lower but health care systems in parts of Spain and France are on red alert again. Meanwhile, the United States has successfully curbed several major outbreaks, most notably in New York, but remains the worst affected country in the world. The light at the end of the tunnel is rather faint.
Trump's non-existent 'Health Care Plan'
There have been attempts to identify ritual scapegoats, most
often the World Health Organization. Indeed, WHO made its share of
missteps, from an initially hesitant stance toward face masks to
cheerleading for the Chinese dictatorship. Still, it was WHO that declared
COVID-19 a "public health emergency of international
concern" on Jan. 30 and urged countries to set up strong
measures ensuring early detection of the virus.
The West listened — and did next to nothing. That was
the time to prepare tests, stockpile protective equipment, review the
capacities of public health care. Donald Trump's lackadaisical stance towards
the infection is well known and hardly surprising, but few Western leaders did
much better in the beginning. Despite WHO's clear warning, governments
across Europe were caught completely unprepared a month later. Why this time
was wasted remains a mystery and it's difficult to understand how politicians
who are usually scrutinized for every detail were able to get away with such a
level of negligence….
George Lakey on Capitalism, public health and the Nordic model
After the Truth Shower - Webinar on the Pandemic. April 26 2020
I Am a Mad Scientist. By Kate Marvel
JOSH DZIEZA - Save the Honeybee, Sterilize the Earth
We'll find a treatment for coronavirus – but drug companies will decide
who gets it
10 Theses on the Proliferation of Egocrats (1977)
'We did it to ourselves': scientist says intrusion into nature led to
pandemic
The champions of
capitalism are refusing to admit their ideology has failed
America has no real
public health system – coronavirus has a clear run
The US is losing
its superpower status and it might not recover / Trump’s Slow-Motion 9/11
Delilah Friedler: Capitalism
Is America’s Religion. The Virus Makes That Clear
American capitalism
has dropped the mask — and its face is cruel and selfish
