coronavirus
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The tug of war between the virus and fiscal stimuli
7 April 2020 — theplanningmotivedotcom The markets have taken solace from the various fiscal, rather than monetary stimuli, recently introduced, including the $2.2 trillion package by the US Senate. CNBC has observed that: markets have moved sideways over the last 7 sessions. However, as the economic news becomes more disastrous it is likely that this Continue reading
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Coronavirus Socialism for the Wealthy
When capitalism screeches to a halt and starts its old business of killing off the adventurous but weakened, the enterprising but foolish, those who initially benefited, shed tears. Losses mount, accountants tally up current and future losses. Huge profits somehow do not matter now, as the diminishing balances bite and impress. As this happens, the… Continue reading
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Coronavirus Fact Not Fear – Chart Update 4th April 2020 – Includes Missing USA
5 April 2020 — Youtube A brilliant presentation of the facts. Must watch. Here is the video the author asks you to watch: Youtube Continue reading
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Lives or livelihoods?
6 April 2020 — Michael Roberts Blog There are now two billion people across the world living under some form of lockdown as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. That’s a quarter of the world’s population. The world economy has seen nothing like this. Nearly all economic forecasts for global GDP in 2020 are for… Continue reading
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Covid19 Death Figures “A Substantial Over-Estimate”
Bizarre guidelines from health authorities around the world are potentially including thousands of deceased patients who were never even tested Continue reading
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CoVid19 – Can Britain avert the coming catastrophe
By TruePublica Editor: The Boris Johnson government have clearly demonstrated they are not the people to run the country in a crisis. Their refusal to partake in an EU procurement programme for desperately needed life-saving medical equipment is a last-gasp expression of their tribalism in a situation which demanded so much more. It shone a… Continue reading
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Western media unlocked: Hypocrisy behind COVID-19 reports
Why did apparently stigmatizing names like Chinese virus or Wuhan virus keep making headlines? How have the Western media shaped the narrative of China’s response to the novel coronavirus? As the virus continues to wreck havoc, China Daily investigates how the Western version of propaganda plays out in the global battle against coronavirus. Continue reading
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Why coronavirus could spark a capitalist supernova
This day has come closer. Capitalism now faces the deepest crisis in its several centuries of existence. A global slump has begun that is already devastating the lives of hundreds of millions of working people on all continents. The consequences for workers and poor people in Asia, Africa, and Latin America will be even more… Continue reading
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China rolls out the Health Silk Road
In the Belt and Road framework, China is supplying much of the world including virus-hit Europe with medicine and healthcare items Continue reading
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The DWP’s latest coronavirus move is utterly twisted
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has descended into further chaos amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. But its latest move to try and keep itself afloat amid ‘unprecedented times’ is actually utterly twisted. Continue reading
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Joint Call for International Cooperation in the Battle Against COVID-19
The Cuban Communist Party joined the international call for cooperation in the battle against the epidemic, which has claimed the lives of more than 50,000 people around the world. The text, signed by 230 political parties from more than 100 countries, recognizes that the Covid-19 has confronted us with the most pressing and serious challenge… Continue reading
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UK: Elderly will be left to die as coronavirus plunges care sector into crisis
As Britain recorded its largest increase in deaths from coronavirus in a single day, 684, taking the grim toll to over 3,000, it is the elderly who are most at risk from the pandemic. While more than half of all hospital deaths in England were among those aged 80 and over, the number of those… Continue reading
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The Things You CANNOT Say About Coronavirus
Are you interested in talking about…things? You know, the kind of things that we’re not allowed to talk about anymore? You know, since the…uhhh…“The Event“? Continue reading
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An interview with four Chinese physicians at the epicenter of the pandemic in Wuhan
Benjamin Mateus of the WSWS had an opportunity in mid-March, through an intermediary, to communicate with four Chinese physicians who were involved from the beginning in the massive response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Wuhan. To assure the anonymity of these individuals, names and locations have been changed. The correspondence has been edited and reformatted… Continue reading
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Johnson gov’t losing the Covid battle on the frontlines and headlines
When the Daily Mail finally admits the government it helped foist into power is nothing more than a veneer of populist slogans – you know as a government, you’ve been unveiled as a worthless profligate band of spurious frauds. The Boris Johnson government has been tested in a crisis and emphatically failed the nation in… Continue reading
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A fiasco in the making? As the coronavirus pandemic takes hold, we are making decisions without reliable data
The current coronavirus disease, Covid-19, has been called a once-in-a-century pandemic. But it may also be a once-in-a-century evidence fiasco. Continue reading
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U.S. sanctions abort delivery of Covid-19 aid from Alibaba chief to Cuba
Cuba has slammed the U.S.’ “criminal blockade” of the country after the embargo stood in the way of the delivery of Covid-19 test kits and ventilators donated by Chinese e-commerce tycoon Jack Ma. Continue reading
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Lockdown: Locking in the New Global Order
On 12 March, British PM Boris Johnson informed the public that families would continue to “lose loved ones before their time” as the coronavirus outbreak worsens. Continue reading
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The Things They Do
2 April 2020 — The Vulture Came across this little gem whilst on my wanderings. It epitomises just what dumb-shits these so-called leaders really are. Well. This is awkward. According to a report by Axios, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu may have addressed government officials on the topic of the coronavirus by … showing footage Continue reading
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Coronavirus: Drop the debt
As coronavirus gets a foothold in every country, governments in the global south are facing an appalling choice: pay for emergency healthcare, or pay off international debts. Continue reading
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