Category Archives: Pandemic

Biden Stimulus Plan Shores Up Weakest Multi-Employer Pension Plans Rather than Taking on Private Equity Abuses

A Biden rescue of the sickest private pension plans goes largely under the radar.

Indian Vaccine Manufacturers: U.S. Use of Wartime Export Controls Threatens World Vaccine Production

Will the U.S. relax export controls that threaten global vaccine production? What’s the next step for U.S. vacccine diplomacy?

‘Disturbing’: Rich Nations Vaccinating Person Per Second While Blocking Effort to Share Recipe With Poor Countries

Rich nations continue to block a propsed waiver of intellectual property rights to allow global sharing of vaccine tecnology and production.

Brazil’s Catastrophic Management of COVID-19 Threatens the Entire World

Bolosonaro is responsible for Brasil’s botched Covid response. But the consequences extent far beyond the country’s borders.

Failed COVID Strategy Leaves Sweden Deeply Divided

Sweden became a symbol for anti-lockdown and no-mask movements across the world. But it’s no longer a source of consensus at home.

Resurrected Politically, Lula Goes After Bolsonaro’s ‘Moronic’ Handling of Covid-19 Pandemic

A Brazilian court this week rehabilitated former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, clearing the way for a 2022 presidential bid.

Wolf Richter: Signs Are Everywhere: Businesses Have Changed Permanently as a Result of the Pandemic

The pandemic has caused many shifts in how businesses operate: permanent and many are positives and should have happened a long time ago.

California Wildfire Smoke Harms Respiratory Health More than Fine Particulates from Any Other Source, Including Vehicle Emissions

Wildfire smoke is more toxic than other sources of fine particles – a worry for COVID survivors.

‘We Must Deliver on This Issue’: Jayapal Vows to Fight for $15 Minimum Wage

The Congressional Progressive Caucus chair said that despite the Senate failing to include the wage boost in the relief bill, the fight for $15 must go on.

Yes, Export Bans on Vaccines Are a Problem, But Why Is the Supply of Vaccines so Limited in the First Place?

Italy has blocked vaccine exports to Australia, which now must reconsider its opposition to proposed global solutions to unblock supply.

The Jobs Recovery, Compared to the “Good Times” Trend

February confirms: V-shaped jobs recovery petered out in October about two-thirds into it.

Economists’ Rx: “Sick? Stay Home!”

Economists endorse sick day mandates. Pass the word.

Covid Deranges the Immune System in Complex and Deadly Ways

The more experts look at Covid, the more they seem to come up with new questions rather than answers.

Covid Baby Bust Has Governments Rattled

A falloff in baby production has capitalists very worried.