This article, written by Joel McCleary and Mark Medish, first appeared in Counterpunch.)Nobel-winning biologist Joshua Lederberg warned “the single biggest threat to man’s continued dominance on the planet is the virus.” The Covid19 pandemic is a wakeup call to this existential truth.
Source: Paradigm Shift by Pandemic
Global health experts and activists have been warning for more than a year that aggressive variants of the virus are essentially guaranteed as long as much of the world’s population remains unvaccinated.
Source: Opinion | Who Saw Omicron Coming? Many, in Fact | Amy Goodman
The version of the coronavirus that surfaced in Britain late last year was shocking for many reasons. It came just as vaccines had offered a glimpse of the end of the pandemic, threatening to dash those hopes. It was far more contagious than earlier variants, leading to a swift increase in hospitalizations. And perhaps most surprising to scientists: It had amassed a large constellation of mutations seemingly overnight.
Source: Virus Variants Likely Evolved Inside People With Weak Immune Systems | Portside
The new variant of the virus that was first detected in Britain appears to be spreading rapidly in the United States.
Source: Fauci warns lifting COVID restrictions too early risks another wave of infections.
We left the ‘if’ hanging: the powers are afraid even a short hiatus implies a transformation to something new…
Want to know why Trump and his voracious pals want to herd us back into normal life even as the air is potentially lethal with the virus? Consumption. The machine that lines their pockets has ground to a halt because people decided they want to keep breathing instead of buy stuff. That is happening in China. Wait until it happens here.For Trump and the capitalists, that is the end of the ever-loving world as they know (and own) it. They will wring the coppers from our bones and not think twice about consumers getting consumed. Someday soon, Trump may well announce the all-clear in defiance of the experts. What remains to be seen is whether people will listen.This is still only the beginning. Stout hearts. Do not listen to the president.
Source: Trump and His Allies Have Decided to Preserve Capitalism at Any Cost
1848+: The End(s) of History 