pandemic

‘Tipping point’ of the pandemic: WHO says 22 European countries have new Covid-19 variant

“We remain in the grip of Covid-19 as cases surge across Europe and we tackle new challenges brought by the…

3 years ago

Slavoj Zizek: We’re at a grim crossroads in this pandemic: one path leads to utter despair, the other to total extinction

We read again and again in our media that we are at the “beginning of the end” of the pandemic:…

3 years ago

Covid-19 pandemic ’caused by separate outbreaks’ around the world, China was only the first to report – Chinese FM

“We raced against time and were the first country to report cases to the world,” Wang said in an interview…

3 years ago

Current coronavirus pandemic ‘very severe’ but ‘not necessarily the big one’ – WHO

Commenting during a media briefing on Monday, Dr. Ryan explained that the fatality rate of the current virus is reasonably…

3 years ago

Covid expert Fauci says pandemic’s ‘WORST YET TO COME’ (yet again)

Speaking on CNN’s ‘State of the Union’ on Sunday, Fauci was asked whether he believes the “worst is still yet…

3 years ago

Is it possible to get even richer after devastating coronavirus pandemic? Danes say ‘yes’

The financial wealth of Danes has surpassed pre-pandemic levels, with net financial assets of Danish households surging to 5.66 trillion…

3 years ago

‘How they manage to keep going is incredible’: No K-pop concerts left Gen Z ‘SCARRED’ by pandemic, says Reuters

Imagine a world without K-pop. To some, this would seem a utopia, but for super-fan Lee Ga-hyeon, not getting to…

3 years ago

BAME people were hit hard by the pandemic, then let down by the UK govt’s response. No wonder they don’t trust the Covid vaccine

While 79 percent of white citizens will do so, only 57 percent of minority-ethnic people have stated any desire to…

3 years ago

US Covid-19 relief package set to IMMUNIZE corporations from pandemic lawsuits, alarms worker advocates

The long-awaited second coronavirus relief package, revealed on Monday, is shot through with problematic aspects that favor large corporations, including…

3 years ago

‘Sickening’ & ‘crass’: First Covid-19 pandemic movie ‘Songbird’ triggers critics by targeting power-hungry governments

“This movie about a pandemic, made entirely during the pandemic, is not something anybody needs right now...or ever,” reads a…

3 years ago