Scientists raise alarm over global spread of new highly-mutated COVID-19 variant
As COVID-19 cases surge throughout the world, scientists are warning of the emergence of a new variant of SARS-CoV-2.
Evan Blake•
The coronavirus pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic is a world historic tragedy which has killed an estimated over 20 million people and debilitated hundreds of millions worldwide. Since the start of the pandemic, the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI), which publishes the World Socialist Web Site, has continuously advocated for policies to eliminate the coronavirus in every country. We remain the only political party in the world that has fought for this strategy and for a vast expansion of public health globally.
We have interviewed and collaborated with many leading scientists and anti-COVID activists, and hosted a major webinar, “How to end the pandemic” on October 24, 2021, which is linked below. We have also assisted workers in building rank-and-file committees independent of the pro-capitalist unions and political parties which are responsible for the pandemic policies that have been implemented.
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Video: What must be done to end the pandemic
This video describes the current surge of the Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants, reviews the immense societal impacts of Long COVID and outlines a strategy of what must be done to end the pandemic. It has subtitles in German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Turkish, Tamil, Sinhala, Russian, Polish and Italian.
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The hidden COVID-19 wave and the destruction of public health
With virtually no public awareness, reporting in the corporate media or communication from government officials, a surge of COVID-19 infections, reinfections and hospitalizations is well underway across the United States, as well as Italy, Japan, Britain, Spain and other countries.
Evan Blake, Benjamin Mateus•
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the ruling class’ return to Social Darwinism
This is the report delivered by Evan Blake, Coordinator of the WSWS Global Workers’ Inquest into the COVID-19 Pandemic, to the 2023 International May Day Online Rally held on April 30.
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COVID-safe IYSSE event draws enthusiastic support from workers and scientists
The near-universal masking and support for COVID-19 mitigation measures verifies the analysis of the WSWS that when educated and provided with a political perspective, workers and youth will choose to protect themselves and others.
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For a Global Workers’ Inquest into the COVID-19 Pandemic
This Inquest is necessary to break through the cover-up, falsifications and misinformation that have been deployed to justify policies responsible for the avoidable deaths of millions since the initial detection of SARS-CoV-2.
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Former Montgomery, Alabama teacher testifies about the forced reopening of schools in 2020-21
In this interview, Tynisa Williams, former teacher in Montgomery, Alabama, describes the experience of being forced to teach in-person in the fall of 2020 and winter of 2021. She and her coworkers waged a courageous struggle to stop the deadly return to in-person learning that cost the lives of eight educators in the district.
Emma Arceneaux, Evan Blake•
Global Workers’ Inquest into the COVID-19 Pandemic
Family of Detroit autoworker who died of COVID-19 demands answers
In this video testimony, Catherine Pace’s family describes the working conditions which led to her death and the deaths of countless other autoworkers during the still-raging pandemic.
Jerry White, James Brewer•
“I felt like I was in quicksand… at times it seemed like it was never-ending”
Flight attendant shares his experience being intubated for 19 days with COVID-19
In this interview for the Global Workers’ Inquest into the COVID-19 Pandemic, flight attendant Tim Yoder shares his experiences in early 2020. Tim caught COVID-19 in mid-March 2020 after being told he was an “essential worker” and had to continue flying despite feeling ill when multiple coworkers had already tested positive for COVID-19.
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Six months after the lifting of Zero-COVID
China’s second wave of COVID-19 infections, deaths, debilitation, and government lies: Part 1
Amid this deepening crisis, Chinese public health officials have sought to allay fears by recycling the same propaganda and lies first promoted by the Western imperialist powers.
Lily Zhao•
Accomplices to social murder
The international pseudo-left and the lifting of Zero-COVID in China: Part 1
The pseudo-left’s hostility to public health and support for imperialism found sharp expression in their universal demand—echoing that of the Western corporate media and political establishment—that China abandon its Zero-COVID strategy.
Evan Blake•
Estimate by Airfinity places COVID-19 deaths in China over 1.3 million
Health based analytics estimates that COVID deaths in China have reached 1.3 million fatalities.
Benjamin Mateus•
In New Year’s address, Chinese President Xi Jinping covers up massive public health crisis
Xi echoed the empty platitudes of US President Joe Biden and capitalist politicians responsible for the devastation wrought globally by this preventable disease.
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Evan Blake•
John Malvar•
Peter Symonds•
Lily Zhao•
Peter Symonds•
October 24, 2021 webinar: How to end the pandemic
On October 24, 2021, the World Socialist Web Site and the International Workers Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees hosted this webinar featuring leading scientists and epidemiologists from throughout the world to explain the case for the global elimination of the coronavirus.
Interviews with scientists
"The idea that the pandemic is over... The virus hasn’t gotten that memo."
An interview with Arijit Chakravarty on ending of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency: Part 1
The CEO of Fractal Therapeutics discusses the false construct of “hybrid immunity” and the growing danger of new variants as SARS-CoV-2 is allowed to infect the world’s population without any mitigation.
Benjamin Mateus•
The history and science behind airborne infections and the use of ultraviolet irradiation for disinfecting indoor air
Dr. Nardell, of Harvard University, is a preeminent researcher and practitioner in the field of airborne infections and the use of UV radiation to fight them.
Benjamin Mateus•
Interview with Dr. Ziyad Al-Aly on the COVID pandemic and Long COVID
“This was a historic moment in the annals of medicine... when patients came to the fore and alerted all of us scientists that something here is wrong and needs to be investigated and researched and gave the entity its name.”
Benjamin Mateus•
“Elimination approaches have led to a massive increase in life expectancy, economic growth, and quality of life in many countries for decades”
Long COVID advocate Dr. Elisa Perego speaks on the pandemic and the need for global elimination
In this interview, Dr. Perego describes the patient-led efforts to study and educate others on Long COVID, the criminal policies implemented by numerous world governments, and the significance of historical struggles to eliminate and eradicate infectious diseases.
Evan Blake•
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Benjamin Mateus•
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Build rank-and-file committees to fight for high quality education and an end to the pandemic!
2023 will be characterized by mass opposition of teachers and school workers to intolerable working conditions and mass infection. Teachers and school workers must learn from the experiences of the past three years, having been betrayed by the trade union bureaucracies in the interest of the capitalist state, and form independent rank-and-file committees to carry forward their fight!
Educators Rank-and-File Safety Committee (US)•
The pandemic is not over! Build a movement of educators, parents and students for COVID-19 elimination!
Opposition to herd immunity and support for basic protective measures remains strong among broad sections of working people. These widespread sentiments must be directed towards the mobilization of the working class to fight for a global strategy to eliminate COVID-19.
Cross-Canada Educators Rank-and-File Safety Committee•
Germany: Vote "NO" to the sell-out contract in education and social services!
The agreement is not worth the paper it is written on. It can only be described as a sellout of the struggle that thousands have been waging since the beginning of March for improvements in the working conditions in the social work and education professions.
Network of Rank-and-File Committees for Safe Education (Netzwerk der Aktionskomitees für sichere Bildung)•
US educators call for building a mass movement to prevent World War III and end the pandemic
Rank-and-file committees of educators, parents and students met across the US last weekend to adopt a resolution opposing the drive to World War III and calling for a mass movement of the working class to stop the pandemic.
Educators Rank-and-File Safety Committee•
Rank-and-File Committee for Safe Education in Turkey•
Southern Educators Rank-and-File Safety Committees•
Michigan Educators Rank-and-File Safety Committee•
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The Committee for Public Education (Australia)•
The positions of the ruling class proceed from the defense of capitalist property: the private ownership of the means of production and the geostrategic interests of the nation state. The positions of the working class strive objectively toward socialism: the ending of the profit system and exploitation of labor, and its replacement with the scientifically planned reorganization of economic life on the basis of human needs and the global unification of mankind through the abolition of the nation-state system.
Mpox pandemic spreads into China after lifting of Zero-COVID policy
Since the beginning of June 2023, China has experienced a significant outbreak of mpox, joining ranks with the rest of the world in the ongoing but rarely reported on mpox pandemic.
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The failure to eradicate polio: Capitalism cannot protect the world’s population from a growing number of epidemic diseases
A wastewater sample recently taken from a collection system that overlaps portions of the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens in New York City has tested positive for the poliomyelitis virus is the latest evidence of the resurgent spread of this deadly disease.
Philip Guelpa•
Death of Los Angeles County man infected with monkeypox under investigation by health officials
Los Angeles County health officials reported last week that a man infected with monkeypox had passed away. An investigation is underway to determine the virus’ contribution to his death.
Benjamin Mateus•
New York declares a state of emergency on polio over growing community transmission of the virus
On Friday, New York Governor Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency over polio. Wastewater data indicates the silent transmission of the virus, raising concerns because of low polio vaccination rates among children in certain regions.
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