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The Telenovela that is COVID: Waiting for the Last Episode

http://www.populist.com/27.17.Retsinas.html

 

MoCs, Civil Society and Labor Leaders Urge Biden to Launch Global Plan to End Pandemic at Next Week’s UN Summit.  Summit Must Deliver on Policies Needed to End Pandemic — Waiver of WTO Intellectual Property Barriers, Technology Transfer and Funding for Global Production of COVID Medicines — Vaccine Donations Will Not Cut It

https://www.citizen.org/news/mocs-civil-society-and-labor-leaders-urge-biden-to-launch-global-plan-to-end-pandemic-at-next-weeks-un-summit/

 

Pfizer submits data to FDA, seeking to use its Covid vaccine for children ages 5 to 11: These younger kids could be vaccinated by Halloween, Pfizer CEO says.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/pfizer-seeks-fda-authorization-covid-vaccine-children-ages-5-11-n1279939?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma&fbclid=IwAR3rDNqiG2eAf0tG45IssfQvgS3Qdq7I_HyrGV7da-uiUtNbD-3PmzDxLjY

 

Merck says it has the first antiviral pill found to be effective against Covid.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/10/01/world/covid-delta-variant-vaccines#merck-antiviral-pill-covid

 

'Entirely Unsurprising': Merck Slammed for 4,000% Markup of Taxpayer-Funded Covid Drug.  "Another example of Big Pharma reaping billions from public investment into research by charging extortionate, rip-off prices for lifesaving Covid drugs."

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/10/06/entirely-unsurprising-merck-slammed-4000-markup-taxpayer-funded-covid-drug?utm_term=AO&utm_campaign=Daily%20Newsletter&utm_content=email&utm_source=Daily%20Newsletter&utm_medium=Email

 

Covid response ‘one of UK’s worst ever public health failures’: Early handling and belief in ‘herd immunity’ led to more deaths, Commons inquiry finds

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/oct/12/covid-response-one-of-uks-worst-ever-public-health-failures?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other&fbclid=IwAR2saLweGDPfUo0sP4pzKjDAO6eX25DAoSMQrVQXrbo3E-sWK1gEhe8S_zo

 

POLICE FOUNDATIONS: A CORPORATE-SPONSORED THREAT TO DEMOCRACY AND BLACK LIVES

https://policefoundations.org/?action_id=300570163&akid=.4665334.BZoh1W&ar=1&rd=1&source=ip_10721_ad_fb_interestbased

 

DC Auditor report found lack of supervision in DC 911 center

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnAE7NbhtTU

 

Texas Republicans’ Attacks on Trans Kids and Abortion Are Part of the Same Sinister Strategy: With a bill banning trans student athletes, Republicans are claiming to protect children in order to consolidate power. Where have we seen this before?

https://newrepublic.com/article/164117/greg-abbott-trans-student-athletes?utm_medium=notification&utm_source=pushly&utm_campaign=pushly_launch

 

Utah school district ignored widespread racial harassment, DOJ says

https://www.axios.com/utah-davis-school-district-racial-harassment-doj-57f8e06c-39dc-4c48-8749-ed3e1f06c68d.html?fbclid=IwAR14lqDjRHrHjXXRLhjJAPdMWgwF7ej7yvk-AsUdA7r2W-RxzSqgwRHYJNQ

 

I Hope Everyone Is Prepared for Kyle Rittenhouse to Go Free: Even if Rittenhouse somehow draws an impartial jury, he already appears to have landed a very partial judge.

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/kyle-rittenhouse-judge/?utm_source=one-signal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2021-10-27

 

US congressional report documents criminal indifference to health and safety by meatpackers during pandemic

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/10/29/meat-o29.html

 

'End the Pandemic... Share the Vaccines!': All-Night Vigil Held Outside House of Top Biden Covid-19 Official.  "We've tried every tactic to advance our policy goals, and yet the administration continues to pad Big Pharma's record profits instead of ending the pandemic."

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/10/29/end-pandemic-share-vaccines-all-night-vigil-held-outside-house-top-biden-covid-19-0?utm_term=AO&utm_campaign=Daily%20Newsletter&utm_content=email&utm_source=Daily%20Newsletter&utm_medium=Email