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A damning indictment on the West’s Covid-19 response
The World Health Organisation has released a damning report on the shockingly clumsy approach in many Western countries. MARC VANDEPITTE reviews its disturbing findings
Most Western governments refused to learn from the experiences of countries that were hit first — lockdowns were undebatable, because they did not comply with our “Western values” — until, of course, there was no other alternative
With more people dying each year and many spending their final days in institutions, researchers argue that wider access to palliative care could offer a more humane and cost-effective alternative, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT
While public outrage has focused on the abuse committed within Jeffrey Epstein’s orbit, key questions remain unresolved, says JOHN GREEN
In the second part of her critique of Wes Streeting’s TenYear Plan for Health, HELEN MERCER looks at the central planks of this privatisation blueprint
Tens of thousands of students left their classrooms and took to the streets against conscription and rising military spending. NICK WRIGHT reports from Berlin
A call from the World Peace Council to the peace movements of the world
A NEW World Health Organisation report, prepared by a panel of experts, begins with the findings that the world was totally unprepared for this pandemic. For decades, however, it had been predicted that such a viral pandemic would inevitably come our way.
Five years ago, the World Health Organisation (WHO) even stated that there was an urgent need for more research into coronaviruses. At the time, such research was not profitable for pharmaceutical giants. As a result, hardly any research had been done. The pursuit of profit had prevailed over public interest.
Ignoring all warnings
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