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The U.S. Experience: Racism and COVID-19 Mortality

Marty Hart-Landsberg Reports from the Economic Front
A recently published study, found that if everyone living in the United States, aged 25 years or older, died of COVID-19 at the same rate as college-educated non-Hispanic white people did in 2020, 48 percent fewer people would have died.

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How Developing Countries Can Make mRNA Covid Vaccines

Stephanie Nolan New York Times
Wealthy nations are failing to vaccinate the world, health experts say. Here are 10 companies outside the US that have the production facilities, skilled workers and experience to manufacture mRNA for global distribution.

The Eviction Moratorium Saved Lives

Matthew Desmond New York Times
Did the moratorium prevent evictions? Did it promote public health? The answer to both of those questions is a resounding yes. The eviction moratorium was among the most important public health interventions of the pandemic. It saved lives...

The Verdict on Vaccine Mandates: They Work

Sharon Otterman and Joseph Goldstein New York Times
Faced with a New York State mandate to get vaccinated in order to hold their jobs, thousands of N.Y. hospital and nursing home workers got vaccinated ahead of the deadline.

The Other Pandemic

Evangeline Lawson The Progressive
I am forty-two years old. The struggle to end HIV/AIDS pretty much spans my entire life. This year, in fact, marks forty years since the first case was reported in the United States on June 5, 1981.
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