As the global humanitarian crisis deepens, so far the U.S. government is siding with Big Pharma.
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How (Some) State Stimulus Packages Are Including Immigrants
A battle in Maryland highlights the effort to allow immigrants who pay taxes to benefit from relief measures.
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Workers Making COVID Test Kits Exposed to COVID
At Access Bio in New Jersey, mostly Latina immigrant temp workers lacking protections on the job face hazardous conditions.
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Federal Mask Mandate Is No Defense Against Hostile Riders
The mandate gives transit, passenger rail, and airline employees new levels of authority. But enforcement remains a major challenge for anyone dealing with screaming, punching, or worse.
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Trump, Netanyahu, and COVID
It’s the difference between a competent autocrat and an incompetent one.
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The Larger Lesson of the Bungled Vaccine Rollout
Government needs to restore the competence of public systems and not wait for crises.
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Why COVID-19 Has Run Amok in Los Angeles
The jam-packed living arrangements of frontline workers in an unaffordable housing market are partly to blame.
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A Shot in the Arm
How government succeeded in coronavirus vaccine development, and failed in distribution
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Unsanitized: The Battle of Los Angeles
The nation’s biggest county has the biggest COVID outbreak. Plus, a memorial to the dead. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for January 19, 2021.
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Unsanitized: Biden’s Vaccine Plan v. The COVID Variant
The biggest challenge right now is getting shots into arms before the mutation takes over and surges cases. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for January 18, 2021.
