Zero Covid
China: end of zero covid?
Growing divisions in the party have forced a change of tack.
We can live with an endemic Covid-19, but we don’t have to
By Reginald Banks Omicron is just the latest in a long list of variants to devastate the world and is by no means necessarily the last one. First discovered in South Africa, it became the dominant strain around the world with lightning speed. Daily cases in the UK reached a new peak of 160,000 a […]
Omicron: Boris Johnson is choosing profits over public health, again
By Dave Stockton Britain is experiencing yet another damaging outburst of coronavirus, this time the Omicron variant. Once again, leaving aside its apparent origin in South Africa, the UK is already leading the way in the speed of transmission. As a result France and Germany have imposed restrictions on travellers from the UK. Omicron cases […]
Sleepwalking into Plan B?
Editorial November 2021, No. 388
Stop the third wave: no trade-off between lives and livelihoods
Coronavirus cases are surging once again.
100,000 deaths and a year of government failures
We need a Zero Covid strategy
Imperialist countries’ hoarding of vaccine risks prolonging the pandemic
Wealthiest countries hoarding vaccines.
Fight for workers’ control of the lockdown
The teachers' initiative is a model for workers to follow
Covid-19, Conspiracy Theories and Workers’ Resistance
Why do some people defy the public safety measures?
Zero Covid: A workers’ programme
By Peter Main The recent launch of the Zero Covid campaign brings a welcome breath of fresh air and sanity to the public debate on dealing with the pandemic. For all their talk of “following the science” and “balancing health and wealth”, Boris Johnson and his cabinet have ignored clear lessons from the rest of […]
Health vs the economy: what’s the best way out of the pandemic?
For a zero-covid strategy.
