By Margaret Kimberley, BAR senior columnist March 11, 2020 The United States has none of the systems or infrastructure that would allow it to accomplish what China has done to fight mass infection. The only thing more frightening than the COVID-19 virus spreading around the world is the knowledge that this country is woefully unprepared …
On Thursday, the U.S. tallied over 13,000 cases in one day and in total nearly 1,100 deaths. | Photo: EFE The United States surpassed China in the number of infected people with COVID-19 Thursday, as the North American nation reported 81,864 cases. As the World Health Organization warned earlier this week, the U.S. has become …
Fighting COVID 19 in Cuba, China and the United States By W. T. Whitney Jr. March 19, 2020 Governments, according to Thomas Jefferson, are supposed to guarantee people’s rights to “life liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” COVID 19 has out people’s lives and health in the spotlight now. What kind of tools do governments …
By Andile Mngxitama Do you know that the South African government’s R13.85 billion package to deal with the economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic is: i. just 7.5% of the wealth of Johann Rupert who is worth R103.4-billion? ii. just 7.4% of the wealth of Nicky Oppenheimer who is worth R102.98-billion? iii. less than the …
President Cyril Ramaphosa. Image credit: @PresidencyZA/Twitter Cyril Ramaphosa My fellow South Africans, It is a week since we declared the coronavirus pandemic a national disaster and announced a package of extraordinary measures to combat this grave public health emergency. The response of the South African people to this crisis has been remarkable. Millions of our …
Haiti’s President Jovenel Moise. | Photo: EFE Haiti’s President Jovenel Moise, in a press statement at the National Palace, revealed on Thursday the first two cases of people infected by the new coronavirus, COVID-19, in the country. Moise said the unidentified patients that tested positive for COVID-19 had been quarantined. He declined to release further …
By Andile Mngxitama Dear God let’s talk Face to face, Parent to parent… You know I’m not a hypocrite, I speak straight. You, Lord of Lords, have done nothing for us blacks. You allowed all horrors to happen to us, from slavery to permanent poverty. When the AIDS plague came, you let it ravage us …