https://mlrg.online/politics/hovering-on-the-brink-of-fascism-what-happened-in-the-november-5th-2024-usa-elections/
(1) I doubt anything new to the list members here. -> " The main report is focused upon two main aims and one as yet unanswered question. First, this short report tries to analyse what happened in the vote. Second, we try to examine what Trump’s proposed cabinet holds for the working class of the USA, and indeed for the toiling peoples of the world. Finally, we begin to address the question that hangs over the working class of the USA. Is the incoming Trump government already to take a fascist form of government? Or at what point might it become that? We cannot answer the substantive question at this point. That requires urgent thought by the broad Left, and the Marxist-Leninist forces within that Left." (2) However - since the average age here is high (I think); and since vulnerability to COVID and other scourges is increased as populations age; and since the various forms of modern immunisation are effective on RCT level evidence - the section that reads as below may be of some interest to them anyway. Unlikely that access to the new vaccines will be completely halted. But may become more restricted - unclear. COVID is not 'gone'. And 'Bird flu'... well... don't follow Kennedy's advice. >From the article, relevant section starts: " Health: Robert Kennedy Jr There are a host of anti-scientific individuals named to important positions in health. They are very likely to destroy – or at least severely hinder – the health care services. They are led by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Who will run the Department of Health and Human Services, which includes the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). . . .... Kennedy and Oz will be joined by fellow “co-thinkers” – Dr. Martin A. Makary taking over charge of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA); and Dr. Dave Weldon, lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. ... Makary opposed COVID shut-downs in favour of herd immunity; and Weldon mistakenly argued that vaccinations were causing autism through the use of thimerosal. (Christina Jewett; “Dr. Martin Makary Chosen to Head the F.D.A.”; NYT November 22, 2024) . . . And not to be forgotten is Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, of the “Great Barrington Declaration”. . . . We may over the next foreseeable 1-3 years, be facing a possible new pandemic from bird flu. If so, the anti-scientific views of Kennedy and his newly appointed co-workers, will become – as in the height of the COVID pandemic – frankly dangerous. (Zeynep Tufekci; “A Bird Flu Pandemic Would Be One of the Most Foreseeable Catastrophes in History”; NYT 29 November 2024). Previously from a very early time-point in the COVID Pandemic, we exposed much of the mythology around COVID, vaccinations, herd immunity and dangerous views. We urged at that time that a scientific attitude to pandemics be adopted (For example, amongst other articles on this – see “How should Marxists view the COVID-19 Pandemic of 2019-2020?” March 14, 2020 and “Older People in Sweden Are Treated As Dispensable During the COVID-19 Pandemic”, December 30, 2020. and “Marxist Leninist Theses: The aftermath of the Corona virus (COVID-19) Health care crisis and short-term demands“; 29 March 2020). Many of these articles have considerations that are likely to become newly relevant. " H -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#33825): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/33825 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/109860828/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
