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* [https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/wxekgx/hospitals-need-to-repair-ventilators-manufacturers-are-making-that-impossible Hospitals Need to Repair Ventilators. Manufacturers Are Making That Impossible]
* [https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/wxekgx/hospitals-need-to-repair-ventilators-manufacturers-are-making-that-impossible Hospitals Need to Repair Ventilators. Manufacturers Are Making That Impossible]
* [https://sirota.substack.com/p/will-big-pharma-fleece-us-on-a-covid Will Big Pharma Fleece Us On A COVID Treatment That We Helped Fund?]


== The Failed Response ==
== The Failed Response ==
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* [https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/more-on-the-ppe-seizures More on the PPE Seizures]
* [https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/more-on-the-ppe-seizures More on the PPE Seizures]
* [https://eand.co/why-britains-coronavirus-strategy-is-literally-one-of-the-most-insane-things-in-modern-history-45c755f1db2d Why Britain’s Coronavirus Strategy is Literally One of the Most Insane Things in Modern History]
* [https://eand.co/why-britains-coronavirus-strategy-is-literally-one-of-the-most-insane-things-in-modern-history-45c755f1db2d Why Britain’s Coronavirus Strategy is Literally One of the Most Insane Things in Modern History]
* [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/05/us/jared-kushner-fema-coronavirus.html How Kushner's volunteer force led a fumbling hunt for medical supplies]


=== The Corporate Bailout ===
=== The Corporate Bailout ===
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* [https://pluralistic.net/2020/03/31/reality-endorses-sanders/#kafka-capitalism Corporate welfare vs food stamps]
* [https://pluralistic.net/2020/03/31/reality-endorses-sanders/#kafka-capitalism Corporate welfare vs food stamps]
* [https://mattstoller.substack.com/p/stop-the-6-trillion-coronavirus-corporate Stop the $6 Trillion Coronavirus Corporate Coup!]
* [https://mattstoller.substack.com/p/stop-the-6-trillion-coronavirus-corporate Stop the $6 Trillion Coronavirus Corporate Coup!]
* [https://taibbi.substack.com/p/the-trickle-up-bailout 80% of the tax cut in the bailout "went to just 43,000 taxpayers each earning over $1 million a year]
* [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-18/denmark-extends-business-aid-to-increase-spending-by-15-billion Denmark said that companies which pay out dividends, buy back own shares or are registered in tax havens won’t be eligible for any of the aid programs]


== Profit Uber Alles ==
== Profit Uber Alles ==
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* [https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/in-chicago-70-of-covid19-deaths-are-black/dd3f295f-445e-4e38-b37f-a1503782b507/ In Chicago, 70% of COVID-19 Deaths Are Black]
* [https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/in-chicago-70-of-covid19-deaths-are-black/dd3f295f-445e-4e38-b37f-a1503782b507/ In Chicago, 70% of COVID-19 Deaths Are Black]
* [https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3568255 Social Distancing, Internet Access and Inequality]
* [https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3568255 Social Distancing, Internet Access and Inequality]
* [https://www.ft.com/content/6bd88b7d-3386-4543-b2e9-0d5c6fac846c Global coronavirus death toll could be 60% higher than reported]


== On the US empire ==
== On the US empire ==

Revision as of 10:09, 8 May 2020

So much went wrong with the COVID-19 crisis response. So many decisions were made years and decades earlier that made it far worse than it should have been. This page to keep track of what went wrong so we can be sure to remember and learn from the decisions that killed so many and left so many unemployed and destitute.

How we got here

Decades of bad decisions

IP for the fail

The Failed Response

The Corporate Bailout

Profit Uber Alles

Surveillance

Death Cult

The Effects

On People

On the US empire

What worked

What to fix