5 years of the COVID-19 pandemic: The origins of a social catastrophe

#MassSocietyProblems #GlobalCrisis #EconomicInequality #COVID19Pandemic #PublicHealthFailure

wsws.org/en/articles/2025/03/1…

5 years of the COVID-19 pandemic: The origins of a social catastrophe

The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the incapacity of capitalism to deal with the problems of mass society, and that this social system is in an advanced state of regression.

^{World Socialist Web Site}

Five years on: Britons among hardest hit by Covid fallout

#InternationalComparison #HomelessnessIncrease #BritainCovidResponse #MentalHealthCrisis #PublicHealthFailure

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Five years on: Britons among hardest hit by Covid fallout

Life expectancy, homelessness and young people’s mental health were among the areas where Britain performed poorly despite spending more than other countries

^{James Tapper (The Guardian)}

"The turning point was 2020, the year of the COVID-19 pandemic, when Alabama had 57,643 births, but 64,779 deaths. The following year saw the trend continue, when the state saw almost 11,000 more people die than were born. The trend has continued every year since."

#demography #publichealthfailure #gop

al.com/news/2025/01/alabama-fa…

Alabama faces a ‘demographic cliff’ as deaths surpass births

More people have died in Alabama than have been born since 2020. But the state's population keeps expanding.

^{William Thornton | wthornton@al.com (al)}