Why Covid mishandling harmed the single-payer movement (Do Not Resuscitate #350 Jun 7 2024)

In this week's “Do Not Resuscitate," I connect the ongoing Covid debates with the campaign for a single-payer "Medicare for All" type system. We should eliminate for-profit insurance and replace it with a government-funded resource pool because we believe, contra Thatcher, that we live in a society and can act collectively for the common welfare. Undermining public health as Covid has done weakens that impulse toward solidarity.

Here are the links to all the articles mentioned in this podcast: 

Emily Kopp, “Fauci aide triggers deeper concerns about hidden emails on COVID origins,” U.S. Right To Know, May 22, 2024 https://bit.ly/3X30QQE

David Hilzenrath, “After grilling an NIH scientist over Covid emails, Congress turns to Anthony Fauci,” KFF Health News, May 31, 2024 https://bit.ly/3wULaED

Joseph Choi, “5 takeaways from Fauci’s heated House hearing,” The Hill, Jun 3, 2024 https://bit.ly/3KruPKP

Benjamin Mueller, “U.S. suspends funding for group at center of Covid origins fight,” New York Times, May 15, 2024 https://nyti.ms/4aH8mnG and Joseph Choi, “HHS looks to debar group at center of COVID lab-leak theories,” The Hill, May 15, 2024 https://bit.ly/3Kq8rkZ

Alina Chan, “Why the pandemic probably started in a lab in 5 key points,” New York Times, Jun 3, 2024 https://nyti.ms/3RdHrbU

Matt Taibbi, “Did Anthony Fauci impede the investigation of the Covid-19 pandemic?” Racket News, Sep 28, 2023 https://www.racket.news/p/did-anthony-fauci-impede-the-investigation

John Snow Project, “Honesty about Covid is essential for progress,” May 14, 2024 https://bit.ly/3VcNSxo

Matt Taibbi, “Anthony Fauci was America’s warmup dictator,” Racket News, Sep 30, 2023 https://www.racket.news/p/anthony-fauci-was-americas-warmup

Amy Maxmen & Céline Gounder, “4 ways vaccine skeptics mislead you on measles and more,” KFF Health News/CBS News, May 22, 2024 https://bit.ly/3VvUpEC  

Shalina Chatlani, “As states loosen childhood vaccine requirements, health experts’ worries grow,” Stateline, May 15, 2024 https://bit.ly/4c4i8Bo

Mary Van Beusekom, “HPV vaccine program tied to big drop in cervical cancers across all socioeconomic strata,” Center for Infectious Disease Research & Policy (CIDRAP), May 16, 2024 https://bit.ly/3VkppY2

Betsy Ladyzhets, “‘They bungled it:’ NIH documents reveal how $1.6 billion Long Covid initiative has failed so far to meet its goals,” Sick Times, May 31, 2024 https://bit.ly/45fu8gV

You can also find all my back archives at www.nypan.org/single-payer-news

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