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![People gather for a protest to demand Pfizer makes the COVID-19 vaccine and treatments more accessible at the Pfizer Pharmaceuticals Headquarters on July 14, 2021, in Manhattan, New York.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/07/2022_0705-pfizer-400x300.jpg)
COVID Policies Should Be Decided by Public Health Agencies, Not Corporations
Some medical professionals and researchers are worried about Pfizer's outsize influence.
![A girl has her temperature measured at a COVID-19 vaccination site in Times Square, New York, on June 22, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/06/2022_0628-child-covid-400x300.jpg)
Experts Are Worried About the Potential of Another Brutal COVID Winter
Let us find our way to the new year without walking on a road of bones, again.
![A red sign on a cell door signifies an active COVID-19 case for its inhabitants, at Faribault Prison on January 4, 2021, in Faribault, Minnesota.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/06/2022_0623-prison-cell-doors-400x300.jpg)
As Governments Push Us “Back to Normal,” Don’t Forget About Prison Conditions
In a nation with the world’s largest prison population, decarceration must be our goal.
![Global Civil War: Capitalism Post-Pandemic](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/06/2022_0617-global-civil-war-400x300.jpg)
Many Nations Have Used COVID to Impose the Tyranny of Transnational Capital
The “new normal” rammed during the pandemic involves increasingly obscene power held by transnational corporations.
![Activists stage a demonstration at the World Trade Organization headquarters's atrium urging government to demand real Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) waivers during the 12th WTO Ministerial Conference in Geneva, on June 15, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/06/2022_0617-wto-pharma-protest-400x300.jpg)
Activists Say WTO Deal on Vaccine Patents Is “Sham” Dictated by Rich Nations
Advocates say the agreement will do virtually nothing to address vast global inequities in vaccine and treatment access.
![An intensivist for critical care checks on a patient inside the ICU at Adventist Health Glendale on September 1, 2021, in Glendale, California.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/06/2022_0617-covid-patient-400x300.jpg)
Medicare for All Could Have Prevented 338,000 COVID Deaths in the US
A study also shows that universal health coverage could have saved $459 billion in medical costs during 2020 alone.
![A protester holds a sign reading "Contract and adjunct faculty solidarity" during an outdoor protest](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/06/2022_0615-adjunct-faculty-400x300.jpg)
Adjunct and Tenured Faculty Must Unite to Resist Pandemic Opportunism on Campus
Administrators are still using COVID to justify the neoliberal gutting of higher education. Let’s resist together.
![New York Republican gubernatorial candidate Andrew Giuliani joins a rally of people opposed to any and all COVID-19 vaccine and mask mandates from the government on August 15, 2021, outside of Gracie Mansion in New York City, New York.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/06/2022_0613-andrew-giuliani-400x300.jpg)
Andrew Giuliani Can’t Attend GOP Gubernatorial Debate Due to Being Unvaccinated
The son of the former New York City mayor claims "natural immunity" should be enough to let him participate in person.
![Non-governmental organization members stage a protest in the World Trade Organization headquarters' central atrium during the second day of a WTO Ministerial Conference in Geneva on June 13, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/06/2022_0613-wto--400x300.jpg)
WTO Draft Text Has Abandoned COVID Patent Waiver, Critics Say
A World Trade Organization conference kicked off in Geneva on Sunday amid demonstrations in support of the TRIPS waiver.
![Person with head in hands at computer, backlit by sun through window](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/06/2022_0609-computer-stress-400x300.jpg)
I’ve Been in School Mental Health for 10 Years. My Heart Is Breaking Right Now.
As a school-based social worker, I see COVID’s heavy toll. Social workers can’t fix this alone. We need systemic change.