Congress Party Briefing by Shri Randeep Singh Surjewala https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3jO2zd7658    

on the data the shortfall of vaccinations even as the earlier deadline as committed in the Supreme Court,  has passed. Also data on the shortfall of vaccine availability, and the slow pace of extending vaccines to those below 18.  

In english: https://youtu.be/v3jO2zd7658?t=1674

Ambani-Adani Economics: गरीब होते भारत में रईस होते अंबानी-अडानी...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vn4Rwa1PHwU

The Modi regime is directly responsible for the current bloodshed. But the road here was paved by all who came before them, those who, since the 1980s, eagerly complied with the IMF’s structural adjustment programs and destroyed India’s life-making institutions and infrastructure. 

Reducing the fiscal deficit, the holy grail of neoliberalism, in reality opened up “a revenue deficit,” as the rich were relieved of taxation and the state, while increasing military expenditure, slashed public sector investment and social spending. I want to emphasize that not just the Congress or the BJP but every ruling coalition, at the state and federal level, followed this trajectory, including the Stalinists in power in my home state of West Bengal, whose most celebrated effort was to dispossess peasants from their land in order to build a car factory.

the government needs to invest money in vaccine production immediately and take steps to make vaccines free and universal. The differential pricing of these drugs, instituted by corporations like SII, needs to be scrapped and vaccines made free for all, and with distribution according to vulnerability, and not wallet size or ability to push to the front. 

the international Left, especially in the global North, has a vital role to play: we need to pressure our own ruling classes to stop hoarding vaccines. Vaccine imperialism may work for the rich countries in the short term, but it allows the virus to mutate in the parts of the globe without the vaccine and eventually return to strike the hoarders. Internationalism in this case is not just a political principle, it is a public health necessity.

http://emeets.lnwr.in/index.php/covid/594-union-must-persuade-all-capable-manufacturers-in-inda-to-prduce-covaxin 

http://emeets.lnwr.in/index.php/covid/589-tthe-health-system-has-not-crumbled-only-because-of-the-pandemic 

For other posts in this blog: http://emeets.lnwr.in/index.php/covid 

"Matter Of Fundamental Rights" - Bombay High Court Asks Maha Govt Logic Behind Denying Non-Vaxxed Local Train Travel Sharmeen Hakim16 Dec 2021 https://www.livelaw.in/news-updates/bombay-high-court-chief-secretary-covid-vaccination-discrimination-based-on-vaccination-status-187808

My Comment on Live Law: One of the reasons why those of us on the Left, get isolated from the mainstream, is because we are seen as opposing the establishment without a practical alternative and transition path to the alternative, as if the current issues can be wished away, and that the mass of people who have worked their whole life to cope within the unjust system can change over.

One such area, in the context of COVID19 is the right of those who refuse to be vaccinated. True they cannot be denied any essential service or the opportunity to public goods. But equally important is that the large number of people who have been vaccinated, do have a right to what they consiser safe spaces as well as essential services. If we do not want to alienate this large group of people who feel vulnerable when going to the market when many people are at "half-mask", we should offer visible signs of providing such spaces. In Bombay trains for example: most stations can be divided between North & South, with seperate entrances. So the idea is to mark out areas which are open, where people are more cautious as there would be non-vaccinated persons, and the areas which have entry only for persons who are vaccinated, etc. The same can be done in buses, planes. In fact I would say that the entire eco-system outside the station or airport can be demarcated. Hotels, restaurants, Business places, Hawkers.

From the government point of view rather than a negative list of containment zones, they should plan these zones as essential services corridors and concentrate its resources on sanitising these zones, and having a wide range of "containment" hotels, business places, leisure place in these zones.

My point is that when asking for the the fundamental rights of those who choose to be un-vaccinated, we should show how it can be achieved, or why the govt. who is tasked with finding a solution, is not doing so.

Press Release by Petitioners

Two Public Interest Litigations challenging vaccine mandates in Maharashtra filed by the Indian Bar Association, represented by petitioners Yohan Tengra & Feroze Mithiborwala came up for hearing today in the Bombay High Court.

Since the Central Government submitted an affidavit in the Supreme Court & Bombay High Court that no goods, service or entry into any place can be denied to those who haven't taken the vaccine, senior Advocate Nilesh Ojha appearing on behalf of Yohan Tengra pressed the court to grant an interim stay so that these illegal mandates can be brought to a halt and the violation of people's fundamental rights can end.

Advocate Tanvir Nizam who was appearing for Feroze Mithiborwala told Chief Justice Dipankar Datta that it is primary the vaccinated who are spreading the Omicron variant as currently international travel around the world is primarily allowed for those who are fully vaccinated.

The State Government asked for one weeks time to file a reply, to which the Chief Justice replied that if they will take one week then he will grant interim relief today itself. After this, the State Government agreed to file a reply in a day, and the case has been listed to come up for hearing on Wednesday 15th December.

Yohan Tengra:
Feroze Mithiborwala

John: I think that those who have been vaccinated also have a right to a system where they can be distanced from those who are not and that too out of choice.
We may need to design a "segregation system" where depending on proportionality, the open to the unvacinnated areas is marked so that whoever enters is cautious and duly notified. Such areas can be notified even for trains, and buses. Perhaps even planes! I am all for demarcating an area around airports as containment zones, and these should include all kinds of hotels, hospitals and facilities including leisure areas, so that the non-vaccinated or even those who dont get their RTPCR tests, on time, can be "contained" yet there are meetings and business areas where economic and social activity can take place under strict self-disciplined rules . In the old days we had moats around the house, which people would wade through anti-septic water, and enter.. chappal in hand.. Vaccinated people can enter these areas but they know they have to exercise caution, mask and sanitise etc. In short our approach should be to identify essential corridors and provide extra care in these areas, rather than neglect or isolate them..

Rajni: Are you serious or doing a parody
John: I have sent this to Firoze
Bala Pucl: Though Firoze'e view may be a bit extreme, I am I agreement with the tenor of the case. The government has no right to compulsorily vaccinate those who are against it, or make ordinary living extremely difficult for them! There is more advocacy than science in the efforts of those who want to vaccinate everybody as many times as they possibly can.
The story is an ever-changing one, and full of equivocations.
No pharmy company is willing to bear the financial consequences for their vaccines going wrong!

BJP Spokesperson Sambit Patra 27.5.21 addresses the Nation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyH3p_5wNHs The  assumptionabout the Centre for not letting the domestic manufacturing rise. are wrong.   ' Bharat Biotec has shared its license with three other plants, which will further enhance the production of the Covaxin. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nL2sqeCuljY  

on May 7th , Bharat Biotech has the sole licence to manufacture Covaxin, which it developed in collaboration with scientists from ICMR’s Pune-based National Institute of Virology (NIV). The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) is willing to share the know-how to produce the indigenously-developed Covid-19 vaccine, Covaxin, with any company as the contract with co-developer Bharat Biotech is not close-ended.

About the bridging trial in India for the vaccine and medications that used to happen in India, but now there is no need for those trials. https://www.abplive.com/news/india/bjp-sambit-patra-says-arvind-kejriwal-government-vaccinated-only-13-pc-people-on-its-own-1919307 "राज्यों को 20 करोड़ एक लाख 61 हजार 350 डोज बिल्कुल फ्री दी" 

2021 Could be Worse for the Economy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN0jw-tqnsU  Last year, a global recession pushed down prices of raw materials and helped India's corporates make record profits even though their sales dropped. This year, a global recovery is pushing up raw material costs and that will put pressure on corporate profits. That means, even those who depend on the corporate sector may face a worse year in 2021.

Gravitas: Was Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine trial "compromised"? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LzcGOjDl8Q 
Nov 5, 2021

Was Pfizer's Wuhan Virus vaccine trial compromised? A whistleblower who worked for the company hired to run the trial spotted several lapses. She was allegedly fired after she sent a complaint to US FDA. Palki Sharma brings you a report.

The .. government..... thinks that the market will magically produce the number of vaccines the country needs. This would explain why it has starved seven public sector vaccine manufacturing units—according to an April 17 article in Down to Earth—of any support instead of ramping up much-needed vaccine production.

The rights to produce the public sector vaccine, Covaxin, which has been developed by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and National Institute of Virology (NIV), in collaboration with Bharat Biotech, have been given to the private company partner on an exclusive basis. https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/05/17/how-bill-gates-set-the-stage-for-modis-disastrous-response-to-covid-19-in-india-2/

(The vaccine candidate is produced with Bharat Biotech's in-house vero cell manufacturing platform^[26] that has the capacity to deliver about 300 million doses.^[27] The company is in the process of setting up a second plant at its Genome Valley facility in Hyderabad to make Covaxin. The firm in collaboration with Government of Odisha is establishing another facility at Odisha Biotech Park in Bhubaneswar to commence Covaxin production by June 2022^[28][29]. Besides this, they are also exploring global tie-ups for Covaxin manufacturing.^[30]

In December 2020, Ocugen, Inc. entered into a partnership with Bharat Biotech to co-develop Covaxin for the U.S. market.^[31][32] In January 2021, Precisa Med entered into an agreement with Bharat Biotech to supply Covaxin to Brazil.^[33]

In May 2021, Haffkine Institute entered into a memorandum of understanding with Bharat Biotech and announced that the production of Covaxin by them will commence after obtaining support from the Maharashtra state government and approval from the Indian government^[34] whereas Indian Immunologicals Limited (IIL) has signed a commercial agreement with Bharat Biotech for producing the drug substance, a critical component of the vaccine^[35] Bharat Immunologicals and Biologicals Corporation (BIBCOL) will also manufacture the vaccine.^{[36]  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covaxin )}

Whistleblower exposes multiple issues with Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine trial  https://www.rt.com/usa/539247-whistleblower-issues-pfizer-trial/ By Kit Klarenberg, an investigative journalist exploring the role of intelligence services in shaping politics and perceptions.
3 Nov, 2021
Leading medical journal The BMJ has published an incendiary report exposing faked data, blind trial failures, poorly trained vaccinators, and a slow follow-up on adverse reactions in the phase-three trial of Pfizer’s Covid jab.

Central to the exposé is Brook Jackson, who, for two weeks, served as regional director at Ventavia Research Group, the company contracted to assist with the pivotal trial. She provided The BMJ with dozens of internal company documents, photos, audio recordings, and emails supporting her concerns.

Pfizer Whistleblower Reveals Why She Finally Decided to Come Forward Landon Mion https://townhall.com/tipsheet/landonmion/2021/10/15/pfizer-whistleblower-reveals-why-she-finally-decided-to-come-forward-n2597536  Oct 15, 2021

Company That Managed Pfizer Vaccine Trial Sites ‘Falsified Data’: Whistleblower https://science.thewire.in/the-sciences/company-that-managed-pfizer-vaccine-trial-sites-falsified-data-whistleblower/
03/11/2021
Ventavia, a subcontractor for Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine phase 3 clinical trial, allegedly falsified data, unblinded patients and was slow to follow up on adverse events.
Brook Jackson reportedly brought these problems up with her superiors – but was fired shortly after she emailed a complaint to the US Food and Drug Administration.
The FDA didn’t follow up on Jackson’s complaint – and Pfizer, which has known of the problems at Ventavia, has hired the company for four more trials.

Brook Jackson, a regional director who was employed by Ventavia Research Group, told British Medical Journal that the company “falsified data, unblinded patients, employed inadequately trained vaccinators, and was slow to follow up on adverse events” reported in the pivotal phase III trial of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.

Despite Jackson repeatedly notifying Ventavia of the problems, the company reportedly took no corrective action. This prompted Jackson to send a complaint by email to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) – the country’s top regulatory body – in September 2020. But less than 24 hours later, Ventavia fired her in an apparent reprisal.

I