COVID-19 & Disaster Capitalism – Part I

Abstract

In this three-part series we examine the extent to which disaster capitalism and the medical-industrial complex turned the pandemic into a 'golden' opportunity to enhance corporate profits which took place, in large part, at the taxpayer's expense through appropriation of public resources. In the first part we examine the rise of this predatory social ideology and the strategies its adherents have employed to assure its success. In the second part we examine the social and economic consequences of disaster capitalism during the COVID-19 pandemic which, in the end, led to the preventable loss of hundreds of thousands of American lives. In the final article we point to the necessity of broad reform not only of the healthcare system but of American democracy and raise challenging questions as to how this should be accomplished and, importantly, whether the American public is up to the task.

Global COVID-19 Pandemic Outcomes: Dissecting a Failed Strategy

“…Evidence suggests that future mass infectious outbreaks would be managed more efficiently and effectively on the ground at regional levels where consequences are most directly felt. 39,40 Limitations of this study are obvious: the conclusions made in this study are only as reliable as the validity of the data abstracted from the 9 sources that we used to assemble our database. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] There is wide variation in case reporting from country to country and global outcomes could be potentially limited by inconsistencies.…”

Intravenous high dose vitamin C and ozonated saline effective treatment for Covid -19: The Evolution of Local Standard of Care

“…This is exactly why the "third world countries" fared so much better during the COVID-19 pandemic; the local on the ground physicians rejected the ridiculous narratives of the global elite that were planned only to benefit the elite with massive pharmaceutical profits. Over 500 new billionaires have been created since the onset of the pandemic; about a new billionaire every 24 hours [81].…”