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As COVID Surges, the High Price of Viral Denial - Published Sept 3, 2024

COVID is surging once again and, if you live in British Columbia, you probably already know someone sick with fever, chills and a sore throat.

As of mid-August, about one in every 19 British Columbians were enduring an infection, with or without symptoms.

Although the media routinely dismisses all COVID infections as an inconsequential nuisance, that’s not what the science says. The virus remains deadlier than the flu and repeated infections can radically change your health.

An important new Nature study, for example, has now proven that the spike protein of the virus can bind with a blood protein, fibrin, setting off a chain of blood clots resulting in chronic inflammation and brain damage. Fibrin can actually form a mesh impeding blood flow in arteries to multiple organs in the body.

The Tyee is supported by readers like you Join us and grow independent media in Canada Repeated studies show in the bluntest terms that the initial acute infection is only the tip of the iceberg. Even a mild bout of COVID can leave a legacy of blood clots, heart failure, diabetes, decreased brain function (see sidebar), long COVID (now affecting 400 million people worldwide) and immune damage that increasingly makes people more vulnerable to a plethora of infectious diseases and possibly cancers.

These problems can erupt three years after an infection and are especially prevalent in patients who’ve been hospitalized by COVID.

Which is why the U.S. immunologist and COVID specialist Dr. David Putrino emphasizes, “There is no such thing as a SARS-CoV-2 infection that does NOT have prolonged consequences.”

And yet the estimated daily level of infection in Canada now hovers around the highest points reached during the Omicron variant’s peaks in January 2022 and October 2023.

That’s the finding of University of Toronto infectious disease expert Tara Moriarty, whose team bases the latest COVID-19 Hazard Index on a combination of wastewater data and modelling. In a discursive and highly valuable X posting Moriarty adds “there’s not a fresh vaccine in sight.” In fact, they are weeks away.

That means about one million infections are occurring every week and that this “severe” level of infection translates like clockwork into more than 1,000 deaths per week from COVID-19 in Canada based on five-week average trends. Ultimately these infections will result in more cases of long COVID in both younger and older populations.

There is more bad news: on an annual basis COVID infections still account for 20 times more deaths than influenza.

The data is not complete but this death toll likely made COVID the second or leading cause of death in the country last month.

According to Moriarty’s data, the number of COVID deaths per infection remain highest in Newfoundland, New Brunswick and Saskatchewan because they have older populations often compromised by serious medical conditions. They are also served by shrinking health resources.

Alberta, whose population is Canada’s youngest on average, claims the lowest infection fatality rate yet has already reported more than 700 COVID deaths this year. B.C. ranks somewhere in the middle.

These grim trends mirror COVID’s permutations south of the border. In the United States COVID infections hospitalized nearly five out of 100,000 Americans during the week of Aug. 4 to 10.

Dr. Ziyad Al-Aly, one of North America’s leading COVID researchers, notes that, “This crucial, yet lagging indicator hasn’t been this high since February 2024.” In addition, spotty U.S. data indicates that COVID has hospitalized twice as many people than the flu since October last year.

Rocking the system

Meanwhile Canada’s hospital emergency rooms, many already stretched before the pandemic, continue to open and close with troubling frequency across the country due to chronic staff shortages and sick workers.

With little surge capacity, the continued presence of highly infectious COVID variants continues to leave many health-care systems in shambles year after year.

According to Moriaty’s data, Canadian hospitals are now spending about $37 million dollars a day on COVID hospitalizations, which averaged more than 1,500 people a day two weeks ago.

Here’s some more damning math: “On average, since the beginning of Omicron, people needing hospitalization for COVID-19 account for 14 per cent of hospital bed capacity (seven per cent if you admit only half of people needing hospitalization).”

The resulting bed shortage has created a circular crisis, says Moriarity. “A constant annual seven-per-cent increase in hospital beds required for COVID-19, in a very low surge capacity environment with a serious health-care workforce labour shortage, can have profound upstream and downstream effects on health care and health.”

The evidence is everywhere. Five Interior B.C. emergency rooms closed over the long weekend. In the last week five rural hospitals temporarily closed in Alberta, including facilities in Swan Hills, Fairview and Rocky Mountain House. In Ontario some rural citizens refer to ER closures as an “epidemic.”

Dr. Alan Drummond, a Quebec rural physician, adds that the disruption of “emergency medicine delivery in Canada continues unabated as our political leaders fail to recognize and declare the obvious crisis that it is. They do nothing, they pray for divine intervention, they obfuscate, they lie through their teeth.”

‘A recipe for forever burn’

The subject of how to respond to a slow burn pandemic remains taboo because most public health officials have already declared the emergency over. They’ve also stopped collecting critical data. COVID-19 deaths in Canada are not reported in a readily publicly accessible fashion. And most of the media pretends that an immune-destabilizing virus that can harm the functioning of your organs including your brain has little more import than a benign cold.

As a consequence, authorities can’t now turn around and admit to the breadth of their mistake, let alone acknowledge the growing disorder in public health. Nor do they dare collect critical data documenting the scale of their errors including the relentless march of long COVID.

Meanwhile the virus continues to out-evolve our response and vaccines. Two months ago, when new COVID cases exceeded 100,000 a day in Japan, the research scientist Hiroshi Yasuda imagined the following discussion in a hospital.

Nurse: COVID hospitalizations are increasing again. Doctor: I know. N: Are we fighting an endless, losing battle against SARS-CoV-2? D: No, you are wrong. N: Oh, you have different ideas, doctor? D: We are not even fighting. N: [Nods in agreement.]

Richard Corsi, the noted Texas indoor environmental engineer and creator of the Corsi-Rosenthal box, has summed up this predicament as a profound public health failure. “The general response to COVID-19 remains reactionary over precautionary. Wait until the fire gets hot and starts to burn rather than taking very simple steps to not fuel the fire in the first place. This is a recipe for forever non-containment, forever burn.”

He then points out: “The solution’s been with us since day one of the pandemic. We’ve [generalized] just lacked the will, determination and grace to make it end. Reduce inhalation dose of virus-laden respiratory aerosol particles. It’ll never end if we continue to run in the opposite direction, folks.”

The problem with running in the opposite direction, however, is that we increase the chances of landing in the arms of another COVID infection. And the reasons for avoiding such viral encounters just grow stronger by the sheer weight of evidence.

Why infection prevention still matters

Nobody sane really wants to play Russian roulette, but that’s how we should view every COVID infection. Although most people will get away with just an unpleasant biological disruption of daily life, others will take a bullet to their heart, brain, gut or immune system for reasons not fully understood.

No COVID infection is completely benign because each infection plays a role in deregulating the immune system. Even a mild infection, as one recent study noted, can increase “autoantibodies associated with rheumatic autoimmune diseases and diabetes in most individuals, regardless of vaccination status prior to infection.”

According to an increasing number of researchers, immune deregulation triggered by COVID probably plays a significant role in the dramatic global upticks in infectious diseases. The suspects include RSV, a variety of herpes viruses, whooping cough (now burning up the charts in Canada and England), scarlet fever, dengue fever, fungal infections and tuberculosis. Forty-four countries have now reported a 10-fold increase in the incidence of at least one of 13 infectious diseases compared to trends prior to the pandemic.

Although vaccine hesitancy, climate change and permissive travel have also played a role in this microbial wave, researchers strongly suspect that COVID’s disruption of the immune system has made it harder for many people to fight other infections.

Putrino, a COVID specialist at New York’s Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, recently explained the situation this way. “For the longest time we’ve told people that if you get an illness and you recover, it just makes you stronger. What we’re seeing over and over again is that’s not the case with COVID. Every time you get a COVID infection, your immune system seems to suffer.

“It’s kind of like a boxer, every fight takes a little bit more out of them. And they’re not getting stronger with every fight, they’re not getting stronger with every hit that they take. Every single time there’s an increased chance that something bad is going to happen to the immune system and I think that this influx of illness that we’re seeing is related to that.”

Another significant risk posed by playing Russian roulette with COVID infections is that each one could result in long COVID, which has sidelined 400 million people around the world at a cost of a trillion dollars. Some manifestations of long COVID include heart disease, diabetes, myalgic encephalomyelitis or chronic fatigue syndrome, and a raft of autoimmune diseases that may last a lifetime.

The risk increases with the severity of acute infection but the majority of long COVID sufferers have had a mild infection. The more times one is infected, the likelier the next infection will trigger a bout of long COVID. “Cumulatively, two infections yield a higher risk of long COVID than one infection and three infections yield a higher risk than two infections, explain researchers published in the journal Nature.

Here, then, is where we’ve arrived. We’ve entered a vicious cycle where more infections generate more COVID variants. The new variants have become more immune evasive. At the same time society has generally abandoned masks, testing and basic public health messages.

We could slow and suppress the cycle by facing the challenge squarely. For example, by cleaning dirty air the way we once tackled the disease-ridden spectre of cholera-infested water.

But public health officials are afraid to talk about clean air let alone the obvious: avoiding infection.

Beating back COVID requires hard work, communal wisdom and clear policies that markedly reduce the level of infection in society.

To date we have chosen viral denial, dirty air and a triumphant reign for long COVID. [Tyee]

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The pantheon of autocratic leaders includes a great many sexists, from Napoléon Bonaparte, who decriminalized the murder of unfaithful wives, to Benito Mussolini, who claimed that women “never created anything.” And while the twentieth century saw improvements in women’s equality in most parts of the world, the twenty-first is demonstrating that misogyny and authoritarianism are not just common comorbidities but mutually reinforcing ills. Throughout the last century, women’s movements won the right to vote for women; expanded women’s access to reproductive health care, education, and economic opportunity; and began to enshrine gender equality in domestic and international law—victories that corresponded with unprecedented waves of democratization in the postwar period. Yet in recent years, authoritarian leaders have launched a simultaneous assault on women’s rights and democracy that threatens to roll back decades of progress on both fronts. 

The patriarchal backlash has played out across the full spectrum of authoritarian regimes, from totalitarian dictatorships to party-led autocracies to illiberal democracies headed by aspiring strongmen. In China, Xi Jinping has crushed feminist movements, silenced women who have accused powerful men of sexual assault, and excluded women from the Politburo’s powerful Standing Committee. In Russia, Vladimir Putin is rolling back reproductive rights and promoting traditional gender roles that limit women’s participation in public life. In North Korea, Kim Jong Un has spurred women to seek refuge abroad at roughly three times the rate of men, and in Egypt, President Abdel Fatah el-Sisi recently introduced a bill reasserting men’s paternity rights, their right to practice polygamy, and their right to influence whom their female relatives marry. In Saudi Arabia, women still cannot marry or obtain health care without a man’s approval. And in Afghanistan, the Taliban’s victory has erased 20 years of progress on women’s access to education and representation in public office and the workforce.

The wave of patriarchal authoritarianism is also pushing some established democracies in an illiberal direction. Countries with authoritarian-leaning leaders, such as Brazil, Hungary, and Poland, have seen the rise of far-right movements that promote traditional gender roles as patriotic while railing against “gender ideology”—a boogeyman term that Human Rights Watch describes as meaning “nothing and everything.” Even the United States has experienced a slowdown in progress toward gender equity and a rollback of reproductive rights, which had been improving since the 1970s. During his presidency, Donald Trump worked with antifeminist stalwarts, including Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, to halt the expansion of women’s rights around the world. And despite the Biden administration’s commitment to gender equity at the national level, Republican-controlled states are attempting to reverse the constitutional right to abortion, which is now more vulnerable than it has been in decades. 

Not surprisingly, women’s political and economic empowerment is now stalling or declining around the world. According to Georgetown University’s Women, Peace, and Security Index, the implementation of gender equality laws has slowed in recent years, as have gains in women’s educational attainment and representation in national parliaments. At the same time, intimate partner violence has increased, and Honduras, Mexico, and Turkey have seen significant increases in femicide. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated these trends worldwide, forcing millions of women to leave the workforce and take on additional unpaid care, restricting their access to health care and education, and limiting their options for escaping abuse. 

The assault on women’s rights has coincided with a broader assault on democracy. According to Freedom House and the Varieties of Democracy Project at the University of Gothenburg, the last 15 years have seen a sustained authoritarian resurgence. Relatively new democracies, such as Brazil, Hungary, India, Poland, and Turkey, have slid back into autocracy or are trending in that direction. Countries that were considered partially authoritarian a decade ago, such as Russia, have become full-fledged autocracies. And in some of the world’s oldest democracies—France, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States—antidemocratic sentiment is rising in established political parties. 

It is not a coincidence that women’s equality is being rolled back at the same time that authoritarianism is on the rise. Political scientists have long noted that women’s civil rights and democracy go hand in hand, but they have been slower to recognize that the former is a precondition for the latter. Aspiring autocrats and patriarchal authoritarians have good reason to fear women’s political participation: when women participate in mass movements, those movements are both more likely to succeed and more likely to lead to more egalitarian democracy. In other words, fully free, politically active women are a threat to authoritarian and authoritarian-leaning leaders—and so those leaders have a strategic reason to be sexist. 

Understanding the relationship between sexism and democratic backsliding is vital for those who wish to fight back against both. Established autocrats and right-wing nationalist leaders in contested democracies are united in their use of hierarchical gender relations to shore up nationalist, top-down, male-dominated rule. Having long fought against social hierarchies that consolidate power in the hands of the few, feminist movements are a powerful weapon against authoritarianism. Those who wish to reverse the global democratic decline cannot afford to ignore them.

WOMEN ON THE FRONTLINES

Scholars of democracy have often framed women’s empowerment as an outcome of democratization or even a function of modernization and economic development. Yet women demanded inclusion and fought for their own representation and interests through contentious suffrage movements and rights campaigns that ultimately strengthened democracy in general. The feminist project remains unfinished, and the expansion of women’s rights that occurred over the last hundred-plus years has not been shared equally among women. As intersectional and anticolonial feminists have long argued, the greatest feminist gains have accrued to elite women, often white and Western ones. Yet women’s political activism has clearly expanded and fortified democracy—a fact that autocrats and illiberal democrats intuitively understand and that explains their fear of women’s empowerment. 

In the past seven decades, women’s demands for political and economic inclusion have helped catalyze democratic transitions, especially when those women were on the frontlines of mass movements. Democratic transitions in Eastern Europe, Latin America, and Southeast Asia during the 1980s and 1990s were driven in part by mass popular movements in which women played key roles. Our research shows that all the major resistance movements during the postwar period—those seeking to topple national governments or to win national independence—featured women in support roles, such as providing food, shelter, intelligence, funds, or other supplies. But these movements differed in the degree to which they had women as frontline participants—those who took part directly in demonstrations, confrontations with authorities, strikes, boycotts, and other forms of noncooperation. Some, such as Brazil’s pro-democracy movement in the mid-1980s, featured extensive women’s participation: at least half of the frontline participants were women. Others, such as the 2006 uprising against the Nepalese monarchy, featured more modest frontline participation of women. Only one nonviolent campaign during this period seems to have excluded women altogether: the civilian uprising that ousted Mahendra Chaudhry from power in Fiji in 2000. 

Misogyny and authoritarianism are not just common comorbidities but mutually reinforcing ills.

In the first half of the twentieth century, women played active roles in anticolonial liberation struggles across Africa and in leftist revolutions in Europe and Latin America. Later, pro-democracy movements in Myanmar and the Philippines saw nuns positioning their bodies between members of the security forces and civilian activists. During the first intifada, Palestinian women played a key role in the nonviolent resistance against Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza, organizing strikes, protests, and dialogues alongside Israeli women. In the United States, Black women have launched and continue to lead the Black Lives Matter movement, which is now a global phenomenon. Their organizing echoes the activism of forebears such as Ella Baker, Rosa Parks, Fannie Lou Hamer, and other Black American women who planned, mobilized, and coordinated key aspects of the U.S. civil rights movement. Two women revolutionaries, Wided Bouchamaoui and Tawakkol Karman, helped lead the Arab Spring uprisings in Tunisia and Yemen, respectively, later winning the Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to bring about peaceful democratic transitions through nonviolent resistance, coalition building, and negotiation. Millions more like them have worked to sustain movements against some of the world’s most repressive dictatorships, from tea sellers and singers in Sudan to grandmothers in Algeria to sisters and wives in Chile demanding the return of their disappeared loved ones outside Augusto Pinochet’s presidential palace.

It turns out that frontline participation by women is a significant advantage, both in terms of a movement’s immediate success and in terms of securing longer-term democratic change. Mass movements in which women participated extensively on the frontlines have been much more likely to succeed than campaigns that marginalized or excluded women. Women have been much more likely to participate in nonviolent mass movements than in violent ones, and they have participated in much greater numbers in nonviolent than in violent campaigns. To explain why women’s frontline participation increases the chances that a movement will succeed, therefore, one must first understand what makes nonviolent movements fail or succeed. 

Generally, movements seeking to topple autocratic regimes or win national independence are more likely to prevail when they mobilize large numbers of people; shift the loyalties of at least some the regime’s pillars of support; use creative tactics, such as rolling strikes, in addition to street protests; and maintain discipline and resilience in the face of state repression and countermobilization by the regime’s supporters. Large-scale participation by women helps movements achieve all these things. 

On the first point, power in numbers, the advantage of women’s participation is obvious. Movements that exclude or sideline women reduce their potential pool of participants by at least half. Resistance movements must achieve broad-based support to be perceived as legitimate. And the larger the mobilization, the more likely the movement is to disrupt the status quo. General strikes and other mass actions can bring a city, state, or country to a standstill, imposing immediate economic and political costs on a regime. Mass mobilization can also generate a sense of inevitability that persuades holdouts and fence sitters to join the resistance. People want to join the winning team, and when there are large numbers of diverse participants, that can help encourage tacit or overt support from political and business elites and members of security forces.

Frontline participation by women is a significant advantage for mass movements.

Second, popular movements improve their chances of success when they persuade or coerce their opponents to defect. In research on public attitudes toward armed groups, scholars have found that female fighters increase the legitimacy of their movements in the eyes of observers. The same is likely true for nonviolent mass uprisings. Significant participation by women and other diverse actors also increases the social, moral, and financial capital that a movement can use to erode its opponent’s support system. When security forces, business elites, civil servants, state media, organized labor, foreign donors, or other supporters or enablers of a regime begin to question the status quo, they signal to others that it may be possible to defy that regime. For example, during the People Power Revolution in the Philippines in 1986, President Ferdinand Marcos ordered the security forces to attack large crowds of demonstrators who were demanding his ouster. But nuns who were participating in the protests put themselves between the tanks and other demonstrators. The security forces could not bring themselves to follow through with the assault, averting a massacre that could have altered the course of the revolution. High-level defections followed, and Marcos eventually fled the country, leading to a democratic transition. 

A third way women’s participation makes mass movements more effective is by expanding the range of tactics and modes of protest available to them. Everywhere it has been studied, diversity has been found to improve teamwork, innovation, and performance, and mass movements are no exception. In particular, diversity enhances creativity and collaboration, both of which help movements tap into broader information networks and maintain momentum in the face of state crackdowns. Women’s participation also makes possible culturally gendered tactics, such as marching in full beauty queen regalia, as women did in Myanmar’s pro-democracy protests in 2021; cooking food at the frontlines of demonstrations, as women did during an uprising of farmers in 2020 and 2021 in India; or protesting naked, as women in Kenya, Nigeria, and many other countries have done in order to stigmatize or disarm their opponents. Some protest movements have relied on social shaming. For example, during antigovernment protests in Algeria in 2019, grandmothers told riot police to go home, threatening to report the officers’ bad behavior to their mothers. In Sudan that same year, a women’s Facebook group named and shamed plainclothes policemen: its members outed their own brothers, cousins, and sons as members of the shadowy militias that were trying to terrorize the opposition into submission. 

Women have also developed other forms of gendered noncooperation that can benefit mass movements. Consider the origins of the term “boycott.” In the late nineteenth century, women cooks, maids, and laundresses in County Mayo, Ireland, refused to provide services and labor to an absentee British landlord named Captain Charles Boycott. They encouraged others to join them, making it impossible for Boycott to remain in Ireland and inspiring a new name for their tactic. Women have pioneered other forms of social noncooperation, as well. Although the antiwar sex strike in Lysistrata was fictional, it is likely that Aristophanes had some historical precedent in mind when he wrote the comedic play. Women activists have organized sex strikes over the millennia: Iroquois women used this method, among others, to secure a veto over war-making decisions in the seventeenth century; Liberian women used it to demand an end to civil war in the early years of this century; Colombian women used it to urge an end to gang violence; and on and on. 

Power in numbers, the persuasion of opponents, and tactical innovation all help facilitate a fourth key factor in the success of nonviolent people power movements: discipline. When movements maintain nonviolent resistance in the face of violence or other provocations by security forces, they are more likely to mobilize additional support and, ultimately, to succeed. And movements with women on the frontlines, it turns out, are less likely to fully embrace violence or develop violent flanks in response to regime crackdowns. At least in part, that is likely because having large numbers of women on the frontlines moderates the behavior of other protesters, as well as the police. Gendered taboos against public violence against women and against violent confrontations in the presence of women and girls may explain part of this phenomenon. So might the higher political costs of violently repressing women who are participating in sit-ins and strikes.

Women from different backgrounds face different risks of violent repression, however. The women on the frontlines of movements demanding and expanding democracy often come from oppressed castes, classes, and minority groups. They are students and young people, widows and grandmothers. Women from marginalized backgrounds have often been ignored or subjected to greater violence during mass mobilizations than have wealthy or otherwise privileged women who benefit from patriarchal authoritarianism. This is why, for example, “Aryan” German women succeeded in securing the release of their Jewish husbands during the Rosenstrasse protest in Berlin in 1943, whereas Jewish women would have been arrested or executed for such a protest. Black Americans who powered the U.S. civil rights movement similarly faced much greater risks than did the white people who participated as allies. Only sustained cross-class, multiracial, or multiethnic coalitions can overcome these dynamics of privilege and power, which is why such coalitions are crucial for facing down violent authoritarian repression and pushing societies toward egalitarianism and democracy for all. 

A RISING TIDE

Women who participate on the frontlines of mass movements don’t just make those movements more likely to achieve their short-term objectives—for instance, removing an oppressive dictator. They also make those movements more likely to secure lasting democratic change. Controlling for a variety of other factors that might make a democratic transition more likely—such as a country’s previous experience with democracy—our analysis shows that extensive frontline participation by women is positively associated with increases in egalitarian democracy, as defined by the Varieties of Democracy Project. 

In other words, women’s participation in mass movements is like a rising tide, lifting all boats. Researchers have found that inclusive transition processes lead to more sustainable negotiated settlements and more durable democracy after civil wars. Although there is little research on settlements that come out of nonviolent mobilizations, the presence of women likely translates into increased demands for electoral participation, economic opportunity, and access to education and health care—all of which make democratic transitions more likely to endure. 

Women’s participation in mass movements is like a rising tide, lifting all boats.

What happens when inclusive popular mobilizations are defeated and no transitions take place? Incumbent regimes that stamp out inclusive mass movements tend to indulge in a state-sponsored patriarchal backlash. The greater the proportion of women in the defeated movement, the higher the degree of a patriarchal backlash—a dynamic that has ominous implications for Afghanistan, Belarus, Colombia, Hong Kong, Lebanon, Myanmar, Russia, Sudan, and Venezuela, all of which currently have inclusive people power movements whose outcomes are uncertain. Our research shows that countries with failed popular movements tend to experience major backsliding in both egalitarian democracy and gender equality, making them worse off than before the movements began. In other words, the impressive impact of women’s frontline participation on the probability of democratization is contingent on the movement’s victory; women’s participation leads to democratic change and women’s empowerment only when the broader movement succeeds.

THE AUTOCRAT’S PLAYBOOK

Authoritarian leaders and illiberal democrats have responded to the threat of women’s political mobilization by reversing progress on gender equality and women’s rights. Their motivation is not all strategic—many probably believe in sexist ideas—but their worldview is self-serving.

In fully authoritarian states, the mechanisms of sexist repression can be uncompromising and brutal. Often, they take the form of policies that exert direct state control over women’s reproduction, including through forced pregnancies or forced abortions, misogynistic rhetoric that normalizes or even encourages violence against women, and laws and practices that reduce or eliminate women’s representation in government and discourage women from entering or advancing in the workforce. 

In China, for instance, Xi has launched a population suppression campaign against the Uyghurs and other ethnic and rural minorities, forcing birth control, abortions, and even sterilization on many women. Women from ethnic minorities now face the threat of fines or imprisonment for having what Beijing considers too many children. In Egypt, state control over women’s reproduction is harnessed to the opposite effect: abortion is illegal in any and all circumstances, and women must seek a judge’s permission to divorce, whereas men have no such requirement. In Russia, where abortion has been legal under any circumstance since 1920, Putin’s government has attempted to reverse the country’s declining population by discouraging abortions and reinforcing “traditional” values. In all three countries, despite nominal constitutional commitments to protect women against gender discrimination, women are dismally underrepresented in the workforce and in powerful official roles. 

In less autocratic settings, where overtly sexist policies cannot simply be decreed, authoritarian-leaning leaders and their political parties use sexist rhetoric to whip up popular support for their regressive agendas, often cloaking them in the garb of populism. In doing so, they promote misogynistic narratives of traditionalist “patriotic femininity.” The scholar Nitasha Kaul has described these leaders as pushing “anxious and insecure nationalisms” that punish and dehumanize feminists. Where they can, they pursue policies that assert greater state control over women’s bodies, while reducing support for political and economic gender equality. They encourage—and often legislate—the subjugation of women, demanding that men and women conform to traditional gender roles out of patriotic duty. They also co-opt and distort concepts such as equity and empowerment to their own ends. Although such efforts to reassert a gender hierarchy look different in different right-wing settings and cultures, they share a common tactic: to make the subjugation of women look desirable, even aspirational, not only for men but also for conservative women. 

One way that autocratic and illiberal leaders make a gender hierarchy palatable to women is by politicizing the “traditional family,” which becomes a euphemism for tying women’s value and worth to childbearing, parenting, and homemaking in a nuclear household—and rolling back their claims to public power. Female bodies become targets of social control for male lawmakers, who invoke the ideal of feminine purity and call on mothers, daughters, and wives to reproduce an idealized version of the nation. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has argued that women are not equal to men and that their prescribed role in society is motherhood and housekeeping. He has called women who pursue careers over motherhood “half persons.” Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government has similarly encouraged women to stop trying to close the pay gap and focus instead on producing Hungarian children.

Across the full range of authoritarian and semiauthoritarian regimes, sexual and gender minorities are often targeted for abuse, as well. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people are seen as undermining the binary gender hierarchy celebrated by many authoritarians. As a result, they are frequently marginalized and stigmatized through homophobic policies: Poland’s “LGBT-free zones,” for instance, or Russia’s bans on “LGBTQ propaganda” and same-sex marriage. Beijing recently went as far as banning men from appearing “too effeminate” on television and social media in a campaign to enforce China’s “revolutionary culture.”

Despite their flagrant misogyny—and, in some cases, because of it—some authoritarians and would-be authoritarians succeed in enlisting women as key players in their political movements. They display their wives and daughters prominently in the domestic sphere and sometimes in official positions to obscure gender unequal policies. Valorizing traditional motherhood, conservative women often play supporting roles to the masculine stars of the show. There is perhaps no better illustration of this dynamic than the dueling women’s movements that supported and opposed Jair Bolsonaro’s 2018 presidential campaign in Brazil. Bolsonaro’s opponents organized one of the largest women-led protests in the country’s history under the banner of Ele Não, or “Not Him.” His female supporters swathed themselves in the Brazilian flag and derided feminism as “sexist.” 

In the patriarchal authoritarian’s view, men are not real men unless they have control over the women in their lives. Trump’s masculine authority was therefore heightened when his wife, Melania Trump, walked behind him onto Air Force One, and it was challenged when she refused to appear with him in public. Sara Duterte-Carpio, the mayor of Davao City, in the Philippines, and a daughter of President Rodrigo Duterte, was a front-runner to succeed her father until he announced that women are “not fit” to be president. Despite the country’s history of female heads of state and Duterte-Carpio’s leading poll numbers, she dutifully filed her candidacy for vice president instead. 

Fully free, politically active women are a threat to authoritarian leaders.

While women are pigeonholed into traditionally feminized roles, patriarchal authoritarian leaders trumpet their power with gratuitous displays of masculinity. Putin posing topless is the viral version of this public peacocking, but casual misogyny, carefully staged photo ops, and boastful, hypermasculine rhetoric also fit the bill. Think of Trump’s oversize red tie, aggressive handshake, and claims that his nuclear button was bigger than Kim’s—or Bolsonaro’s call for Brazilians to face COVID-19 “like a man.” This kind of talk may seem ridiculous, but it is part of a more insidious rhetorical repertoire that feminizes opponents, then projects hypermasculinity by criticizing women’s appearance, joking about rape, threatening sexual violence, and seeking to control women’s bodies, all in order to silence critics of patriarchal authoritarianism. 

The counterpart to this violent rhetoric is paternalistic misogyny. As Kaul writes, “While Trump, Bolsonaro, and Duterte have most explicitly sexualized and objectified women, projecting themselves as profusely virile and predatory, [Indian Prime Minister Narendra] Modi and Erdogan have promoted themselves as protective, and occasionally, even renunciatory, father figures . . . to keep women and minorities in their place. . . . [They] are at times deeply and overtly misogynist, and yet at other times use progressive gender talk to promote regressive gender agendas.” 

As tolerance for misogyny in general increases, other shifts in the political and legal landscape occur: protections for survivors of rape and domestic violence are rolled back, sentences for such crimes are loosened, evidentiary requirements for charging perpetrators are made more stringent, and women are left with fewer tools with which to defend their bodily and political autonomy. For instance, in 2017, Putin signed a law that decriminalized some forms of domestic abuse, despite concerns that Russia has long faced an epidemic of domestic violence. On the campaign trail in 2016, Trump famously minimized a video that surfaced of him bragging about sexual assault, dismissing it as “locker room talk,” despite the fact that numerous women had accused him of sexual assault and misconduct. Once Trump became president, his administration directed the Department of Education to reform Title IX regulations to give more rights to those accused of sexual assault on college campuses.

Finally, many autocrats and would-be autocrats promote a narrative of masculine victimhood designed to gin up popular concern about how men and boys are faring. Invariably, men are portrayed as “losing out” to women and other groups championed by progressives, despite their continued advantages in a male-dominated gender hierarchy. In 2019, for instance, Russia’s Ministry of Justice claimed that reports of domestic violence were overstated in the country and that Russian men faced greater “discrimination” than women in abuse claims. In a similar vein, aspiring autocrats often maintain that masculinity is under threat. Among Trump supporters in the United States, such claims have become commonplace. For instance, Senator Josh Hawley, a Republican from Missouri, recently blamed leftist movements for redefining traditional masculinity as toxic and called for reviving “a strong and healthy manhood in America.” Representative Madison Cawthorn, a Republican from North Carolina, echoed Hawley’s sentiments in a viral speech in which he complained that American society aims to “de-masculate” men and encourages parents to raise “monsters.” 

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As an engine of genuine democratic progress, activism by women and gender minorities threatens authoritarian leaders. Although many autocrats and aspiring autocrats no doubt believe the sexist and misogynistic things they say, their campaigns to restrict women’s empowerment and human rights also seek to undermine potential popular democratic movements that would oust them. 

Those who wish to combat the rising tide of authoritarianism will need to make promoting women’s political participation central to their work. Domestically, democratic governments and their supporters should model and protect the equal inclusion of women, especially from diverse backgrounds, in all places where decisions are being made—from community groups to corporate boards to local, state, and national governments. Democratic governments should also prioritize issues that directly affect women’s ability to play an equal role in public life, such as reproductive autonomy, domestic violence, economic opportunity, and access to health care and childcare. All these issues are central to the broader battle over the future of democracy in the United States and around the world, and they should be treated as such. 

Democratic governments and international institutions must also put defending women’s empowerment and human rights at the center of their fight against authoritarianism worldwide. Violent, misogynistic threats and attacks against women—whether in the home or in public—should be denounced as assaults on both women and democracy, and the perpetrators of such attacks should be held accountable. The “Year of Action” promoted by the Biden administration to renew and bolster democracy should include an uncompromising commitment to stand up for gender equity at home and abroad. Efforts by the U.S. Agency for International Development to support human rights activists and civil society groups could likewise make explicit that women’s empowerment and political participation need to be integrated throughout all democracy renewal efforts. 

If history is any guide, authoritarian strategies will fail in the long run.

Internationally, a multinational coalition is needed to explicitly reject patriarchal authoritarianism and share knowledge and technical skills in the fight against it. Those who are best equipped to build and sustain such a coalition are feminist grassroots and civil society leaders, as they are often the most aware of acute needs in their communities. An ambitious summit or conference convened by a multilateral group of countries or a regional or global organization could help jump-start such an effort by bringing women and their champions from around the world in contact with one another to share their experiences and strategies. One step in the right direction would be to dramatically increase the support and visibility given to the annual meeting of the UN Commission on the Status of Women. 

Finally, organizers and supporters of mass movements for democratic change need a gender-inclusive agenda in order to attract women to the frontlines and to leadership roles. Supporters of democracy at home and abroad should focus on assisting, amplifying, and protecting civil society groups and movements that are pushing for gender equity and work to make sure they are included in any negotiations or transitions that follow mass uprisings or democratic movements. Pro-democracy groups and organizations must understand that truly inclusive movements—those that transcend class, race, gender, and sexual identity—are the most likely to achieve lasting change. 

If history is any guide, authoritarian strategies will fail in the long run. Feminists have always found ways to demand and expand women’s rights and freedoms, powering democratic advancement in the process. But unchecked, patriarchal authoritarians can do great damage in the short run, erasing hard-won gains that have taken generations to achieve.

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Butadiene Prices | Pricing | News | Database | Index | Chart | Forecast

 Butadiene prices have experienced significant fluctuations in recent years, driven by a variety of market dynamics and external factors. As a key raw material in the production of synthetic rubber and various plastics, butadiene's price volatility directly impacts several industries, including automotive, consumer goods, and manufacturing. Understanding the forces behind butadiene price changes is essential for businesses relying on this compound to manage costs and maintain profitability.

The primary driver of butadiene prices is the balance of supply and demand. On the supply side, butadiene is typically produced as a by-product of ethylene production through steam cracking of hydrocarbons. Changes in the production of ethylene can thus significantly affect the availability of butadiene. For instance, when ethylene production increases due to higher demand for polyethylene, butadiene supply often rises as well, potentially lowering prices if demand does not match the increased supply. Conversely, reduced ethylene production can lead to tighter butadiene supplies and higher prices. Additionally, advancements in production technologies and shifts toward alternative feedstocks can also influence butadiene supply dynamics.

Demand for butadiene is closely linked to its use in manufacturing synthetic rubber, particularly for tires, which constitutes a major portion of its end use. The automotive industry, therefore, plays a critical role in driving butadiene demand. Economic cycles, consumer preferences, and changes in transportation habits can all impact the automotive sector, thereby influencing butadiene demand. For example, during economic downturns, reduced vehicle production and sales typically lead to lower demand for synthetic rubber and, consequently, butadiene. Conversely, economic growth and increased automotive production can boost demand and elevate prices.

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Global trade dynamics further complicate the butadiene market. Butadiene is traded internationally, and regional supply disruptions or surpluses can ripple through global markets. Political instability, trade policies, and tariffs can all affect butadiene prices by altering trade flows and access to raw materials. For instance, geopolitical tensions in key producing regions can disrupt supply chains and lead to price spikes. Additionally, environmental regulations and sustainability initiatives are increasingly influencing the butadiene market. As countries and companies aim to reduce their carbon footprints and environmental impact, the shift toward greener production processes and alternative materials can affect butadiene demand and supply. This trend towards sustainability may also drive innovation in recycling and the development of bio-based butadiene, which could introduce new variables into the pricing equation.

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on butadiene prices as well. During the initial phases of the pandemic, lockdowns and restrictions led to a sharp decline in automotive production and reduced demand for synthetic rubber. This sudden drop in demand caused butadiene prices to plummet. However, as economies began to recover and industries adapted to new norms, the demand for automotive products and synthetic rubber rebounded, leading to a subsequent increase in butadiene prices. The pandemic also highlighted the vulnerability of global supply chains, with disruptions in production and logistics causing temporary supply shortages and price volatility.

Market speculation and investor sentiment can also influence butadiene prices. Commodity markets are often driven by expectations of future supply and demand, and speculative trading can lead to price swings. For instance, news about potential production cuts, natural disasters affecting production facilities, or anticipated changes in regulatory policies can lead to speculative buying or selling, thereby affecting prices. Currency fluctuations and inflationary pressures are additional factors that can impact butadiene prices. Since butadiene is traded globally, exchange rate movements can affect its price in different markets. A stronger dollar, for example, can make butadiene more expensive for buyers using other currencies, potentially reducing demand. Inflation, on the other hand, can increase production costs, which may be passed on to butadiene prices.

Technological advancements and innovations within the chemical industry can also play a role in shaping butadiene prices. Improvements in production efficiency, new catalytic processes, and alternative raw materials can all influence the cost structure of butadiene production. These advancements can either lower production costs, leading to potential price reductions, or create new uses for butadiene, thereby increasing demand and supporting higher prices. Seasonal factors and natural disasters also contribute to butadiene price volatility. Certain times of the year may see increased demand for products that use butadiene, such as tires during holiday travel seasons. Natural disasters, such as hurricanes, can disrupt production and supply chains, leading to temporary shortages and price spikes.

In conclusion, butadiene prices are influenced by a complex interplay of factors, including supply and demand dynamics, global trade, economic conditions, geopolitical events, environmental regulations, technological advancements, and market speculation. Businesses that rely on butadiene must stay informed about these variables to effectively manage their procurement strategies and mitigate the impact of price volatility. By understanding the underlying drivers of butadiene prices, companies can better navigate the challenges and opportunities within this critical market.

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The hell of archiving in the era of digital dematerialization 

When brainstorming potential topics for my upcoming master's thesis, I naturally gravitated towards subjects that resonated with me or piqued my interest. After attending exhibitions such as Over the Rainbow at the Centre Pompidou and Hors de la nuit des normes, hors de l'énorme ennui at the Palais de Tokyo, I felt compelled to explore themes related to LGBT questions and history. Interestingly, during my research, I stumbled upon a collective focused on LGBT archives established in Paris in 2017, following a call from Act Up-Paris. This discovery prompted me to delve deeper into the evolution of archives since the rise of the internet. Traditionally, archives conjure images of large classified boxes in libraries, where one sifts through dust and old papers for days. However, with the advent of the internet, I began to ponder the implications of digital technology on the archival field. I questioned the potential positive and negative impacts that such advancements could bring.

Over the rainbow, Centre Pompidou 2023 et Hors de la nuit, Hors de l'énorme ennui, Palais de Tokyo 2023-2024

France has been at the forefront of dematerializing papers and establishing virtual archives for over twenty years. This initiative began with the dematerialization of administrative papers for enterprises, culminating in a law around 2000 that validated virtual papers as legally binding as printed ones. The onset of the Covid-19 pandemic further accelerated this digital revolution, which had already been underway in recent years.

However, online archiving poses several potential problems. Firstly, there's the issue of the cost associated with organizing these archives, which can be both in terms of time and money. Dematerializing physical papers and organizing them online is a time-consuming process. Secondly, ensuring the longevity of these digital archives is crucial. Just as physical buildings face the risk of fire, databases can be vulnerable to attacks or data loss. This can lead to inequality among institutions in their digital capabilities, as not all have equal access to resources. Additionally, the interface of online archives presents its own challenges. Designing user-friendly interfaces that facilitate easy navigation and access to information is essential for maximizing the utility of these archives.

For instance, physical archives require meticulous organization, labeling, and referencing before being stored away. However, with internet archives, this pre-organization work is assumed to be completed. The challenge lies in presenting and tidying up these archives online due to the vastly different interface and interaction methods. While physical libraries rely on indexing systems for searching, online archives offer faster access to multiple references and images simultaneously, thanks to features like multiple tabs and gallery displays. Yet, this abundance of information can lead to information overload. To address this, internet archives need effective categorization and presentation methods to streamline access while avoiding overwhelming users. As once said by Duran Duran, it’s too much information.

Example of the UK LGBT Archive website

The LGBT ARCHIVE UK is one of the few websites exclusively dedicated to LGBT Archives, indeed, unlike other platforms that may have multiple purposes, this website focuses solely on this part. It presents itself as an LGBT archive Wikipedia, but its interface doesn't resemble a traditional archive setup. Users have to navigate through multiple links and directions to find the desired information. While there is a search bar akin to Wikipedia's, its functionality is limited. The website serves more as a gateway to external resources and links, which can be beneficial if utilized effectively. However, the search process lacks efficiency to function as a comprehensive archive platform. Although some sections are categorized by topics and timelines, they often redirect to other pages without proper organization or accessibility features. A potential improvement could involve implementing advanced research tools similar to those found on university research websites. Other LGBT association websites also attempt to organize archives, but they typically focus solely on articles, lacking the necessary tools for intuitive searches.

Example of the LetterFormArchive website

The Letterform archive website serves as a prime example of a well-designed archive interface. It offers articles and conferences around specific subjects and provides a link to an external archive platform. The interface is simple, with a primarily white background and touches of red to highlight external information, accompanied by a prominent search bar. Helpful categories for research, such as disciplines, firms, creators, and formats, are also provided. Documents are presented side by side, with descriptions displayed by hovering the mouse over them. While the interface is designed to be simple and economical, it may pose challenges for accessing information, particularly for users requiring a quick search with less defined parameters. However, the website addresses this issue by allowing users to view documents in a grid or list format. Overall, while the website facilitates discovery and navigation through references, a larger archive may benefit from a more advanced research tool.

Virtual archives offer significant advantages for preserving LGBT history. Firstly, given that the LGBT community is a minority group, having physical archives may limit accessibility. Virtual archives, on the other hand, provide a platform for anyone, regardless of their location, to access these resources privately. Secondly, a substantial portion of the LGBT community is organized online, leading to the creation of virtual zines, magazine articles, and various artifacts. These virtual communities have produced valuable content that could be categorized and made more visible through online archives. As I contemplate my project options for next year, I think that creating a viable archive website for a LGBT Archive Collective emerges as a promising idea to explore.

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Economic Confidence Evaluation in India 2023

Executive Summary:

The report assesses India’s economic confidence within the context of global uncertainties, ecompassing the repercussions of COVID-19 pandemic & geopolitical occurrences. The optimism has remained steady among the Indians during the pandemic, ranking the country as one of the highest in Asia. Amidst the supply chain disruption & financial challenges, India showcased resilience by addressing challenges, leveraging opportunities & implementing effective policies to drive sustainable & inclusive economic growth. These developments resulted in the positive economic outlook among the Indian citizens as seen in the IRIS Confidence Index 2023. The study also reveals the existing concerns among the respondents regarding their living expenses & uncertainities in comparison with the global benchmark. This calls for a combination of policy measures, structural reforms, investments & inclusive growth strategies.

Introduction:

India’s economic performance during the first part of 2023 surpassed market expectations with the IMF & the World Bank projecting the growth rates of 6.1% and 6.3% for 2023 and 2024, respectively, making it the fastest-growing major economy. Despite the global economic slowdown amid the pandemic & rising oil price movements, India has emerged as a bright spot with a strong growth trajectory driven by Indian government’s policies to stimulate private consumption and investment & tight monetary conditions to manage inflationary pressures. In the face of uncertainties, the consumer & business confidence have stayed resilient resulting in the boosted spending and economic growth.

The above factors are indicative of the optimistic outlook among Indian respondents in the IRIS Confidence Index 2023. Nearly 2/3rd (58%) of the Indians expressed their confidence in the country’s direction which is significantly higher than the global average of the surveyed respondents which stood at 33%.

WEO Update July 2023 Press Briefing Transcript:https://www.imf.org/en/News/Articles/2023/07/25/tr072523-transcript-of-world-economic-outlook-updat

D.Kumar and U. Bansal, “Emotion Sentiment Analysis of Indian Twitter-Data of COVID-19 After Lockdown,” 2021 2nd International Conference on Secure Cyber Computing and Communications (ICSCCC), Jalandhar, India, 2021, pp. 421-426

Economic Confidence Situation:

Financial Health Check: Evaluating the perception of Financial Landscape in India:

Contrary to the global average of 48%, only 1/3rd  (35%) of the Indian respondents believe that the country is currently experiencing the recession, aligning with the optimistic outlook of country’s direction. However, 42% of Indian respondents express concerns about potential vulnerability to a global recession in the coming months, citing export dependence & exposure to the US market but the severity of its impact will not be high considering the high share of Indian export as a % of GDP which is 21% as compared to the world average & the declining oil prices resulting as a result of global economic downturn.

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U.S. Commercial Real Estate Faces Turmoil as Lenders Grapple with Crisis

New York Community Bancorp and Aozora Bank Ltd. Signal Ongoing Challenges

The U.S. commercial real estate market continues to be plagued by turmoil stemming from the enduring impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Recent developments at New York Community Bancorp and Aozora Bank Ltd. underscore the challenges faced by lenders, revealing a sector still grappling with the fallout of the global health crisis.

Dividend Cuts and Reserves

New York Community Bancorp experienced a record 38% decline in its stock value following decisions to slash dividends and accumulate reserves. The move sent shockwaves through the KBW Regional Banking Index, marking its worst performance since the Silicon Valley Bank collapse last March. Additionally, Tokyo-based Aozora Bank compounded concerns by warning of potential losses tied to investments in U.S. commercial real estate, causing a plunge in Asia trading.

Deutsche Bank’s Real Estate Loss Provisions Soar in Europe

In Europe, Deutsche Bank AG quadrupled its U.S. real estate loss provisions to €123 million ($133 million) in the fourth quarter compared to the previous year. The heightened provisions reflect the ongoing decline in commercial property values and the uncertainty surrounding specific loans at risk.

Remote Work and Rising Interest Rates

The real estate sector contends with a confluence of challenges, including the continuing decline in commercial property values and the complexity of predicting potential loan defaults. Factors contributing to this crisis include the pandemic-driven surge in remote work and a rapid rise in interest rates, making it more challenging for financially strained borrowers to refinance.

Renowned investor Barry Sternlicht issued a stark warning, projecting losses exceeding $1 trillion in the office market. This prediction adds to the growing concerns about the future viability of commercial properties.

Looming Debt Maturities

Banks now face approximately $560 billion in commercial real estate maturities by the end of 2025, representing over half of the total property debt coming due during that period. Regional lenders are particularly vulnerable due to their higher exposure to the industry, lacking the diversified portfolios that larger peers possess.

Scrutiny on Community Banks

Following New York Community Bancorp’s recent actions, Moody’s Investors Service is contemplating lowering the credit rating to junk status. This move highlights the heightened scrutiny on community banks, already under regulatory scrutiny since the regional banking tumult of the previous year.

Slow-Motion Crisis in Commercial Real Estate: Challenges for Smaller Lenders

Smaller lenders, including community and regional banks, face a slow-motion crisis as they grapple with the unpredictability of soured real estate loans. The ongoing decline in property values and the necessity to address looming debt maturities further compound their challenges.

Pressure to Reduce Exposure: Banks Urged to Address Commercial Real Estate Risks

The pressure is mounting on banks to reduce their exposure to commercial real estate. While uncertainties over the past year led some banks to delay large loan sales, market conditions are expected to prompt more deals. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce has already begun marketing loans on struggling U.S. office properties, signaling a trend toward addressing potential risks.

As the sector navigates these challenges, the financial fallout and the implications for commercial real estate remain significant, prompting a reevaluation of lending strategies and risk management practices.

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Top Performing Chemical Stocks in India 2023 — Promising Investment Opportunities

The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the significance of various industries in India, and among them, the chemical sector has emerged as a critical support for agriculture, pharmaceuticals, and food processing. This realization has propelled numerous chemical sector stocks in India to become significant gainers over the past couple of years.

Irrespective of whether they are large-cap or small-cap stocks, the chemical sector index has outperformed other sectors by a substantial margin. This article delves into the chemical sector, highlighting some of the best stocks within this domain.

Insight into the Indian Chemical Industry

With a wide array of over 80,000 products, the Indian chemical industry was valued at more than US$178 billion in 2019. The sector’s growth trajectory remains robust, with an anticipated value of US$304 billion by 2025, projected to achieve a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 9.3% by that year. Furthermore, India’s prominence extends to global chemical exports and imports, holding the 14th and 8th positions respectively. Notably, India ranks fourth globally in agrochemical production.

The Thriving Chemical Sector in India

The domestic chemicals sector is experiencing a noteworthy surge, with small and medium enterprises projected to achieve revenue growth of 18–23% in FY22. This is attributed to augmented domestic demand and improved pricing.

The pandemic uncovered vulnerabilities within India’s chemical sector, leading the nation to import around $56 billion worth of chemicals from China. The lack of economies of scale in India hindered cost competitiveness on the international stage.

Also, Take a Look At the Chemicals Sector Heatmap

Key factors propelling the chemical industry’s growth in India include:

Earnings and profitability improvements in the sector over the past year. India’s specialty chemicals industry benefiting significantly from the global supply chain shift away from China. China’s power crisis augmenting India’s chemical manufacturing. Escalating costs and factory closures in China, coupled with favorable currency dynamics. Rising demand from end-user industries, particularly in food processing and personal care, driving specialty chemical demand. Exploring the Best Chemical Stocks in India

Here, we delve into the top five chemical sector stocks and explore their business operations.

1. Pidilite Industries Limited

Pidilite Industries, a prominent manufacturer of adhesives, sealants, and construction chemicals, is renowned for its brand Fevicol. With a commanding 70% market share in India’s adhesive division, Pidilite earns over 50% of its revenue from this sector. The company boasts a strong distribution network in India and a global presence in 80 countries. With remarkable growth and client relationships, Pidilite has become a significant wealth creator.

2. SRF Limited

Established in 1970, SRF specializes in manufacturing industrial and specialty chemical intermediates. The company has diversified into packaging films, technical textiles, and coated fabrics. Around 43% of SRF’s revenue comes from its chemical business, and it foresees growth in both chemical and packaging film sectors due to the shifting global supply chain.

3. Aarti Industries Limited

Aarti Industries is a leading Indian manufacturer of specialty chemicals and pharmaceuticals. It serves diverse industries, including agrochemicals, polymers, and pharmaceuticals. With a robust product portfolio and diversified revenue streams, Aarti Industries stands to benefit from the shift in API production from China to India.

4. Deepak Nitrite

Deepak Nitrite, based in Gujarat, excels in manufacturing organic, inorganic, fine, and specialty chemicals. The company’s wide range of product offerings, minimal debt, and strong financial growth over the past three years make it a significant player in the chemical manufacturing domain.

5. Atul Limited

Atul Limited, a diversified Indian chemical company, has strategically expanded its product portfolio through R&D and acquisitions. Its focus on specialty chemicals has improved profitability and resilience. With a presence in various industries and an emphasis on exports, Atul Limited showcases consistent growth and low debt.

Conclusion: Shifting Paradigms in the Chemical Industry

The pandemic has brought about transformative changes in India’s chemical sector. The focus has shifted from export competition to catering to the domestic market, enabled by the significant revenue opportunity arising from import substitution. India’s “China Plus One” strategy and government policies favoring the sector’s growth, coupled with innovation and export potential, are expected to drive high double-digit earnings growth in the coming years.

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Cebu Mayor Rama says PH Online Classes "make no difference" for Hot Summers

  Learners should remain in the classroom instead of sending them back to online classes in their homes for fear of increased temperatures during the summer season, Mayor Michael Rama said Tuesday. “Why would you not allow children to be in their schools? You send them back to their homes… don’t you think it is also hot in their homes?” Rama said in Cebuano. Rama’s remarks came after the Cebu City Council passed a resolution Monday requesting the School’s Division to plot a measure that would go back to blended learning modalities adopted at the height of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic.  

Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama. Photo by Philippine News Agency. The mayor expressed some misgivings about going back to online classes or modular lessons would affect the learner’s performance, saying that reading and comprehension lessons can be best taught in person rather than remotely done online or through modules. Children who are unsupervised by teachers would be tempted to play online games or watch videos instead of answering their modules, Rama said. “It might end up with parents doing the assignments,”   he added, even as he stressed that teachers should not expose children to the extreme heat of the sun to avoid exhaustion and stroke. Cebu City Schools Division Superintendent Nimfa Bongo said a guideline has been circulated to the campuses laying down procedures for blended learning should the heat index here would increase to a “danger” level. “So far no one applied for it. Other schools observed blended modalities such as shifting of classes, with one group reporting in the classrooms and the other group in their homes,” she said in a radio interview. Bongo said children’s health and safety should be considered in deciding which modality would be observed amid the hot season. On Monday, the city posted a 38° Celsius heat index based on data from the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration.  

How will Global Warming effect the Philippines?

According to the world bank report published on the 9th of November 2022, Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR), climate change is exacting a heavy toll on Filipinos’ lives, properties, and livelihoods. If left unaddressed, it could hamper the country’s ambition of becoming an upper middle-income country by 2040. With 50 percent of its 111 million population living in urban areas, and many cities in coastal areas, the Philippines is vulnerable to sea level rise. Changes due to the variability and intensity of rainfall in the country and increased temperatures will affect food security and the safety of the population. Multiple indices rank the Philippines as one of the countries most affected by extreme climate events. The country has experienced highly destructive typhoons almost annually for the past 10 years. Annual losses from typhoons have been estimated at 1.2 percent of GDP. Climate action in the Philippines must address both extreme and slow-onset events. Adaptation and mitigation actions, some of which are already underway in the country, would reduce vulnerability and future losses if fully implemented.   Sources: THX News, World Bank & Philippine News Agency. Read the full article

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10 healthcare technology trends for 2023

1. Addressing workforce shortages with workflow automation and AI

If we don’t act urgently, burnout and staffing shortages will continue to weaken healthcare systems. For example, in radiology, studies have shown at least half of practicing radiologists in the US experience chronic work-related exhaustion and reduced efficacy. In nursing, we can expect an estimated global shortfall of 13 million nurses by 2030. Compounding the stress and strain, healthcare professionals now face a backlog of routine treatments set aside during the pandemic. Given these workforce challenges, we will see healthcare providers leverage automation, enabled by AI, to increase efficiencies and augment the capabilities of staff.

2. Digital upskilling through continuous training and education

Workflow automation can go a long way toward alleviating the burden on overstretched hospital departments. But healthcare professionals also need appropriate training and education to keep up with technological advances. With 1 in 5 healthcare professionals having left the field since the pandemic began, adequately training new staff is especially critical to ensure continuity, safety and quality of care delivery.

3. Enabling remote operations through virtual collaboration

Another way of empowering staff through technology is by enabling remote guidance from more experienced colleagues using virtual collaboration. It’s one of many healthcare technology trends that was accelerated by the pandemic, and it’s now becoming a mainstay as qualified and experienced staff are in increasingly short supply – especially in smaller satellite locations.

4. Vendor-neutral and interoperable informatics solutions

As healthcare becomes increasingly connected, different systems and devices need to be able to ‘speak’ to each other to create seamless experiences for patients and healthcare professionals. Hospitals typically procure equipment and devices from many different vendors, which has often resulted in fragmented digital infrastructure – and as a result, fragmented healthcare experiences. To help overcome this fragmentation, we expect to see increased adoption of vendor-neutral and interoperable informatics solutions in 2023 and beyond.

5. Healthcare continues to move to the cloud

The cloud is another critical technological enabler for creating truly connected and integrated IT infrastructures in healthcare. Such infrastructures need to be highly secure and highly scalable, allowing healthcare providers to rapidly adapt to fluctuating demand without having to worry about data security. Cloud adoption in healthcare has traditionally lagged behind. However, in recent years we have seen fast-growing acceptance and adoption in many parts of the world – a trend we expect to continue in 2023. In tandem, we will see a further proliferation of software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions delivered through the cloud.

6. Seamless patient monitoring within and beyond hospital walls

The further adoption of cloud-based digital solutions in healthcare will also support increased data sharing across care settings, creating the foundation for a more distributed healthcare system that connects the hospital to the home and the community. As the Philips Future Health Index 2022 report revealed, healthcare leaders now view extending care delivery beyond the hospital as their biggest priority, after staff satisfaction and retention. Offering the right care in the right place at the right moment will be critical in supporting a seamless patient experience.

7. Increased focus on equitable and inclusive healthcare delivery

While COVID-19 accelerated the adoption of digital healthcare technology – increasing care access, especially for people in remote and rural areas – the pandemic also disproportionally impacted vulnerable people and worsened global health gaps. Existing health disparities within and among nations, such as higher rates of poor health and disease among certain racial and ethnic minority groups, are in ever sharper focus. This has prompted a global call to respond to systemic inequalities. According to the Philips Future Health Index 2022 report, US health leaders are making healthcare equality a top priority.

8. Circularity as a climate action strategy for healthcare providers

The combined burden of growing, aging populations and the rising incidence of chronic disease has created a huge need for sustainable models of care, which has been compounded by the energy crisis. Paradoxically, the world’s healthcare systems account for 4% of global CO₂ emissions, more than the aviation or shipping industries, while also generating excessive levels of waste. Sustainability-minded health leaders are increasingly looking to healthcare technology to help them break out of this destructive cycle.

9. Following the science to decarbonize healthcare

Hospitals have the highest energy intensity of all publicly funded buildings. Health leaders acknowledge the health implications of carbon-driven climate change and the industry’s responsibility to take action. In the words of Albert Einstein, “Those who have the privilege to know have the duty to act.”

10. Growing understanding of how environmental health impacts human health

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), rising temperatures and CO₂ levels, extreme weather events and other climate impacts affect a wide range of human health outcomes. In 2015, the Lancet Commission stated, “Tackling climate change could be the greatest global health opportunity of the 21st century.” This potential is widely recognized by health professionals, as is the crucial role sustainable healthcare technology plays in achieving long-term health goals.

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Asymptomatic Children as a Missing Link in Preventing COVID-19 Transmission - Published June 1, 2024

Abstract Background: Investigating the prevalence of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection in asymptomatic children who have been in close contact with symptomatic individuals is instrumental for refining public health approaches, protecting vulnerable populations, and mitigating the broader impact of the pandemic. Accordingly, this study aimed to evaluate the incidence of COVID-19 infection in asymptomatic children who had been in close contact with parents exhibiting COVID-19 symptoms.

Study Design: A cross-sectional study.

Methods: The present cross-sectional study was conducted on 175 asymptomatic children who had been in close contact with COVID-19 confirmed cases in Hamadan County from March 2021 to August 2021. Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testing was performed on all asymptomatic children who had been in close contact with an individual with COVID-19. Furthermore, multiple logistic regressions were conducted to determine the predictors of COVID-19 transmission from family members to children.

Results: Out of the 175 children in close contact with index cases, 53 (30.29%) tested positive for COVID-19 through PCR. Regarding factors related to the index case, male cases (Adjusted odds ratio [AOR]=2.29; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.03-5.09, P=0.041), rural dwellers (AOR=3.22; 95% CI: 1.02-10.16, P=0.046), illiterate cases (AOR=8.45; 95% CI: 1.76-40.65, P=0.008), and cases presenting with nasal congestion symptoms (AOR=9.12; 95% CI: 2.22-37.40, P=0.002) were more prone to transmitting the virus to children who had close contact with them.

Conclusion: The findings of the present study suggested that asymptomatic COVID-19 infection in household contacts is significant in children who were in close contact with a COVID-19-positive patient. Therefore, it is crucial to continue to monitor this group closely.

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Poverty

New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - In 15 years India has lifted 415 million people out of poverty. This is indicated by the new UN report on the "Multidimensional Poverty Index" (MPI), which evaluates data collected between 2005 and 2021. The MPI, published jointly by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), finds that India continues to have the largest number of people living below the poverty line in the world (228.9 million ), followed by Nigeria (96.7 million), while the South Asia region as a whole is poor with its 385 million, just behind sub-Saharan Africa with 579 million destitute. While the overall Covid-19 pandemic has slowed global progress on poverty reduction, the report finds that India as a nation has achieved positive results on this poverty reduction journey over a 15-year period.

Click to know About Tourism In India In India, according to the report, there are 97 million poor children (2021 figures), meaning that one in five children (21.8% of the total) suffers from poverty. According to the report, India is the only country in South Asia where female-headed households are poorer than male-headed households (19.7% vs. 15.9%), while 90% of male-headed households live in rural areas 10% in urban areas. Bihar remains the poorest state in the country while the other 10 poorest states are Jharkhand, Meghalaya, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Arunachal Pradesh and Rajasthan (West Bengal dropped out of the top 10). India's poor remain vulnerable due to soaring food and fuel prices, the UN report finds. "Policy responses to the current food and energy crises must be a priority," she adds. About 18.7% of India's total population is at risk of poverty.

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Aluminosilicate Prices | Pricing | News| Database | Index | Chart | Forecast

 Aluminosilicates Prices are a group of minerals composed of aluminum, silicon, and oxygen, and they are used in a variety of industrial applications. The prices of aluminosilicates have seen significant fluctuations over recent years due to various factors, including market demand, supply chain dynamics, raw material costs, and economic conditions. Understanding these price trends is crucial for industries that rely heavily on aluminosilicates, such as the construction, manufacturing, and chemical sectors.

One of the primary factors influencing aluminosilicate prices is the availability of raw materials. Aluminosilicates are derived from natural sources such as clay, feldspar, and volcanic ash. The extraction and processing of these raw materials can be impacted by environmental regulations, mining policies, and geopolitical events. For instance, stricter environmental regulations in key mining regions can lead to reduced output, thereby increasing raw material costs and, consequently, aluminosilicate prices.

Market demand is another critical factor affecting aluminosilicate prices. The construction industry, which uses aluminosilicates in cement and concrete production, is a major consumer. Economic growth and infrastructure development drive demand for construction materials, leading to higher aluminosilicate prices. Conversely, economic downturns or slowdowns in construction activity can result in reduced demand and lower prices. Additionally, the manufacturing sector, particularly the automotive and electronics industries, relies on aluminosilicates for various applications, including glass production and as catalysts in chemical reactions. Fluctuations in these industries' output and technological advancements can significantly impact demand and pricing.

Get Real Time Prices for Aluminosilicates: https://www.chemanalyst.com/Pricing-data/aluminosilicate-1518The global supply chain also plays a vital role in determining aluminosilicate prices. Disruptions in the supply chain, such as transportation issues, labor strikes, or natural disasters, can lead to supply shortages and increased costs. For example, a major disruption in shipping routes can delay the delivery of raw materials or finished products, creating supply bottlenecks and driving up prices. Moreover, the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the vulnerabilities in global supply chains, causing significant price volatility for many industrial minerals, including aluminosilicates.

Technological advancements in mining and processing techniques have also influenced aluminosilicate prices. Innovations that improve extraction efficiency and reduce production costs can lead to lower prices. For example, advancements in automation and machinery have enabled more efficient mining operations, reducing labor costs and increasing output. Similarly, improvements in processing technologies, such as more efficient grinding and separation methods, have enhanced the quality and purity of aluminosilicates, making them more competitive in the market.

Environmental considerations and sustainability initiatives are increasingly shaping the aluminosilicate market. As industries and governments focus on reducing carbon footprints and promoting sustainable practices, there is a growing demand for eco-friendly materials. Aluminosilicates, known for their natural abundance and relatively low environmental impact, are becoming more attractive. However, meeting stringent environmental standards can increase production costs, which may be passed on to consumers in the form of higher prices. Companies that invest in sustainable mining and processing practices might face higher initial costs but could benefit from increased market demand and potential regulatory incentives.

Another factor influencing aluminosilicate prices is the competitive landscape. The market comprises numerous players, including large multinational corporations and smaller local suppliers. Competitive pricing strategies, market consolidation, and mergers and acquisitions can all impact price dynamics. Large companies with extensive resources might engage in price competition to capture market share, potentially driving down prices. Conversely, market consolidation or the acquisition of key suppliers can reduce competition, leading to higher prices.

Trade policies and tariffs also affect aluminosilicate prices. Import and export regulations, tariffs, and trade agreements between countries can alter the flow of raw materials and finished products, impacting supply and demand balances. For example, tariffs on aluminosilicate imports can increase costs for domestic consumers, while favorable trade agreements can enhance market access and reduce prices. The ongoing trade tensions between major economies, such as the United States and China, have added uncertainty to the market, influencing pricing strategies and decisions.

Inflation and currency exchange rates are additional economic factors that can influence aluminosilicate prices. Inflationary pressures can increase production costs, including labor, energy, and transportation expenses, which are then reflected in higher prices for aluminosilicates. Currency fluctuations can also impact international trade, affecting the cost competitiveness of exporters and importers. A stronger domestic currency can make exports more expensive, potentially reducing demand and lowering prices, while a weaker currency can have the opposite effect.

In conclusion, aluminosilicate prices are shaped by a complex interplay of factors, including raw material availability, market demand, supply chain dynamics, technological advancements, environmental considerations, competitive landscape, trade policies, and economic conditions. For industries reliant on aluminosilicates, staying informed about these factors and monitoring market trends is essential for making strategic decisions and managing costs effectively. As the global economy continues to evolve, the aluminosilicate market will likely experience ongoing fluctuations, requiring stakeholders to remain adaptable and responsive to changing conditions.

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ZHL Rajasthan - Universal Health coverage Day: A Healthy Future for All

International Universal Health Coverage Day is observed annually on December 12 by people all around the world. The purpose of the day is to raise awareness of how crucial it is to create reliable, resilient healthcare systems all across the world. International Universal Health Coverage Day, according to Ziqitza Healthcare, strives to increase public awareness of the need for robust and resilient health systems and universal health coverage with multi-stakeholder partners.

 Every year on December 12, supporters of universal health coverage (UHC) raise their voices to tell the tales of the millions of people who are still waiting for health, to commemorate what has already been accomplished, to urge leaders to make greater and more informed investments in health, and to inspire a wide range of groups to commit to working toward UHC by 2030.

 The United Nations claims that the emphasis of this year's theme, "Build the world we want: A healthy future for all," is on the necessity of equity, trust, healthy environments, investments, and accountability in order to create effective health systems. UHC Day is an opportunity to celebrate progress and raise awareness about what is needed to provide essential health care to families and communities worldwide. According to Ziqitza Rajasthan, this Universal Health Coverage Day kicks off WHO's 75th anniversary of making health for all a reality, as well as the countdown to the UN General Assembly's high-level meeting on UHC in 2023.

 According to Ziqitza Limited, the Western Pacific Region's UHC service coverage index, which measures progress in increasing access to essential health services, has increased from 49 in 2000 to 80 in 2019. However, many countries have inequities in service coverage and financial hardship, particularly among vulnerable and hard-to-reach populations.

 The COVID-19 pandemic has once again demonstrated that UHC and health security are intertwined goals that we achieve through the same health system - in crisis and in calm. No matter who they are, where they live, or how much money they have, health systems must function for everyone if they are to be effective. ZHL Rajasthan explains that women, children, adolescents, and the most vulnerable are prioritised in equitable health coverage because they face the most significant barriers to essential care.

 The pandemic demonstrated the dependency between a nation's economic success and the protection of its people's health, proving that neither can be achieved without the other in order to sustainably build the economy. The need for articulating the contributions of various sectors of activity and government for recovery and transformation of the health systems of the Region toward Universal Health and more just and resilient societies is reinforced by the social and economic crisis characterised by an increase in unemployment, poverty, and the exacerbation of long-standing inequities.

 Everyone, everywhere, should have access to the health services they require without fear of financial hardship under UHC. Ziqitza Limited Rajasthan explains that It is incorporated into the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG target 3.8) and encompasses the entire spectrum of essential health services, including health promotion, prevention, and treatment.

 Population coverage (who receives services, linked to equity), service coverage (what health services are available), and financial protection are the three dimensions of UHC (ensuring health services do not lead to financial hardship). UHC is founded on the principles of equity, non-discrimination, and the right to health, ensuring that even the most vulnerable populations are reached and covered, and that no one is left behind.

  According to Secretary-General Antonio Guterres

"Universal health coverage is integral to delivering the Sustainable Development Goals, our blueprint of a better future for people and the planet. On this International Day, let us reaffirm our commitment to health for all as an investment in humanity, well-being, and prosperity for everyone".

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ERP Integration with Big Data to Fuel ERP Market’s Growth

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Triton Market Research presents the Global Enterprise Resource Planning Market report segmented by Application (Supply Chain, Inventory Management, Finance, Customer Management, Human Resource (HR), Manufacturing Module, Other Applications), Enterprise Size (Small Enterprises, Large Enterprises, Medium Enterprises), Verticals (IT and Telecom, Retail, Banking, Financial Services, & Insurance (BFSI), Manufacturing, Military and Defense, Government, Healthcare, Other Verticals), and by Geography (Europe, Middle East and Africa, Latin America, Asia-Pacific, North America). The report further discusses the Market Summary, Industry Outlook, Impact of COVID-19, Parent Market Analysis, Timeline of ERP, Key Insights, Porter’s Five Forces Analysis, Key Impact Analysis, Market Attractiveness Index, Vendor Scorecard, Industry Components, Key Market Strategies, Drivers, Challenges, Opportunities, Competitive Landscape, Research Methodology & Scope, Global Market Size, Forecasts & Analysis (2022-2028).

Based on Triton Market Research estimates, the global enterprise resource planning market is set to garner revenue growth at a CAGR of 7.28% during the forecast period 2022-2028.

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 Enterprise resource planning refers to a multipurpose system that enhances various business functions, including inventory handling, accounting, marketing, and sales.

The number of IoT-connected devices is anticipated to surge in the upcoming years, increasing the adoption of ERP solutions. The integration of ERP with big data and IoT helps efficiently access crucial information, such as location and performance. Hence, the integration of ERP with big data and IoT, in addition to surged demand from SMEs, opens new avenues for the enterprise resource planning market. However, the increase in common vulnerabilities and exposures, high costs, and easy access to open-source ERP software impedes the studied market’s growth.

The Asia-Pacific is expected to emerge as the fastest-growing region in the market over the forecast period. The easy access to resources and low-wage labor has led to a rise in manufacturing companies. As a result, several large-scale companies have implemented on-premise ERP systems to enhance performance. Furthermore, a strong IT infrastructure development is expected to facilitate the adoption of cloud-based ERP software in the upcoming years. Thus, all these factors are driving the growth of the enterprise resource planning market within the APAC region.

The major companies in the ERP market include Unit4 NV, Infor Inc, The Sage Group Plc, Plex Systems Inc, SAP SE, IQMS, IBM Corporation, Ramco Systems Limited, Microsoft Corporation, Deskera Holdings Ltd, Syspro Ltd, IFS AB, Qad Inc, Epicor Software Corporation, Oracle Corporation, and Workday Inc.

The threat of new entrants is moderate; however, it may increase in the near future. The low capital investment in developing solutions has attracted several new players to enter the market. Moreover, the growing number of SMEs deploying ERP has been advantageous for new players, increasing their threat. Furthermore, the market is dominated by prominent leaders, holding shares through acquisitions, product launches, and meeting customer demand in niche segments. Thus, the competition among existing players is relatively high.

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Walgreens DoorDash Uber associate on Paxlovid supply in underserved areas

Walgreens is partnering with DoorDash and Uber Well being to ship Paxlovid, an oral antiviral remedy for COVID-19, to underserved communities. By the partnership, eligible sufferers who reside in deprived communities as measured by the CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index can obtain free supply for his or her Paxlovid prescriptions on Walgreens.com or by means of the Walgreens app.   The collaboration, which is able to launch within the coming weeks, is a response to a White Home name to motion to handle COVID-19 over the winter months and urge People to get vaccinated.  “As a part of our continued efforts to assist be sure no neighborhood is left behind, we’re proud to associate with the White Home and Walgreens to supply free supply of Paxlovid to these most in want,” Caitlin Donovan, basic supervisor of Uber Well being, mentioned in a press release. “This partnership is yet one more means wherein Uber’s know-how will help People recuperate from the pandemic and make lifesaving healthcare extra accessible.” THE LARGER TREND Uber has beforehand labored with Walgreens on the Vaccine Entry Fund, which aimed to attach individuals with rides to COVID-19 vaccination websites.  The rideshare and supply firm’s well being arm, Uber Well being, was launched in 2018. It has additionally partnered with firms like digital prescription platform NimbleRx, senior help firm Papa and direct-to-consumer digital care firm Hims & Hers. DoorDash has additionally labored with Walgreens on health-related initiatives, asserting a deal to ship over-the-counter medicines and different well being, wellness and comfort merchandise in 2020.  In the meantime, Walgreens has been increasing its attain in tech-backed and home-based care. Final month, the pharmacy retail big wrapped up the majority share acquisition of CareCentrix, a home-centered platform that coordinates care to the house for well being plans, sufferers and suppliers. Throughout a current earnings name, CEO Roz Brewer mentioned Walgreens is previous its peak acquisition stage at this level, however its subsequent deal will in all probability “look one thing like a tech asset.” Originally published at San Jose News HQ