Africa, COVID-19 and Imperialism with Jeremy Loffredo
Unlimited Hangout with Whitney Webb · Whitney Webb
December 15, 20211h 28m
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Show Notes
<p>Jeremy Loffredo joins Whitney to discuss the vaccine inequity argument common among the left as it relates to Africa and how Covid-19 is being used as cover for Western militarism and imperialism on the continent.</p>
<p>Originally published on 12/11/21</p>
<p>Links discussed:</p>
<p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-science-health-pandemics-united-nations-fcf28a83c9352a67e50aa2172eb01a2f">Scientists Mystified, Wary, as Africa avoids Covid Disaster</a><br />
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/01/briefing/vaccine-hesitancy-africa-omicron.html">Africa, Far Behind on Vaccines</a><br />
<a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2021/11/28/omicron-variant-global-vaccine-equity-523417">Omicron raises concerns about global vaccine equity and hesitancy</a><br />
<a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/new-omicron-variant-brings-covid-19-vaccine-inequity-home-to-roost">New omicron variant brings COVID-19 vaccine inequity ‘home to roost’</a><br />
<a href="https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/vaccine-hesitancy-persists-africa-health-workers-81396200">WHO: Vaccine hesitancy persists among Africa health workers</a><br />
<a href="https://www.weforum.org/reports/identity-in-a-digital-world-a-new-chapter-in-the-social-contract">Identity in a Digital World: A new chapter in the social contract</a><br />
<a href="https://thegrayzone.com/2021/10/26/cloak-dagger-military-intelligence-digital-vaccine-passport/">‘Cloak and dagger’ military-intelligence outfit at center of US digital vaccine passport push</a><br />
<a href="https://thegrayzone.com/2021/10/19/health-wealth-digital-passports-surveillance-capitalism/">Public health or private wealth? How digital vaccine passports pave way for unprecedented surveillance capitalism</a><br />
<a href="https://unlimitedhangout.com/2021/03/investigative-reports/tanzanias-late-president-magufuli-science-denier-or-threat-to-empire/">Tanzania’s Late President Magufuli: “Science Denier” or Threat to Empire?</a></p>
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