Orbán used Covid-19 as an excuse to obtain dictatorial powers, which he aims to use for general right-wing repression.

A Labour leader calls for a wealth tax to help pay the UK state expenses caused by the epidemic.

I am concerned that urging people to think about "safety" will have the effect of encouraging people to cede their freedom to reduce physical risk. So I suggest we explicitly distance ourselves from that way of thinking.

What keeping "safe" means to me
is protecting both your
health and your freedom.

The US government and states should support businesses by helping them keep paying the wages of idled workers.

The problems with the US medical system result from being shaped for a bad goal: business profit rather than patients' health. These businesses use their influence to make medicine more expensive.

The way to fix this is to take them out of the circuit, with Medicare for All. The other proposed "solutions" are designed to leave a big role for the business that gouge patients. Unless their proponents have made a big mistake, you can be sure their proposals will gouge.