https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/01/16/zjmv-j16.html
"Soon after the emergence of COVID-19, the International Committee of the
Fourth International made the correct analysis that the pandemic had to be
understood as a trigger event in world history. It did not create a crisis in
public health, but rather exposed and accelerated longstanding processes: the
erosion of life expectancy, the dismantling of scientific institutions, and the
subordination of human life to the profit requirements and military-strategic
interests of the financial oligarchy.
The world has now entered the seventh year of the COVID pandemic, with the
United States facing the 12th major wave of infections. Conservative estimates
place cumulative COVID deaths in the United States at over 1.2 million, while
excess-mortality analyses indicate a substantially higher toll. Globally,
excess-mortality modeling places the true pandemic death toll in the tens of
millions, with central estimates near 27 million worldwide, far exceeding
official counts. Transmission continues at high rates—presently at roughly 1
million infections per day, with more than 240 million infections recorded in
2025 alone. Reinfections are widespread, and Long COVID remains a mass
disabling condition affecting millions.
What has ended is not the pandemic, but any acknowledgement by the political
and media establishment that COVID-19 remains a major threat. There is zero
political commitment to even the meager combination of mitigation, surveillance
and data-gathering. This was not and is not an oversight. It is a decision to
conceal the ongoing harm that is affecting the entire global population."
Via Violet Blue’s
Threat Model - Covid: January 22, 2026
https://www.patreon.com/posts/covid-january-22-148825922
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
