{"id":156409,"date":"2020-03-16T12:01:49","date_gmt":"2020-03-16T12:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=156409"},"modified":"2025-01-10T15:12:19","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T15:12:19","slug":"coronavirus-is-the-perfect-disaster-for-disaster-capitalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2020\/03\/coronavirus-is-the-perfect-disaster-for-disaster-capitalism\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus Is the Perfect Disaster for \u2018Disaster Capitalism\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Naomi Klein explains how governments and the global elite will exploit a pandemic.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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13 Mar 2020 – <\/em>The coronavirus is officially a global pandemic<\/a> that has so far infected 10 times more people<\/a> than SARS did. Schools, university systems, museums, and theaters across the U.S. are shutting down, and soon, entire cities<\/a> may be too. Experts warn<\/a> that some people who suspect they may be sick with the virus, also known as COVID-19, are going about their daily routines, either because their jobs do not provide paid time off because of systemic failures in our privatized health care system.<\/p>\n

Most of us aren\u2019t exactly sure what to do<\/a> or who to listen to. President Donald Trump has contradicted recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and these mixed messages<\/a> have narrowed our window of time to mitigate harm from the highly contagious virus.<\/p>\n