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It’s a nightmare scenario: A coronavirus variant escapes science’s cleverly constructed defenses and returns to spreading unchecked, sending more than a year’s work to develop and administer billions of vaccine doses up in smoke.
The most recent cause for alarm is the highly infectious Delta variant, first identified in India, which is pushing up case numbers again in countries like the U.K. and Portugal, prompting some EU countries to issue a new round of travel restrictions.
But for now, public health experts say, it s not time to panic.
So far, most argue, the chances of a runaway coronavirus mutation dodging the protective effects of a vaccine known as an escape variant appear slim even though some variants might swerve around immune defenses somewhat.
Kommunal, the Swedish think-tank
Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, analyses the situation in a number of European countries, concluding that across the continent the sector had not been prioritised.
The report highlighted a lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) and workers being forced to work unlimited hours. Excessive responsibility placed on individual care workers has resulted in widespread mental-health problems. Yet many workers have been denied access to sick leave or social benefits and, as Amnesty International has documented, hundreds have died from Covid-19.
More than ever there is a need to implement prior and new demands from health and care unions. For all the applause of care workers, the praise has not been followed up and policy-makers and employers need to do more to live up to their promises and make health and care systems resilient in the face of future health emergencies.
ETUI policy brief: Europe’s open strategic autonomy
This policy brief argues that open strategic autonomy policies should take socioeconomic and environmental aspects on board from the design stage onwards, rather than merely integrating them ex post in existing policies. Public acceptance of related policies and initiatives will be boosted if they are designed to support citizens and workers during the digital and green transitions, promote European fundamental rights and values, protect the environment and biodiversity to reduce ecological footprints and influence other global actors to do the same via international agreements that incorporate social and environmental considerations.
The Recovery and Resilience Plans seem to offer a window of opportunity for member states to implement strategic reforms and investments that might advance the EU’s open strategic autonomy. They would improve socioeconomic resilience and support member states in leading the green and digital tra
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