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Activist, writer, researcher, addicted to sharing information and facts.

Grief #atozchallenge #elderly #haiku #photography

final song head fell against the pillow flowers wept *** I don’t need to explain what grief is in a time when the flowers in so many gardens are …

Grief #atozchallenge #elderly #haiku #photography

In the Shadows of Men: Revisiting Memories – nadiaharhash

REVISITING MEMORIES   It’s difficult revisiting those memories. A friend who worked for the organization told me, “Write down what happened and circulate it.” I was active in the Coalition of Women for Peace back then. Sending the message I wrote after that dark, hollow night gave me a sense of liberation. Writing had empowered…
— Read on nadiaharhash.com/2020/04/08/in-the-shadows-of-men-revisiting-memories/

Feds are seizing coronavirus supplies, hospitals say – Los Angeles Times

In Florida, a large medical system saw an order for thermometers taken away. And officials at a system in Massachusetts were unable to determine where its order of masks went. “Are they stockpiling this stuff? Are they distributing it? We don’t know,” one official said. “And are we going to ever get any of it back if we need supplies? It would be nice to know these things.” PeaceHealth, a 10-hospital system in Washington, Oregon and Alaska, had a shipment of testing supplies seized recently. “It’s incredibly frustrating,” said Richard DeCarlo, the system’s chief operating officer.

Source: Feds are seizing coronavirus supplies, hospitals say – Los Angeles Times

Trump stokes fresh coronavirus row as Wuhan reopens | US news | The Guardian (Not my fault, I don’t know what to do but blame others for my stupidity – Trump)

US president accuses World Health Organization of China bias as New York records its highest daily death toll and Wuhan lockdown eases

Source: Trump stokes fresh coronavirus row as Wuhan reopens | US news | The Guardian

Most Americans, unlike Trump, want mail-in ballots for November if coronavirus threatens: Reuters/Ipsos poll – Reuters

the poll conducted on Monday and Tuesday found that 72% of all U.S. adults, including 79% of Democrats and 65% of Republicans, supported a requirement for mail-in ballots as a way to protect voters in case of a continued spread of the respiratory disease later this year.

Source: Most Americans, unlike Trump, want mail-in ballots for November if coronavirus threatens: Reuters/Ipsos poll – Reuters