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

Trump administration revokes tribe’s reservation status in ‘power grab’

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Sign of willingness to use discretionary powers to attempt to take lands away from Native American tribes, advocacy group says

A tribe is losing reservation status for its more than 300 acres in Massachusetts, raising fears among Native American groups that other tribes could face the same fate under the Trump administration.

The Mashpee Wampanoag tribe, which traces its ancestry to the Native Americans that shared a fall harvest meal with the Pilgrims in 1621, was notified late on Friday by the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs that it will be rescinding its reservation designation and removing the land from federal trust, according to Cedric Cromwell, the tribe’s chairman.

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Ice agents are still performing raids – and using precious N95 masks to do so | Miriam Magaña Lopez and Seth M Holmes

For God’s sake and our, let people shelter in place safely.

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If we want to survive, we must stop Ice raids, detention and deportation and provide protective equipment to health workers

On the first day of California’s “shelter-in-place” lockdown, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) agents raided immigrant communities in Los Angeles. Different from other raids, they carried N95 medical masks to protect themselves from Covid-19. Also different from previous raids, the Ice agents broke state regulations that ordered everyone to stay home except to do “essential” activities necessary to survive (eg buying food or medicine).

The protective masks Ice agents carried to raid communities in LA are the same personal protective equipment that made headlines in the last week due to extreme shortages endangering the lives of healthcare workers. These frontline health professionals care for patients without this basic protective equipment, forced to risk not only their own health but also the capacity of our health system in this critical pandemic. In fact, the surgeon general issued a statement requesting that all N95 masks be saved for doctors, nurses and other frontline health workers. In a time with severe shortages and orders to “shelter in place”, the federal government chose to prioritize masks for Ice agents instead of necessary health personnel and, ultimately, chose raids over the health of our country.

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Avian Flu Diary: MRC: Estimating The Impact Of NPIs On COVID-19 In Europe

Europe due to the implementation of NPIs (Nonpharmaceutical Interventions) like social distancing, the closing of schools and universities, and and the banning of public gatherings. These are estimates, based on mathematical modeling, but they suggest that the NPIs implemented in Europe have significantly lowered the spread of COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2), and as a result, tens of thousands of lives have likely been spared.

Source: Avian Flu Diary: MRC: Estimating The Impact Of NPIs On COVID-19 In Europe

Instrucciones para abrazar a nuestrxs viejxs a la distancia

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No hay psiquismo preparado para una pandemia. Pero lxs adultxs mayores están jodidxs: en 10 días deben aprender a usar internet, hacer video llamadas, usar home banking, no abrazar ni besar ¡ni ver! a nietxs, vecinxs, amigxs. Y todo eso, sin protestar.

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Coronavirus: Hong Kong may turn sports and expo centres into temporary hospitals, sources say | South China Morning Post

Coliseum in Hung Hom is one option being considered as public hospitals begin to run out of isolation space. Contingency plan comes as city reports 41 new infections, most of them from overseas.
— Read on www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3077587/coronavirus-patient-backlog-hospital-admission