Category Archives: healthcare

Covina residents protest plan to house homeless in hotel during coronavirus crisis – San Gabriel Valley Tribune

Covina residents protest plan to house homeless in hotel during coronavirus crisis – San Gabriel Valley Tribune
— Read on www.sgvtribune.com/2020/04/24/covina-residents-protest-plan-to-house-homeless-in-hotel-during-coronavirus-crisis/

“Organized” mini-protest by right-wingers against homeless while they stupidly endanger Covina by ignoring distancing caution 😢

Nursing Homes Violated Basic Health Standards, Allowing… — ProPublica

Our analysis of federal inspection reports found that nine nursing homes put residents in “immediate jeopardy,” including a case where a nursing assistant…
— Read on www.propublica.org/article/nursing-homes-violated-basic-health-standards-allowing-the-coronavirus-to-explode

No one was ready or able/allowed to act quickly and appropriately- so many died.

Britain is ignorant on health inequalities. And now black people are dying from it | Afua Hirsch | Opinion | The Guardian

It’s impossible to take the measures needed to protect people of different ethnicities without understanding their differential treatment, not just from coronavirus, but from the society in which we live and die. This should have happened decades ago. And like everything this disease touches, the outcomes of failing to act are now exposed for all to see.

Source: Britain is ignorant on health inequalities. And now black people are dying from it | Afua Hirsch | Opinion | The Guardian

Earth Day: Greta Thunberg calls for ‘new path’ after pandemic | Environment | The Guardian

“Whether we like it or not, the world has changed. It looks completely different now from how it did a few months ago. It may never look the same again. We have to choose a new way forward,” she told a YouTube audience in a virtual meeting to mark the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. “If the coronavirus crisis has shown us one thing, it is that our society is not sustainable. If one single virus can destroy economies in a couple of weeks, it shows we are not thinking long-term and taking risks into account.”

Source: Earth Day: Greta Thunberg calls for ‘new path’ after pandemic | Environment | The Guardian

Coronavirus: Millions in India on the brink of starvation despite overflowing granaries, South Asia News & Top Stories – The Straits Times

On the ground though, much of the food rations have not reached their intended recipients. In many regions, food ration shops are giving less than the stipulated amounts, or turning people away for lack of IDs or because there’s no grain left. Economists and activists also say more than 100 million Indians entitled to cheap grain may be excluded, as the government’s count of who is eligible for subsidised food-grain is based on outdated census figures. Many others may be left out because they have not managed to obtain a ration card. The tribal state of Jharkhand, for instance, has pending ration card applications from 700,000 households. When Mr Balappa asked Bangalore authorities about the promised food-grain kits, officials demanded to see his government-issued ration card. “My ration card is in the village with my father. Why can’t they just give all people rations? Only the desperate will line up for it anyway,” said Mr Balappa.

Source: Coronavirus: Millions in India on the brink of starvation despite overflowing granaries, South Asia News & Top Stories – The Straits Times

Reopening the Economy Will Send Us to Hell | Labor Notes

People desperately need to go back to work and save what they can of their lives. But heeding the siren call of the MAGA demonstrators, puppets on strings manipulated by hedge funds and billionaire casino owners, to “reopen the economy” would only result in tragedy. Consider these points: Sending millions of people back to work without protection or testing would be a death sentence for thousands. Thirty-four million workers are over 55; 10 million of them over 65. Millions more suffer from diabetes, chronic respiratory problems, and so on. Straight from home to work to ICU to morgue. Millions of our “essential workers” face intolerable hazards because of the shortage of protective equipment. It will be weeks, at best, before there will be an adequate supply for medical workers. Workers in warehouses, markets, and fast food have no guarantee of ever receiving masks, unless legislation compels it. If this is a war, Trump’s refusal to use existing laws to federalize the manufacture of masks and ventilators is a war crime. The proposal to test people’s blood and then issue back-to-work certificates if they have the right antibodies is mere fantasy at the moment. Washington has allowe

Source: Reopening the Economy Will Send Us to Hell | Labor Notes

Maryland obtains 500,000 coronavirus tests from South Korea | World news | The Guardian

“The administration is trying to ramp up testing,” the governor said in an earlier CNN interview. “But to try to push this off, to say the governors have plenty of testing and they should just get to work on testing, somehow we aren’t doing our jobs, is just absolutely false.”

Source: Maryland obtains 500,000 coronavirus tests from South Korea | World news | The Guardian