Tag: health

The crises of COVID and economic collapse are triggers for people to demand change as a gateway to a new and better world.

The world, in other words, has turned upside down.

“If we fail to develop a national coordinated response, based in science, I fear the pandemic will get far worse and be prolonged, causing unprecedented illness and fatalities.”

"Nothing is more fundamental to our recovery than the strengthening of America’s public health safety net.”

"Millions of health workers likely to be exposed to SARS–CoV-2 have medical conditions that increase their risk for poor COVID-19 outcomes."

The other epidemic, meanwhile, is causing what amounts to a massacre of the nation’s institutionalized elderly in nursing homes.

More than 207,000 people have died worldwide from COVID-19, but there are still no drugs proven to help treat the disease.

So it is with some interest that I find myself now, in this time of coronavirus pandemic, suddenly in an un- or underprivileged status.

The decision to continue to use incarcerated workers for hazardous work that could expose them to the coronavirus or facilitate the spread within the facility lies with corrections authorities and emergency management officials.

Scientists and doctors are urging the governments to put "safety guidelines" in place to protect the health of the people, not the industry.