Any essential worker, regardless of type of employment, has to be provided N95 masks. If a worker is designated “essential” it is understood they are “essential within the context of a national emergency.”
A very deadly virus migrated to the USA and established a substantial threat to human life. Therefore, if a person is essential they must be protected from contracting this virus. Essential workers by definition have an important role in the national emergency. “Essential workers” has a specific understanding to their importance. That definition within the national emergency has to be upheld by judges to protect the essential workers and the role they play in protecting the entire country.
There is only one way to protect essential workers in the important role; N95 masks to end the spread along with testing and quarantine and healthcare for those that test positive. When a person tests positive there must be contact tracing, testing those contacted, quarantine and healthcare of all those that were contacts.
The companies involved with essential employees must work closely with local, county and state health professionals. Voluntary compliance is always nice and always welcome, but, any resistance must move immediately to court to secure appropriate measures. This is a national health emergency. It is just that important.
Thursday, April 30, 2020
The lethality of SARS-CoV-2 cannot be debated. The statistics surrounding this global pandemic will change as more time passes, but, the ravaged lives it has left in it's path only reveal the danger this virus brought to every life everywhere in the world. The statistics don't lie!
April 28, 2020
By Josh Katz, Denise Lu and Margot Sanger-Katz
Total deaths in seven states (click here) that have been hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic are nearly 50 percent higher than normal for the five weeks from March 8 through April 11, according to new death statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That is 9,000 more deaths than were reported as of April 11 in official counts of deaths from the coronavirus.
The new data is partial and most likely undercounts the recent death toll significantly. But it still illustrates how the coronavirus is causing a surge in deaths in the places it has struck, probably killing more people than the reported statistics capture. These increases belie arguments that the virus is only killing people who would have died anyway from other causes. Instead, the virus has brought a pattern of deaths unlike anything seen in recent years....
The infection rate of SARS-CoV-2 is incredible. It spreads without a hurdle and in that is THE TRUTH.
The truth is there is no taking this virus lightly or propagandizing it's impact or wishing to make it go away. This virus first made it into the USA's cities WITH EASE because of international plane travel. Once in the most densely populated cities in the country, it spread undetected from person to person because city living requires closeness of people to each other. Subways are a primary method of travel to many city dwellers and they are packed full of people going to and from home and to and from work and to and from quality of life venues such as opera houses, stage plays, theaters and sports venues.
We value the quality of life in the USA. It is a mandate to the rewards of work. But, at every turn in densely populated cities, there was an unreported invasion of a virus no one could stop, but, only hope to live through with the help of the dearly dedicated people of the USA health care system.
The DEEP TRUTH to this entire episode in the USA is that we are missing people because of the willful neglect of the very basic knowledge needed to PREVENT the invasion of an unwanted visitor. The American people are and were COMPROMISED by a president with false and fatal values.
This virus came from China to the USA because an impeached president thought he could hide the truth and continue his "talking con game" for his political benefit.
SARS-CoV-2 made it to the USA and spread because of a single man that would not listen to his own intelligence agencies or the experts working to end the infections before it started.
That is the truth all of us have to live with now and many of us died because of it.
April 28, 2020
By Josh Katz, Denise Lu and Margot Sanger-Katz
Total deaths in seven states (click here) that have been hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic are nearly 50 percent higher than normal for the five weeks from March 8 through April 11, according to new death statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That is 9,000 more deaths than were reported as of April 11 in official counts of deaths from the coronavirus.
The new data is partial and most likely undercounts the recent death toll significantly. But it still illustrates how the coronavirus is causing a surge in deaths in the places it has struck, probably killing more people than the reported statistics capture. These increases belie arguments that the virus is only killing people who would have died anyway from other causes. Instead, the virus has brought a pattern of deaths unlike anything seen in recent years....
The infection rate of SARS-CoV-2 is incredible. It spreads without a hurdle and in that is THE TRUTH.
The truth is there is no taking this virus lightly or propagandizing it's impact or wishing to make it go away. This virus first made it into the USA's cities WITH EASE because of international plane travel. Once in the most densely populated cities in the country, it spread undetected from person to person because city living requires closeness of people to each other. Subways are a primary method of travel to many city dwellers and they are packed full of people going to and from home and to and from work and to and from quality of life venues such as opera houses, stage plays, theaters and sports venues.
We value the quality of life in the USA. It is a mandate to the rewards of work. But, at every turn in densely populated cities, there was an unreported invasion of a virus no one could stop, but, only hope to live through with the help of the dearly dedicated people of the USA health care system.
The DEEP TRUTH to this entire episode in the USA is that we are missing people because of the willful neglect of the very basic knowledge needed to PREVENT the invasion of an unwanted visitor. The American people are and were COMPROMISED by a president with false and fatal values.
This virus came from China to the USA because an impeached president thought he could hide the truth and continue his "talking con game" for his political benefit.
SARS-CoV-2 made it to the USA and spread because of a single man that would not listen to his own intelligence agencies or the experts working to end the infections before it started.
That is the truth all of us have to live with now and many of us died because of it.
Every life is important. If there is a very stable genius in any of this it is Anthony Fauci.
In a short period of time, scientists have identified enzymes that SARS-CoV-2 uses to invade the body and occupy it to produce replicas of itself. It was not only discovered but, the scientists now have a method to block the use of that enzyme to hijack the human body.
The idea that every life regardless of who it is and where they are geographically on Earth is important when it comes to disease vs. wellness is the cornerstone of American wellness and longevity. It is not only the cornerstone of American health, but it is also the best method of international relations all over the world. It sets the USA apart from all others and equips allies with important information to protect them as well.
April 29, 2020
By Steven Nelson
White House coronavirus task force member Dr. Anthony Fauci (click here) said Wednesday that research finding the drug remdesivir reduces coronavirus recovery times is a “highly significant” breakthrough that will improve COVID-19 treatment.
Fauci told reporters in the Oval Office that a study finding that the drug reduced hospitalization times was akin to an early breakthrough in treating HIV.
“Although a 31 percent improvement doesn’t seem like a knockout hundred percent, it’s a very important proof of concept. Because what it has proven is that a drug can block this virus,” Fauci said.
“It was reminiscent of 34 years ago, in 1986, when we were struggling for drugs for HIV, and we had nothing,” Fauci said. “We did the first randomized placebo-controlled trial with ACT, which turned out to give an effect that was modest. But that was not the endgame because of building on that every year after we did better and better. We had better drugs of the same type.”...
This discovery is important and as Dr. Fauci stated it will be built on by others with a perhaps slightly different focus. This is the beginning of the end of the rampage of SARS-CoV-2. It has come remarkably quickly.
The idea that every life regardless of who it is and where they are geographically on Earth is important when it comes to disease vs. wellness is the cornerstone of American wellness and longevity. It is not only the cornerstone of American health, but it is also the best method of international relations all over the world. It sets the USA apart from all others and equips allies with important information to protect them as well.
April 29, 2020
By Steven Nelson
White House coronavirus task force member Dr. Anthony Fauci (click here) said Wednesday that research finding the drug remdesivir reduces coronavirus recovery times is a “highly significant” breakthrough that will improve COVID-19 treatment.
Fauci told reporters in the Oval Office that a study finding that the drug reduced hospitalization times was akin to an early breakthrough in treating HIV.
“Although a 31 percent improvement doesn’t seem like a knockout hundred percent, it’s a very important proof of concept. Because what it has proven is that a drug can block this virus,” Fauci said.
“It was reminiscent of 34 years ago, in 1986, when we were struggling for drugs for HIV, and we had nothing,” Fauci said. “We did the first randomized placebo-controlled trial with ACT, which turned out to give an effect that was modest. But that was not the endgame because of building on that every year after we did better and better. We had better drugs of the same type.”...
This discovery is important and as Dr. Fauci stated it will be built on by others with a perhaps slightly different focus. This is the beginning of the end of the rampage of SARS-CoV-2. It has come remarkably quickly.
What difference does it make? What is Trump going to do, start WWIII?
There are two issues within this pandemic in regard to it's origins and spread. The origins are one issue and the spread is the second. Trump failed to stop the spread and instead leaned into propaganda and wishful thinking the statistics from SARS-CoV-2 would melt into the flu statistics. Trump plotted against the American people for his politics.
April 30, 2020
By Mark Mazzetti, Julian E. Barnes, Edward Wong and Adam Goldman
Washington - Senior Trump administration officials (click here) have pushed American spy agencies to hunt for evidence to support an unsubstantiated theory that a government laboratory in Wuhan, China, was the origin of the coronavirus outbreak, according to current and former American officials. The effort comes as President Trump escalates a public campaign to blame China for the pandemic.
Some intelligence analysts are concerned that the pressure from administration officials will distort assessments about the virus and that they could be used as a political weapon in an intensifying battle with China over a disease that has infected more than three million people across the globe.
Most intelligence agencies remain skeptical that conclusive evidence of a link to a lab can be found, and scientists who have studied the genetics of the coronavirus say that the overwhelming probability is that it leapt from animal to human in a nonlaboratory setting, as was the case with H.I.V., Ebola and SARS....
SARS, MERS and Ebola all were stopped before a global pandemic occurred. It was done with ease. The difference between these outbreaks is the leadership of the USA and it's role in international relations. All three of those were stopped successfully and without a great deal of debt. There is nothing that different about this virus.
Trump did not have good relations with China, he removed scientists from the payroll of the federal government and the very stable genius believed he knew more than anyone else and could outfox a virus. That is what occurred in the USA.
It not only occurred in the USA but, the entire world BECAUSE the USA didn't act to end the pandemic before it started. Up to this administration in the White House, the entire world counted on the benevolent nature of the USA. Greed never came before the well being of people. That is not so with some entities of Wall Street, but, it is true of the USA in stopping tragedy.
April 24, 2020
By Neel V. Patel
Coronavirus testing (click here) in the US is nowhere near where it should be. A recent road map suggested we need to test upwards of 20 million people every day in order to safely reopen the economy (we’re currently running around 150,000 a day). To scale up, we need to move beyond conventional methods—and that might require an entirely different type of test.
The gold standard for covid-19 testing is the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test. In a PCR test, genetic material collected in a nasal swab is copied millions or billions of times over so that markers for covid-19 infection can be identified (the virus’s RNA is too tiny to identify on its own, but making more copies makes it easier to find). PCR testing isn’t perfect, but it’s seen as the most accurate form of testing available for viruses. Unfortunately, it takes time, energy, and trained personnel to run these tests. That makes PCR testing too hard to scale up to the numbers we really need....
Antigen testing has begun in the USA. It is proving to reveal the underbelly of COVID-19. Many more Americans have been exposed to the virus than previously believed. The current statistics reveal that if the virus went unchecked in the USA that 1 million people would have died rather than 2.2 million. That is still five times more lethal than the annual flu. It was right to stop the virus in it's spread. It is still right to stop the virus in it's spread. It is right to care about the lives of Americans over profits.
The antigen testing needs to go forward with vigor and REVEAL how and when the American workforce can SAFELY return to their jobs.
April 30, 2020
By Mark Mazzetti, Julian E. Barnes, Edward Wong and Adam Goldman
Washington - Senior Trump administration officials (click here) have pushed American spy agencies to hunt for evidence to support an unsubstantiated theory that a government laboratory in Wuhan, China, was the origin of the coronavirus outbreak, according to current and former American officials. The effort comes as President Trump escalates a public campaign to blame China for the pandemic.
Some intelligence analysts are concerned that the pressure from administration officials will distort assessments about the virus and that they could be used as a political weapon in an intensifying battle with China over a disease that has infected more than three million people across the globe.
Most intelligence agencies remain skeptical that conclusive evidence of a link to a lab can be found, and scientists who have studied the genetics of the coronavirus say that the overwhelming probability is that it leapt from animal to human in a nonlaboratory setting, as was the case with H.I.V., Ebola and SARS....
SARS, MERS and Ebola all were stopped before a global pandemic occurred. It was done with ease. The difference between these outbreaks is the leadership of the USA and it's role in international relations. All three of those were stopped successfully and without a great deal of debt. There is nothing that different about this virus.
Trump did not have good relations with China, he removed scientists from the payroll of the federal government and the very stable genius believed he knew more than anyone else and could outfox a virus. That is what occurred in the USA.
It not only occurred in the USA but, the entire world BECAUSE the USA didn't act to end the pandemic before it started. Up to this administration in the White House, the entire world counted on the benevolent nature of the USA. Greed never came before the well being of people. That is not so with some entities of Wall Street, but, it is true of the USA in stopping tragedy.
By Neel V. Patel
Coronavirus testing (click here) in the US is nowhere near where it should be. A recent road map suggested we need to test upwards of 20 million people every day in order to safely reopen the economy (we’re currently running around 150,000 a day). To scale up, we need to move beyond conventional methods—and that might require an entirely different type of test.
The gold standard for covid-19 testing is the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test. In a PCR test, genetic material collected in a nasal swab is copied millions or billions of times over so that markers for covid-19 infection can be identified (the virus’s RNA is too tiny to identify on its own, but making more copies makes it easier to find). PCR testing isn’t perfect, but it’s seen as the most accurate form of testing available for viruses. Unfortunately, it takes time, energy, and trained personnel to run these tests. That makes PCR testing too hard to scale up to the numbers we really need....
Antigen testing has begun in the USA. It is proving to reveal the underbelly of COVID-19. Many more Americans have been exposed to the virus than previously believed. The current statistics reveal that if the virus went unchecked in the USA that 1 million people would have died rather than 2.2 million. That is still five times more lethal than the annual flu. It was right to stop the virus in it's spread. It is still right to stop the virus in it's spread. It is right to care about the lives of Americans over profits.
The antigen testing needs to go forward with vigor and REVEAL how and when the American workforce can SAFELY return to their jobs.
Wednesday, April 29, 2020
April 26, 2020
By Charles Davis
Back in March, (click here) US President Donald Trump promised that "anybody that wants a test can get a test." That was not true then — but, eight weeks later, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti says it is now the case in his city, making it the first in the nation to achieve the milestone.
"We know that coronavirus is a silent killer that moves quietly through the population," Garcetti said at an April 29 press conference, announcing the move. As of Wednesday night, Los Angeles had over 1,000 deaths from the virus and 22,485 cases.
"Many people who transmit the disease — this is why it is so deadly — don't know that they have it," the mayor noted. "And this illustrates why making testing available to anyone who wants it is essential. We heard national leaders talk about that in early March, but it's difficult for folks to scale that ."...
By Charles Davis
Back in March, (click here) US President Donald Trump promised that "anybody that wants a test can get a test." That was not true then — but, eight weeks later, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti says it is now the case in his city, making it the first in the nation to achieve the milestone.
"We know that coronavirus is a silent killer that moves quietly through the population," Garcetti said at an April 29 press conference, announcing the move. As of Wednesday night, Los Angeles had over 1,000 deaths from the virus and 22,485 cases.
"Many people who transmit the disease — this is why it is so deadly — don't know that they have it," the mayor noted. "And this illustrates why making testing available to anyone who wants it is essential. We heard national leaders talk about that in early March, but it's difficult for folks to scale that ."...
I wish American workers would know their rights and respect there own sense of safety AND VALUE!
March 9, 2020
Question 1. May an employer (click here) send home an employee involuntarily who has or is exhibiting symptoms of COVID-19?
Answer 1. Yes. In response to the current COVID-19 outbreak, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has cited its 2009 pandemic H1N1 flu guidance, which states that advising workers with symptoms to go home either (a) is not a disability-related action if the illness is akin to seasonal influenza or (b) is permitted under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) if the illness is serious enough to pose a direct threat to the employee or coworkers. Further, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) guidance advises that employees with symptoms of acute respiratory illness and a fever (greater than 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit or 37.8 degrees Celsius, using an oral thermometer) should stay home. Of course, employers should apply this type of policy uniformly and in a manner that does not discriminate based on any protected characteristic (e.g., national origin, gender, race, etc.)....
The only people Donald John Trump or any other of his morons can demand to accept life-threatening danger in their jobs is the USA military.
...Q4. When may an employee who was sent home for exhibiting symptoms (subjective or measured fever, cough, difficulty breathing) return to work?
A4. The CDC has indicated that in general business settings (i.e., non-healthcare settings where individuals in the workplace are not at a greater risk of contracting COVID-19), employees may return to work at least 24 hours after no longer having or exhibiting (a) a fever (defined by the CDC as a temperature greater than 100.4º F or 37.8º C), (b) signs of a fever [what the CDC means is unclear], and (c) any other symptoms, without the aid of fever-reducing medicines (e.g., anything containing ibuprofen or acetaminophen) or other symptom-masking medicines (e.g., cough suppressants).
The return-to-work standards and time periods may be different for an individual with a confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis. Employers should consult the CDC’s and other public health authorities’ guidance.
Employers considering implementation of policies beyond the CDC’s guidance (e.g., a longer “return to work” time period) should consider the basis for those and consult with legal counsel.
An employer may want to meet with any returning employees to remind them to practice good respiratory etiquette and hand hygiene, avoid close contact with individuals who appear to be sick, and stay home if they begin to feel sick, for the health and safety of those employees and their coworkers, as well as the continued operations of the employer....
Any person being threatened by their governor to report to work or else is violating the law. The law they are violating is harassment. There are also issues of terroristic threats when anyone is threatening another USA citizen with harm in any manner.
Harassment (click here) is a form of employment discrimination that violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, (ADEA), and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, (ADA).
Harassment is unwelcome conduct that is based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information. Harassment becomes unlawful where 1) enduring the offensive conduct becomes a condition of continued employment, or 2) the conduct is severe or pervasive enough to create a work environment that a reasonable person would consider intimidating, hostile, or abusive....
Run, do not walk, to the nearest attorneys that can uphold the integrity of a person to a right to work IN SAFETY and NOT IN DANGER of contracting the SARS-CoV-2 virus!
Many people believe (click here) that because Iowa is an at-will state, employees have no rights and can be terminated for any reason at all. Luckily, this is not true. With experience handling all types of employment law cases, we at Higgins Law Firm, PLLC, understand that it’s essential to combine education with strong representation....
My understanding of the meat processing plants that Trump is using to carry out his ego-driven dictatorship is not providing N-95 masks, a separate residence for their employees from their family to ensure they are not bringing SARS-CoV-2 virus to their spouses, roommates or children.
There is an order Trump used to compel the meat processing plants to produce meat regardless of the dangers of the virus and/or orders of the CDC. That does not mean the employees are compelled to compromise their safety or that of their families to carry out the employer's responsibility. This is a virus that has already killed workers in meat processing plants.
Meat Processing Plants may have to purchase meat from other countries to fulfill Trump's demand.
While Trump is compelling the meat processing plants to provide food to the American people, there is no clear definition that employees under threat by dangerous working conditions have to meet the need of their employers.
Rosie the Riveter never faced death on the job.
The only people Donald John Trump or any other of his morons can demand to accept life-threatening danger in their jobs is the USA military.
...Q4. When may an employee who was sent home for exhibiting symptoms (subjective or measured fever, cough, difficulty breathing) return to work?
A4. The CDC has indicated that in general business settings (i.e., non-healthcare settings where individuals in the workplace are not at a greater risk of contracting COVID-19), employees may return to work at least 24 hours after no longer having or exhibiting (a) a fever (defined by the CDC as a temperature greater than 100.4º F or 37.8º C), (b) signs of a fever [what the CDC means is unclear], and (c) any other symptoms, without the aid of fever-reducing medicines (e.g., anything containing ibuprofen or acetaminophen) or other symptom-masking medicines (e.g., cough suppressants).
The return-to-work standards and time periods may be different for an individual with a confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis. Employers should consult the CDC’s and other public health authorities’ guidance.
Employers considering implementation of policies beyond the CDC’s guidance (e.g., a longer “return to work” time period) should consider the basis for those and consult with legal counsel.
An employer may want to meet with any returning employees to remind them to practice good respiratory etiquette and hand hygiene, avoid close contact with individuals who appear to be sick, and stay home if they begin to feel sick, for the health and safety of those employees and their coworkers, as well as the continued operations of the employer....
Any person being threatened by their governor to report to work or else is violating the law. The law they are violating is harassment. There are also issues of terroristic threats when anyone is threatening another USA citizen with harm in any manner.
Harassment (click here) is a form of employment discrimination that violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, (ADEA), and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, (ADA).
Harassment is unwelcome conduct that is based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information. Harassment becomes unlawful where 1) enduring the offensive conduct becomes a condition of continued employment, or 2) the conduct is severe or pervasive enough to create a work environment that a reasonable person would consider intimidating, hostile, or abusive....
Run, do not walk, to the nearest attorneys that can uphold the integrity of a person to a right to work IN SAFETY and NOT IN DANGER of contracting the SARS-CoV-2 virus!
Many people believe (click here) that because Iowa is an at-will state, employees have no rights and can be terminated for any reason at all. Luckily, this is not true. With experience handling all types of employment law cases, we at Higgins Law Firm, PLLC, understand that it’s essential to combine education with strong representation....
My understanding of the meat processing plants that Trump is using to carry out his ego-driven dictatorship is not providing N-95 masks, a separate residence for their employees from their family to ensure they are not bringing SARS-CoV-2 virus to their spouses, roommates or children.
There is an order Trump used to compel the meat processing plants to produce meat regardless of the dangers of the virus and/or orders of the CDC. That does not mean the employees are compelled to compromise their safety or that of their families to carry out the employer's responsibility. This is a virus that has already killed workers in meat processing plants.
Meat Processing Plants may have to purchase meat from other countries to fulfill Trump's demand.While Trump is compelling the meat processing plants to provide food to the American people, there is no clear definition that employees under threat by dangerous working conditions have to meet the need of their employers.
Rosie the Riveter never faced death on the job.
If Pence can't even take care of himself, he will never take care of Americans.
It is gross neglect and abuse of power exhibited by the Vice President. Trump stated some time ago that Pence had to conduct himself as Trump would. We already know Trump refuses to wear masks. This is nothing short of a political stunt setting the absolutely worst example possible to the country and international community. The Trump administration is a disgrace.
A lot of news about COVID-19 today.
The most urgent is the strokes our young people are experiencing in regard to COVID-19. We know young adults went to Florida beaches, contracted SARS-CoV-2 and then carried it back into the country. We also know will these young people sustain well against the virus and my only feel like the flue, this is NOT the flu and the myths need to end.
We also know the virus itself is very, very dangerous, and causes blood clots. As a result of these clots, there are strokes in young adults and quite possibly heart attacks in middle age and older adults.
Deaths have occurred across the spectrum of age and no one is exempt from a dangerous pathology.
Young adults need to call 911 immediately as soon as their symptom of strokes begins. If there is someone to drive them and traffic is not usually heavy, then they can drive to the ER. Kindly remember EMTs have a direct link to an ER doctor and treatment begins when they arrive. There are many reasons to call 911 and sit tight but if it is more prudent to be driven to the ER then do so safely.
BUT, the important issue is that strokes are recognized at all ages and require a hospital and doctor to adequately address this type of emergency. With that, what then are the symptoms of a stroke?
This is an interesting icon to begin to understand the signs of a stroke. This is from a health care system (click here).
The word FAST is used by the American Stroke Association (click here).
But, basically, a stroke attacks everything that makes us human.
B - Our ability to walk and run is effected with a loss or impairment of balance.
E -When it comes to the eyes, the question is What are you seeing?" But perhaps the person is also being affected in their speech. When look at the eyes to determine if the pupils are equal. If they are not there is something seriously wrong going on with the person.
F - Facial droop is a cardinal sign of a stroke. If there is any facial drooping call 911 immediately.
A - Any changes in arms or legs in the way a person would normally control them. If for any reason the arms or legs are not NORMAL then an emergency is occurring, especially if the limb has become weak or flaccid.
S - I mentioned speech difficulty. It can occur in that the person is not able to speak or speak well, but, also if their statements are estranged from the person's normal. If for whatever reason an answer to a question is not forthcoming or not cohesive to the moment in time and the subject at hand, they are most likely struggling with their cognition and need to go to the hospital.
T - The last element is TIME. Take action quickly. Do not doubt your decision. If a person has any of the signs of a stroke, immediately act to assist. There is NO SHAME in being helpful. Call 911 immediately and let the EMTs do their job.
As mentioned blood clots can cause heart attacks. They can also what is called "thrombosis." Some of the most dangerous are those in the lungs that effect breathing and cause chest pain. Lung thrombosis (blood clot) can also travel to the heart. Other thromboses are those found in the leg, they are frequently called "Deep Vein Thrombosis." They are as equally dangerous as a lung thrombosis.
It can be difficult to decide (click here) when you should go to the emergency department. By knowing the signs and symptoms of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism, you can empower yourself to make the best healthcare decisions for you.
Signs of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) include:
- Swelling of the legs, ankles, or feet
- Discomfort, heaviness, pain, aching, throbbing, itching, or warmth in the legs
- Skin changes in the leg such as discoloration, thickening, or ulceration
Signs of pulmonary thrombosis:
- Sudden shortness of breath
- Chest pain
- Coughing up blood
- Rapid or irregular heart rate
Blood clots are very abnormal occurrences in the human body. They are very dangerous to the people experiencing them. It is important to recognize the signs of a blood clot and act to help and end the danger.
Depending on where the blood clot is found the emergency room doctors will know how to proceed. There are anti-thrombolytics that work immediately and end the threat of the blood clot, but, sometimes surgery is needed to remove the clot and possibly close a leaking blood vessel. Any of these treatments are important and saves lives. Frequently when these therapeutic measures are applied there will be no lingering effects of the blood clot or stroke and life can return to normal. The medicines that treat these clots are amazing. But, they can only be given in the ER under the observation of health care professionals.
Every life is important.
We also know the virus itself is very, very dangerous, and causes blood clots. As a result of these clots, there are strokes in young adults and quite possibly heart attacks in middle age and older adults.
Deaths have occurred across the spectrum of age and no one is exempt from a dangerous pathology.
Young adults need to call 911 immediately as soon as their symptom of strokes begins. If there is someone to drive them and traffic is not usually heavy, then they can drive to the ER. Kindly remember EMTs have a direct link to an ER doctor and treatment begins when they arrive. There are many reasons to call 911 and sit tight but if it is more prudent to be driven to the ER then do so safely.
BUT, the important issue is that strokes are recognized at all ages and require a hospital and doctor to adequately address this type of emergency. With that, what then are the symptoms of a stroke?
This is an interesting icon to begin to understand the signs of a stroke. This is from a health care system (click here).
The word FAST is used by the American Stroke Association (click here).But, basically, a stroke attacks everything that makes us human.
B - Our ability to walk and run is effected with a loss or impairment of balance.
E -When it comes to the eyes, the question is What are you seeing?" But perhaps the person is also being affected in their speech. When look at the eyes to determine if the pupils are equal. If they are not there is something seriously wrong going on with the person.
F - Facial droop is a cardinal sign of a stroke. If there is any facial drooping call 911 immediately.
A - Any changes in arms or legs in the way a person would normally control them. If for any reason the arms or legs are not NORMAL then an emergency is occurring, especially if the limb has become weak or flaccid.
S - I mentioned speech difficulty. It can occur in that the person is not able to speak or speak well, but, also if their statements are estranged from the person's normal. If for whatever reason an answer to a question is not forthcoming or not cohesive to the moment in time and the subject at hand, they are most likely struggling with their cognition and need to go to the hospital.
T - The last element is TIME. Take action quickly. Do not doubt your decision. If a person has any of the signs of a stroke, immediately act to assist. There is NO SHAME in being helpful. Call 911 immediately and let the EMTs do their job.
As mentioned blood clots can cause heart attacks. They can also what is called "thrombosis." Some of the most dangerous are those in the lungs that effect breathing and cause chest pain. Lung thrombosis (blood clot) can also travel to the heart. Other thromboses are those found in the leg, they are frequently called "Deep Vein Thrombosis." They are as equally dangerous as a lung thrombosis.
It can be difficult to decide (click here) when you should go to the emergency department. By knowing the signs and symptoms of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism, you can empower yourself to make the best healthcare decisions for you.
Signs of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) include:
- Swelling of the legs, ankles, or feet
- Discomfort, heaviness, pain, aching, throbbing, itching, or warmth in the legs
- Skin changes in the leg such as discoloration, thickening, or ulceration
Signs of pulmonary thrombosis:
- Sudden shortness of breath
- Chest pain
- Coughing up blood
- Rapid or irregular heart rate
Blood clots are very abnormal occurrences in the human body. They are very dangerous to the people experiencing them. It is important to recognize the signs of a blood clot and act to help and end the danger.
Depending on where the blood clot is found the emergency room doctors will know how to proceed. There are anti-thrombolytics that work immediately and end the threat of the blood clot, but, sometimes surgery is needed to remove the clot and possibly close a leaking blood vessel. Any of these treatments are important and saves lives. Frequently when these therapeutic measures are applied there will be no lingering effects of the blood clot or stroke and life can return to normal. The medicines that treat these clots are amazing. But, they can only be given in the ER under the observation of health care professionals.
Every life is important.
Tuesday, April 28, 2020
Now it is obvious. Trump is not interested in solving the problems, but, only to cause them.
No one is dying on my behalf. I am home and will not eat meat coming from "hotspots."
April 28, 2020
By Kaitlan Collins and Maegan Vazquez
President Donald Trump (click here) is expected to sign a five-page executive order under the Defense Production Act to compel meat processing plants to remain open amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Trump had highlighted the order during an Oval Office meeting with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis that was opened up to reporters.
"We're going to sign an executive order today, I believe, and that'll solve any liability problems," Trump said on Tuesday.
The President is expected to sign the order after some companies, such as Tyson Foods, were considering only keeping 20% of their facilities open. The vast majority of processing plants could have shut down -- which would have reduced processing capacity in the country by as much as 80%, an official familiar with the order told CNN....
The USA food supply has become less safe under Trump and now Americans are dying because of the Trump administration's disastrous deregulation. Deregulation and denial causes a far greater problem and does not solve them. The USA needs to go on a diet of healthy foods, not contaminated food.
20 April 2020
By BiBi van der Zee, Tom Levitt and Andrew Wasley
The US government (click here) is accelerating controversial regulatory rollbacks to speed up production at meat plants, as companies express growing alarm at the impact of Covid-19 on their operations.
Last week Smithfield shut down one of the largest pork plants in the country after hundreds of employees contracted the coronavirus. The plant in South Dakota – whose output represents 4–5% of US pork production – is reported to be the largest single-source coronavirus hotspot in the US, with more than 600 cases. In response, the company said it was “critical” for the meat industry to “continue to operate unabated”.
Now it has emerged that as a wave of plants announces closures, US meat plants are being granted permission to increase the speed of their production lines. This comes despite warnings that the waivers for higher speeds on slaughter and processing lines will compromise food safety....
Food workers state: "If one gets sick, we all get sick." (click here)
April 28, 2020
By Kaitlan Collins and Maegan Vazquez
President Donald Trump (click here) is expected to sign a five-page executive order under the Defense Production Act to compel meat processing plants to remain open amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Trump had highlighted the order during an Oval Office meeting with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis that was opened up to reporters.
"We're going to sign an executive order today, I believe, and that'll solve any liability problems," Trump said on Tuesday.
The President is expected to sign the order after some companies, such as Tyson Foods, were considering only keeping 20% of their facilities open. The vast majority of processing plants could have shut down -- which would have reduced processing capacity in the country by as much as 80%, an official familiar with the order told CNN....
The USA food supply has become less safe under Trump and now Americans are dying because of the Trump administration's disastrous deregulation. Deregulation and denial causes a far greater problem and does not solve them. The USA needs to go on a diet of healthy foods, not contaminated food.
20 April 2020
By BiBi van der Zee, Tom Levitt and Andrew Wasley
The US government (click here) is accelerating controversial regulatory rollbacks to speed up production at meat plants, as companies express growing alarm at the impact of Covid-19 on their operations.
Last week Smithfield shut down one of the largest pork plants in the country after hundreds of employees contracted the coronavirus. The plant in South Dakota – whose output represents 4–5% of US pork production – is reported to be the largest single-source coronavirus hotspot in the US, with more than 600 cases. In response, the company said it was “critical” for the meat industry to “continue to operate unabated”.
Now it has emerged that as a wave of plants announces closures, US meat plants are being granted permission to increase the speed of their production lines. This comes despite warnings that the waivers for higher speeds on slaughter and processing lines will compromise food safety....
Food workers state: "If one gets sick, we all get sick." (click here)
NASA has a sterilization unit. The White Room was a sterile room so germs didn’t go into space. This is not new technology. The implications of that is huge. The only thing it can’t sterilize is a person that is a a carrier. For that reason the testing and mitigation still has to go forward.
COVID-19 test needs to be required for a marriage license.
Attorney General Barr is propagating SARS-CoV-2 by restricting states and cities from protecting their citizens. Currently, Greensboro, North Carolina is providing free masks to use by their citizens. Greensboro is doing it in expectations of their use. Wearing a mask in public is illegal in N.C. The state legislators only convene twice a year. They are expected to change that regulation to accommodate the current virus emergency. North Carolina is not enforcing the very silly law at this time. I don’t know a wintertime that doesn’t demand a scarf or face covering with cold temperatures. It is a silly law.
Bill Barr does not have jurisdiction over a national HEALTH emergency. He is trying to assault the states with basically quarantine orders entitled “Stay at Home.” Any state or local health department is operating within their authority to carry out quarantines no matter what they are called.
BEST PRACTICES are required by state or city governments. Barr is CYAing his with Trump. If he wants to enforce a parking ticket, Barr can still do that as a hero among the streets and people in quarantine.
People could be making decisions about the future in the state of depression and/or in expectations of defeat of control of the future due to SARS-CoV-2. Both are unhealthy ways of thinking about the future. It has been months and not years the USA has been coping with this virus. Everyday there is more and more hope that the future is being returned to the people. We now have NASA’s sterilization unit and Rutgers’ RELIABLE testing. Those are huge. Tomorrow is still ours.
COVID-19 test needs to be required for a marriage license.
Attorney General Barr is propagating SARS-CoV-2 by restricting states and cities from protecting their citizens. Currently, Greensboro, North Carolina is providing free masks to use by their citizens. Greensboro is doing it in expectations of their use. Wearing a mask in public is illegal in N.C. The state legislators only convene twice a year. They are expected to change that regulation to accommodate the current virus emergency. North Carolina is not enforcing the very silly law at this time. I don’t know a wintertime that doesn’t demand a scarf or face covering with cold temperatures. It is a silly law.
Bill Barr does not have jurisdiction over a national HEALTH emergency. He is trying to assault the states with basically quarantine orders entitled “Stay at Home.” Any state or local health department is operating within their authority to carry out quarantines no matter what they are called.
BEST PRACTICES are required by state or city governments. Barr is CYAing his with Trump. If he wants to enforce a parking ticket, Barr can still do that as a hero among the streets and people in quarantine.
People could be making decisions about the future in the state of depression and/or in expectations of defeat of control of the future due to SARS-CoV-2. Both are unhealthy ways of thinking about the future. It has been months and not years the USA has been coping with this virus. Everyday there is more and more hope that the future is being returned to the people. We now have NASA’s sterilization unit and Rutgers’ RELIABLE testing. Those are huge. Tomorrow is still ours.
It is a little terrifying to run out of oxygen tubing.
By Meghan Bartels
NASA engineer (click here) Mike Buttigieg works on the Aerospace Valley Positive Pressure Helmet, a device that was successfully tested by doctors at Antelope Valley Hospital in California....
Bridenstein had brought with him three examples of technology (click here) that agency employees have been developing in the six weeks or so since the pandemic entered the U.S. in earnest and the four weeks since the agency launched the NASA @ WORK program to crowdsource its pandemic response activities.
Typically, engineers at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center in California work on technologies related to aircraft; lately, some have instead developed an oxygen hood in partnership with commercial suborbital spaceflight company Virgin Galactic. The new device provides the oxygen pressure COVID-19 patients require while protecting healthcare workers from infection, Bridenstine said.
Another technology on display builds on NASA's dedication to spacecraft sterilization and planetary protection, preventing contamination of other worlds. "We took that technology to sterilize a spacecraft and we said how do we use that to sterilize the inside of a room, and that's what this device is," Bridenstine said. "It will fog the room and every surface in the room will then be sterilized. No coronavirus."...
Monday, April 27, 2020
Pence is speaking to the US Air Force Academy because it is the closest thing to the US Space Force.
Trump might need those graduating Air Force cadets to fly planes all over the country to ensure the health of the cadets at West Point. Unfortunately such flights don’t include family.
There is a 3 mile runway in Cornwall that accommodates C5 cargo planes so the cadets can avoid landing in New York City. Most commercial airlines are not running a full compliment of routes nor should they be unless every passenger tests negative at the gate at time of boarding. It is a very sealed and pressurized environment.
Trump might need those graduating Air Force cadets to fly planes all over the country to ensure the health of the cadets at West Point. Unfortunately such flights don’t include family.
There is a 3 mile runway in Cornwall that accommodates C5 cargo planes so the cadets can avoid landing in New York City. Most commercial airlines are not running a full compliment of routes nor should they be unless every passenger tests negative at the gate at time of boarding. It is a very sealed and pressurized environment.
I don’t watch the president anymore. He has nothing to say that is helpful. As a matter of fact I find him hurtful and ultimately on a spectrum of hurt he can physically hurt Americans to the point of poisoning leading to possible death. What is he still doing there?
It can be said the media is irresponsible in indulging his flight of thought. It is nothing but sensationalism.
Where is OSHA at the JBS plant? Who is going to be charged with negligent homicide for the violations of law and continued operations where five employees have died because of occupational exposure to COVID-19? The union needs to support a job action with its members due to unsafe working conditions.
The Board of Diectors and the CEO need to be arrested. Compare JBS to the new working conditions at FORD automotive and tell me there is no crime at JBS!
The USDA should be at the JBS meat packing plant to condemn the plant and confiscate the meat. SARS-CoV-2 is a viable virus up to several days on fomite and probably longer on food products. The meat is most likely unsafe for consumption. I wouldn’t feed it to animals either.
It can be said the media is irresponsible in indulging his flight of thought. It is nothing but sensationalism.
Where is OSHA at the JBS plant? Who is going to be charged with negligent homicide for the violations of law and continued operations where five employees have died because of occupational exposure to COVID-19? The union needs to support a job action with its members due to unsafe working conditions.
The Board of Diectors and the CEO need to be arrested. Compare JBS to the new working conditions at FORD automotive and tell me there is no crime at JBS!
The USDA should be at the JBS meat packing plant to condemn the plant and confiscate the meat. SARS-CoV-2 is a viable virus up to several days on fomite and probably longer on food products. The meat is most likely unsafe for consumption. I wouldn’t feed it to animals either.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has been brilliant.
28 April 2020
New Zealand has moved today (click here) to a slightly less-restrictive way of living with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern declaring the coronavirus "currently eliminated" - and the country's efforts now the focus of international attention.
The country moved to level 3 at 11.59pm on Monday, easing some of the restrictions of the level-4 living of the past four-and-a-half weeks - including another 400,000 Kiwis returning to work and the lifting of fast-food restrictions. People were already lining up at McDonald's drive-thrus early on Tuesday.
New Zealand's main centres are buzzing for the first time in almost five weeks. Timesaver Traffic's Rebecca Apolosi says it's clearly visible on Auckland roads....
New Zealand has moved today (click here) to a slightly less-restrictive way of living with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern declaring the coronavirus "currently eliminated" - and the country's efforts now the focus of international attention.
The country moved to level 3 at 11.59pm on Monday, easing some of the restrictions of the level-4 living of the past four-and-a-half weeks - including another 400,000 Kiwis returning to work and the lifting of fast-food restrictions. People were already lining up at McDonald's drive-thrus early on Tuesday.
New Zealand's main centres are buzzing for the first time in almost five weeks. Timesaver Traffic's Rebecca Apolosi says it's clearly visible on Auckland roads....
Did your health care rates increase after the Affordable Care Act began? There is a reason and it is the Republicans under McConnell.
There is a very good chance the health care insurance increases may have resulted from the refusal of Republicans to appropriate and pay the "risk corridor" program. Consumer groups need to investigate the reason their premiums skyrocketed after the Affordable Care Act went into effect.
By Ian Milhiser
On Monday, (click here) the Supreme Court voted 8-1 to reject a Republican effort to sabotage parts of the Affordable Care Act. The upshot of this decision is that health insurers will receive payments owed to them under Obamacare’s “risk corridor” program.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s majority opinion in Maine Community Health Options v. United States, relies on “a principle as old as the Nation itself,” according to the opinion. That principle: “The Government should honor its obligations.”
The vote in Maine Community was not close. Eight justices joined all or nearly all of Sotomayor’s opinion, leaving Justice Samuel Alito in a lonely dissent. That’s a bit of a surprising outcome given what was at stake in the case, which involved a $12 billion Republican scheme to sabotage Obamacare.
And yet, after years of litigation seeking to destroy the Affordable Care Act, and after many more years of partisan rancor bitterly dividing the two major political parties on whether Obamacare should continue to exist, only Justice Alito was willing to endorse this particular effort to undercut President Obama’s primary legislative accomplishment.
The other eight justices all agreed that the risk corridors program should be preserved....
...Much of Sotomayor’s opinion focuses on prior precedents establishing that courts should be very reluctant to read one federal law as implicitly eliminating an obligation laid out by another law. “Repeals by implication are not favored,” Sotomayor writes, quoting from a 1974 Supreme Court decision. When confronted with two laws that seem to pull in different directions, courts should “‘regard each as effective’—unless Congress’ intention to repeal is ‘clear and manifest.’”...
SARS-CoV-2 is a very invasive virus. It is dangerous.
The reason people are hospitalized is that their lives hang in the balance. They need oxygen and/or a ventilator to help them breathe. That doesn't mean that is the only place the virus finds success. The respiratory system is delicate and people will not survive if their oxygen is depleted without replenishment in 5 mins. That is why the virus is receiving attention.
August 27, 2020
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (click here) has added several new symptoms to its existing list of symptoms for COVID-19.
The CDC has long said said that fever, cough and shortness of breath are indications that someone might have the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. It has now added six more conditions that may come with the disease: chills, repeated shaking with chills, muscle pain, headache, sore throat and new loss of taste or smell.The expanded symptoms list could prove important because with a limited number of test kits available, typically those seeking a test must first show symptoms.
There is anecdotal evidence for some of those newly listed symptoms. NPR and other news outlets reported last month that loss of smell and taste were reported by some people with COVID-19. Patients with the disease caused by the coronavirus have also reported muscle pain, chills and headache....
Realize today there are patients experiencing far different symptoms than others and if there are deaths they may not be counted. That was the case in the past.
The Washington Post has done some very interesting work. They found average death rates at the beginning of the pandemic were significantly higher than only a year earlier. Should these deaths be considered part of the pandemic statistics? The researchers should ask other foreign scientists if this phenomenon was discovered in their countries as well. The case numbers and numbers dead may change dramatically if that is the case.
April 27, 2020
By Emma Brown, Andrew Ba Tran, Beth Reinhard and Monica Ulmanu
In the early weeks of the coronavirus epidemic, (click here) the United States recorded an estimated 15,400 excess deaths, nearly two times as many as were publicly attributed to covid-19 at the time, according to an analysis of federal data conducted for The Washington Post by a research team led by the Yale School of Public Health.
The excess deaths — the number beyond what would normally be expected for that time of year — occurred during March and through April 4, a time when 8,128 coronavirus deaths were reported.
The excess deaths are not necessarily attributable directly to covid-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. They could include people who died because of the epidemic but not from the disease, such as those who were afraid to seek medical treatment for unrelated illnesses, as well as some number of deaths that are part of the ordinary variation in the death rate. The count is also affected by increases or decreases in other categories of deaths, such as suicides, homicides and motor vehicle accidents....
August 27, 2020
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (click here) has added several new symptoms to its existing list of symptoms for COVID-19.
The CDC has long said said that fever, cough and shortness of breath are indications that someone might have the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. It has now added six more conditions that may come with the disease: chills, repeated shaking with chills, muscle pain, headache, sore throat and new loss of taste or smell.The expanded symptoms list could prove important because with a limited number of test kits available, typically those seeking a test must first show symptoms.
There is anecdotal evidence for some of those newly listed symptoms. NPR and other news outlets reported last month that loss of smell and taste were reported by some people with COVID-19. Patients with the disease caused by the coronavirus have also reported muscle pain, chills and headache....
Realize today there are patients experiencing far different symptoms than others and if there are deaths they may not be counted. That was the case in the past.
The Washington Post has done some very interesting work. They found average death rates at the beginning of the pandemic were significantly higher than only a year earlier. Should these deaths be considered part of the pandemic statistics? The researchers should ask other foreign scientists if this phenomenon was discovered in their countries as well. The case numbers and numbers dead may change dramatically if that is the case.
April 27, 2020
By Emma Brown, Andrew Ba Tran, Beth Reinhard and Monica Ulmanu
In the early weeks of the coronavirus epidemic, (click here) the United States recorded an estimated 15,400 excess deaths, nearly two times as many as were publicly attributed to covid-19 at the time, according to an analysis of federal data conducted for The Washington Post by a research team led by the Yale School of Public Health.
The excess deaths — the number beyond what would normally be expected for that time of year — occurred during March and through April 4, a time when 8,128 coronavirus deaths were reported.
The excess deaths are not necessarily attributable directly to covid-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. They could include people who died because of the epidemic but not from the disease, such as those who were afraid to seek medical treatment for unrelated illnesses, as well as some number of deaths that are part of the ordinary variation in the death rate. The count is also affected by increases or decreases in other categories of deaths, such as suicides, homicides and motor vehicle accidents....
Isn't this similar to the adult patients? There is inflammation. Children are known to test negative for the SARS virus.
This more or less indicates children have far less body tissue to invade and the virus moves quicker in children to include other body systems besides the lungs. The viral load needed to cause tissue damage in children is most likely smaller than adults and that may be why the children are testing negative when these symptoms manifest. The tests are not specifically designed to test children. The tests are designed to test adults.
April 27, 2020
By Michelle Roberts
The alert, which was issued to GPs in North London (click here) by their clinical commissioning group, said there was "a growing concern" that a coronavirus-related inflammatory syndrome is emerging in children in the UK or that there may be another, as yet unidentified, infection linked to these cases.
April 27, 2020
By Michelle Roberts
The alert, which was issued to GPs in North London (click here) by their clinical commissioning group, said there was "a growing concern" that a coronavirus-related inflammatory syndrome is emerging in children in the UK or that there may be another, as yet unidentified, infection linked to these cases.
These young patients of varying ages were extremely ill. They had similar features to toxic shock syndrome, which can include a high temperature, low blood pressure, a rash and difficulty breathing.
Some also had gastrointestinal symptoms - tummy pain, vomiting or diarrhoea - and inflammation of the heart, as well as abnormal blood test results.
Experts say these are the signs you can see when the body is becomes overwhelmed as it tries to fight off an infection.
The alert, which has now been shared more widely, advises these cases need urgent treatment.
But experts stress that very few children become severely ill with coronavirus - evidence from around the world suggests they are the population least affected by the disease....
How old are the parents of the children developing illness? Younger people show up far less in the demographics of COVID-2. Are the parents being tested after their child became ill? Age 45 or older is where the demographics show more victims. Age 75 or older is when infestations kill nearly 50 percent of the victims. I still think an infusion of White Blood cells would help this group.
How old are the parents of the children developing illness? Younger people show up far less in the demographics of COVID-2. Are the parents being tested after their child became ill? Age 45 or older is where the demographics show more victims. Age 75 or older is when infestations kill nearly 50 percent of the victims. I still think an infusion of White Blood cells would help this group.
While Trump advises Americans to drink bleach and other caustic substances, he is allowing Netanyahu to proceed with expansion plans into the West Bank.
The Rooster
"Okeydoke"
April 26, 2020
Jerusalem - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (click here) voiced confidence on Sunday that Washington would give Israel the nod within two months to move ahead with de facto annexation of parts of the occupied West Bank....
Trump not only misinforms Americans about facts, but he is also going forward with other extreme measures in foreign policy.
The idea that 30 percent of the West Bank will be annexed by Israel came to the forefront of Trump's continuing rage against Palestine as the SARS-Cov-2 was beginning it's spread in November of last year.
November 19, 2019
By David Ignasius
One more timber of the United States’ bipartisan (click here) foreign policy collapsed this week when Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reversed a 41-year State Department legal judgment that Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank were “inconsistent with international law.”
Pompeo promoted this change in policy as a pragmatic acceptance of fact. “What we’ve done today is we have recognized the reality on the ground,” he said Monday. He argued that the United States could help solve the Palestinian problem by “taking away this impediment, this idea that somehow there was going to be a legal resolution.”...
This is the beginning of the end of the two-state solution. Unless there has been a large shift in the American Jewish Community, a year ago Jewish Americans had not abandoned the two-state solution for Israel.
There is an occasional poll that will state the American Jewish community accepts the decision to annex Palestine.
When it comes to the two-state solution (click here) and the American Jewish community, the old joke about “two Jews, three synagogues” simply doesn’t apply.
The alphabet soup of organizations comprising the so-called American Jewish establishment – from the muscular pro-Israel AIPAC to the “pro-Israel, pro-peace” J Street, through the Anti-Defamation League, American Jewish Committee, the policy arms of the Reform and Conservative movements, the Jewish Federations of North America and the rest – are all in lockstep agreement that a two-state solution is a declared goal to securing a Jewish and democratic state....
Opinions in the USA can be seen as shifting with resignation as noted by J-Street.
...The contours of a two-state solution are well known. (click here) President Clinton outlined the parameters in 2000, and progress on this basis was made in Taba in 2001 and under Israeli Prime Minister Olmert in 2008. Various initiatives have spelled out the principles and even the details.
Unfortunately, time and political-will in the region are in short supply and it appears to many observers that the window of opportunity for achieving a two-state solution is rapidly closing. While majorities of both the Israeli and Palestinian populations continue to support a two-state solution, ongoing developments, entrenched and expanding settlements, and a growing movement in some Palestinian and international circles for a one-state outcome suggest that the trajectory is trending against the two-state option, thereby threatening Israel’s future.
Lastly, growing radicalization in the region makes achieving a two-state solution evermore challenging. We no longer have the luxury of waiting for a riper time to pursue peace; now is that time.
It has been a long-held belief that a two-state solution was vital to maintaining Israel as a sovereign state. Since the rise of radical groups like Daesh, Israel is seeing expansion as a solution to any threat. This move to take 30 percent of the West Bank is due to the recently formed government in Israel under Prime Minister Netanyahu in response to SARS-CoV-2. The move against Palestine will come by July 1st. The movement of this extremist agenda in Israel began when the USA built a new embassy in Jerusalem. Since then, Israel has kissed the Trump ring by naming a street and an unbuilt community after the American President.
I think it is unclear to the extent Russia will seek to prevent such steps by Israel as it continues the support of an Assad government in Syria. That is escalated by Hezbollah in Lebanon. I don't believe those that support a free Palestine will accept the new extremism by Israel. There is not wide-ranging support for Israel's aggression regarding the West Bank and until that occurs Israel may be surprised when confronting the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank. Israel expects no resistance from the PA in the West Bank, but, I doubt it will be easy and without military escalation.
I have no doubt Israel will be experiencing increased terrorism within it's borders with such views of Palestine. With outside and inside violence to these measures regarding the West Bank, will Israel survive it's extremism under this newly formed government?
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