Put the pastor in jail with a bail his parishioners can't raise on their best day of fundraising and impound the building as evidence.
The parishioners will have to self-quarantine for at least two weeks.
March 31, 2020
By David J. Mitchell and Youssef Rddad
The pastor of Life Tabernacle Church in Central (click here) went ahead with an evening religious service Tuesday night just hours after city police cited him over allegations he violated a state order to limit crowd sizes during an outbreak of the novel coronavirus.
Pastor Tony Spell is accused of violating provisions of Gov. John Bel Edwards' emergency declaration six times over the past two weeks. Spell has ignored requests from city, parish and state leaders to suspend services at Life Tabernacle Church amid a surge in fatal coronavirus cases in Louisiana and the region.
"He will be held responsible for his reckless and irresponsible decisions that endangered the health of his congregation and our community," Central Police Chief Roger Corcoran said midday Tuesday shortly after Spell was fingerprinted and read his constitutional rights. "We are facing a public health crisis and expect our community's leaders to set a positive example and follow the law."...
Tuesday, March 31, 2020
The problem with the US Navy is Trump and the way he stereotypes this virus.
The CDC needs to put at least one expert at the table with the Joint Chiefs.
NOW!
PENCE DO YOU HEAR THIS!!!!!!!!!!!
The US Navy's peril in this is exactly reflective of the prejudices of the president. They represent the "type" of person that will get sick and it will be a bad case of the flu. Trump believes this is just going to be a difficult circumstance and some Americans will die, mostly the elderly.
If the US Navy needs to dock in Guam there is such thing as eminent domain and at least one representative from the CDC should be problem-solving this with the government and people of Guam.
There is no pretty please and every one of those soldiers is at risk for being ill, seriously ill and face deadly circumstances. There is more then sanitizing the ship. There needs to be a strong response to this very astute captain that knows his men and women aboard. If Guam is not a capable place to dock this aircraft carrier then the captain needs to pick a port.
The real problem here is that there is no real Secretary of the Navy that actually can make these decisions. There is only an Acting - Secretary of the Navy and Trump is controlling and inhibiting all the administration that is "acting."
Trump also has been buddying up with Putin to trade coronavirus secrets.
The Joint Chiefs has the power to carry out emergency measures without the president, SO DO IT!!!!!!
The CDC needs to put at least one expert at the table with the Joint Chiefs.
NOW!
PENCE DO YOU HEAR THIS!!!!!!!!!!!
The US Navy's peril in this is exactly reflective of the prejudices of the president. They represent the "type" of person that will get sick and it will be a bad case of the flu. Trump believes this is just going to be a difficult circumstance and some Americans will die, mostly the elderly.
If the US Navy needs to dock in Guam there is such thing as eminent domain and at least one representative from the CDC should be problem-solving this with the government and people of Guam.
There is no pretty please and every one of those soldiers is at risk for being ill, seriously ill and face deadly circumstances. There is more then sanitizing the ship. There needs to be a strong response to this very astute captain that knows his men and women aboard. If Guam is not a capable place to dock this aircraft carrier then the captain needs to pick a port.
The real problem here is that there is no real Secretary of the Navy that actually can make these decisions. There is only an Acting - Secretary of the Navy and Trump is controlling and inhibiting all the administration that is "acting."
Trump also has been buddying up with Putin to trade coronavirus secrets.
The Joint Chiefs has the power to carry out emergency measures without the president, SO DO IT!!!!!!
The US Navy needs help.
By Ryan Pickrel
An F/A-18F Super Hornet, assigned to the “Black Knights” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 154, launches from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) March 18, 2020.
The acting Navy secretary (click here) said Tuesday that the service is responding to a coronavirus outbreak aboard a deployed aircraft carrier and working to get the majority of the crew ashore so that the ship can be cleaned and disinfected.
The first few cases aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt were reported last Tuesday. Since then, the number of cases has spiked, with some outlets reporting that more than 100 sailors may have the coronavirus.
Capt. Brett Crozier, the carrier's commanding officer, wrote a letter to Navy leaders Monday warning of a worsening situation aboard the ship and urging the Navy to take decisive action to get sailors off the ship as soon as possible, the San Francisco Chronicle first reported.
Space for the homeless.
By J. K. Dineen
Bay Club San Francisco Tennis, (click here) the swanky 24-court tennis facility in San Francisco's South of Market, will become a temporary homeless shelter aimed at getting people off the street during the coronavirus pandemic, the club said Monday.
Paramedics remove a patient from an ambulance at the emergency room of Sha'are Tzedek hospital, March 30, 2020.
As the highly contagious coronavirus (click here) spreads around the world, Israel and the Palestinians struggle to contain a local outbreak that has virtually halted daily life and led to tens of thousands of people entering quarantine.
- 5,358 Israelis have so far tested positive for the coronavirus, with the vast majority of cases mild and 224 recoveries. Twenty patients have died, 94 are in serious condition and 76 are on ventilators. One Israeli tourist died in Italy.
- In the West Bank, 107 cases have been diagnosed so far. One woman in her 60s died. The Palestinian prime minister ordered a lockdown as of last Sunday. In Gaza, 10 cases were diagnosed, the first two after returning from Pakistan.
Sounds like a plan.
Walmart is important to many people. They supply a pick-up service for groceries and store items if people want to purchase in that manner. So, the management has made a good decision to not only check employees for exposure but, protect them from exposure from others.
Walmart and other grocers can actually have NO CONTACT pick-up.
The plastic bins that bagged groceries are placed in can be left at the side of the car or at the trunk and the employee can step away at least six feet. The driver loads the merchandise into the car. Then simply takes the entire trolly and crates back into the store for cleaning to be used again.
It sounds like people are finally getting the picture of what is involved in ending this virus.
March 31, 2020
By Melissa Repko
Walmart and other grocers can actually have NO CONTACT pick-up.
The plastic bins that bagged groceries are placed in can be left at the side of the car or at the trunk and the employee can step away at least six feet. The driver loads the merchandise into the car. Then simply takes the entire trolly and crates back into the store for cleaning to be used again.
It sounds like people are finally getting the picture of what is involved in ending this virus.
March 31, 2020
By Melissa Repko
Walmart (click here) will start taking employees’ temperatures when they report to work and tell them to stay home or seek medical care if they have a fever of at least 100 degrees.
The retailer also said it has ordered masks for employees and will offer masks and gloves for them to wear, if they choose.
Walmart is shipping infrared thermometers to all stores, distribution centers and fulfillment centers, which could take up to three weeks.
Walmart’s executive vice president of corporate affairs, Dan Bartlett, said Tuesday that temperature-taking will begin at distribution centers and fulfillment centers and in coronavirus hotspots, such as New York and Louisiana.
“In the meantime, we are going to continue to encourage employees to take their temperatures at home,” he said....
It is extremely difficult to close the State and National Parks completely.
Right now, senior citizens are better off isolated in the RVs on a campground than anywhere else. Some folks can go home, but, others are committed to traveling for years to see the country and have sold their homes knowing they had no plans to be there for a while.
I know what Michigan did and it seems a viable solution. The rustic areas are open and small campers can park there. The larger camper areas with cement parking spots, running water and electricity are open but there are no services. In other words, the RVs are welcome to be in the park and on a reserved camp spot, but, there are no services that may need the assistance of staff.
The same emergency services are available no matter if there is staff or not and it is a phone call away from the local EMS. Now, local in that respect is not necessarily swift, so seniors have to consider all that before they travel. The staff requirements are really minimal at this point and only require a ranger to make rounds once a day to take a census of the park and note any RVs or campers that have not paid the fee or CHECKED-IN. All the campers need to check-in and that can be done remotely in most cases from a phone at the main office which is now closed. It is important the park knows who is there.
Hiking trails is not a good idea and should be prohibited. Park rangers that monitor wildlife can and should continue their work. But, it is the interaction between people that need to be stopped and that can be done on a camp lot whereby people understand that milling around and jumping in a lake is all prohibited.
Stay at Home may actually mean Stay in your RV.
If the parks were to close people would be populating rest areas and that is a worse idea. Rest areas can't be closed because of the exempt activity of truck drivers.
The same emergency services are available no matter if there is staff or not and it is a phone call away from the local EMS. Now, local in that respect is not necessarily swift, so seniors have to consider all that before they travel. The staff requirements are really minimal at this point and only require a ranger to make rounds once a day to take a census of the park and note any RVs or campers that have not paid the fee or CHECKED-IN. All the campers need to check-in and that can be done remotely in most cases from a phone at the main office which is now closed. It is important the park knows who is there.
Hiking trails is not a good idea and should be prohibited. Park rangers that monitor wildlife can and should continue their work. But, it is the interaction between people that need to be stopped and that can be done on a camp lot whereby people understand that milling around and jumping in a lake is all prohibited.
Stay at Home may actually mean Stay in your RV.
If the parks were to close people would be populating rest areas and that is a worse idea. Rest areas can't be closed because of the exempt activity of truck drivers.
2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Response (click here)
The National Park Service is modifying its operations on a park-by-park basis in accordance with the latest guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and state and local public health authorities. While most facilities and events are closed or canceled, many of our outdoor spaces remain accessible to the public. Before visiting, please check with individual parks regarding changes to park operations. If you choose to visit a national park, please ensure that you follow CDC and state and local guidelines to prevent the spread of infectious diseases and practice Leave No Trace principles. Updates about the NPS response, including safety information, are posted on www.nps.gov/coronavirus.
It gets real very quickly.
All New Orleans did wrong was to listen to the idea he virus was going to magically disappear. The drive to hold Mardi Gras was strong and that is all anyone needed to hear as it was not the emergency others thought it was. Now, it is a growing tragedy.
March 31, 2020
By Sam Karlin
Gov. John Bel Edwards talks about flattening the curve while addressing steps being taken to fight the Coronavirus during a press conference at GOHSEP Monday March 30, 2020, in Baton Rouge, La.
After seeing "sobering" increases (click here) in cases and deaths of the new coronavirus Tuesday, Gov. John Bel Edwards said he is doubling the number of beds in a temporary hospital being built in the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans to 2,000 beds.
“As you can all see from the numbers today we still have a long way to go," Edwards said, calling on residents to comply better with the state's stay-at-home order.
The state has already started building medical pods in the mammoth convention center and planned to have 1,000 beds in the facility by Sunday. The second 1,000 beds will be ready by April 20th, Edwards said at a press conference Tuesday....
March 31, 2020By Sam Karlin
Gov. John Bel Edwards talks about flattening the curve while addressing steps being taken to fight the Coronavirus during a press conference at GOHSEP Monday March 30, 2020, in Baton Rouge, La.
After seeing "sobering" increases (click here) in cases and deaths of the new coronavirus Tuesday, Gov. John Bel Edwards said he is doubling the number of beds in a temporary hospital being built in the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans to 2,000 beds.
“As you can all see from the numbers today we still have a long way to go," Edwards said, calling on residents to comply better with the state's stay-at-home order.
The state has already started building medical pods in the mammoth convention center and planned to have 1,000 beds in the facility by Sunday. The second 1,000 beds will be ready by April 20th, Edwards said at a press conference Tuesday....
This is due to lack of leadership.
Confidentiality is the issue and no patient is being compromised. If anything the staff is complaining to get help to protect them and keep their patients as safe as possible. Hospital CEOs and their Vice Presidents and Directors need to be talking to the public. If they did the community would comply better with "Stay at Home" orders and staff needs would move quicker.
The county leaders/freeholders should have a direct link to the hospitals to know their needs and move any government potential to help. State governors should have direct communication with the county managers/leaders/freeholders to know what is happening within their hospitals.
Basically, county leaders should be able to know the capacity of the hospitals, staff and needs. Report that to the governor. County public health departments are going to find themselves ill-prepared to be able to lead in relation to triaging the hospitals. That is an executive role and the government at the county level should be able to ORGANIZE an understanding of the supplies and patient beds.
The best role for the county public health authority is to ask the public to maintain their stay at home status and give DETAILS as to how and where to shop for food. The public health departments are best used to EDUCATE the public in this emergency.
This PANDEMIC is not a reason for a staff's firing. The hospitals need every one of their staff and should be increasing that staff at all levels to provide for the larger demand for hospital services.
The governors are the ones that will have to move heaven and earth to bring the supplies to their states and triage the need based on the supplies coming to them.
The problem with any compliance with the public is due to the ABSTRACT idea they could get sick and die because the authority is AT A DISTANCE from their own lives and they can't relate to anything except politically. Any REAL idea about their own safety has to be local to have real meaning to the people. Local authority is recognizable and immediate. Right? Local authority can call POLICE AND STATE POLICE WITH MASKS TO KEEP THE STREETS AND PARKS EMPTY.
Locally, the homeless are going to have to have a SPACE to remain safe. That can be a shelter or a park with tents, etc. The idea is to extend the INFECTION RATE over time so the hospitals can accommodate all that are ill in a real way. People wandering the streets are a potential vector. The homeless have to be addressed in a way that means they are safe. The homeless are not evil people and can have children. They are people unable to maintain housing in a country where housing, including rent, is unattainable.
During this time, there are efforts for quick tests, vaccines and medicines to help. These efforts take time, unfortunately, but, we don't' need a different monster attacking us by a poorly prepared medical regime and/or vaccines.
ALL AMERICAN HOSPITALS ARE PREPARED WITH QUALIFIED STAFF AND KNOWLEDGE TO HANDLE THIS CRISIS. THAT IS SAYING SOMETHING ABOUT THE PEOPLE OF THE USA. They are moral and value life. Now it is time to be the people we know we are and hold on to make a safe path for everyone.
The reason the hospital staff is talking to the public is that they don't believe they are heard and/or cared for by the hospital leadership. There are doctors and nurses among the administration, they need to come out from behind their desks.
This is not a staff issue, it is a leadership issue at all levels.
March 31, 2020
By Olivia Carville, Emma Court and Kristen V. Brown
Hospitals are threatening to fire health-care workers (click here) who publicize their working conditions during the coronavirus pandemic -- and have in some cases followed through.
Ming Lin, an emergency room physician in Washington state, said he was told Friday he was out of a job because he’d given an interview to a newspaper about a Facebook post detailing what he believed to be inadequate protective equipment and testing. In Chicago, a nurse was fired after emailing colleagues that she wanted to wear a more protective mask while on duty. In New York, the NYU Langone Health system has warned employees they could be terminated if they talk to the media without authorization....
The county leaders/freeholders should have a direct link to the hospitals to know their needs and move any government potential to help. State governors should have direct communication with the county managers/leaders/freeholders to know what is happening within their hospitals.
Basically, county leaders should be able to know the capacity of the hospitals, staff and needs. Report that to the governor. County public health departments are going to find themselves ill-prepared to be able to lead in relation to triaging the hospitals. That is an executive role and the government at the county level should be able to ORGANIZE an understanding of the supplies and patient beds.
The best role for the county public health authority is to ask the public to maintain their stay at home status and give DETAILS as to how and where to shop for food. The public health departments are best used to EDUCATE the public in this emergency.
This PANDEMIC is not a reason for a staff's firing. The hospitals need every one of their staff and should be increasing that staff at all levels to provide for the larger demand for hospital services.
The governors are the ones that will have to move heaven and earth to bring the supplies to their states and triage the need based on the supplies coming to them.
The problem with any compliance with the public is due to the ABSTRACT idea they could get sick and die because the authority is AT A DISTANCE from their own lives and they can't relate to anything except politically. Any REAL idea about their own safety has to be local to have real meaning to the people. Local authority is recognizable and immediate. Right? Local authority can call POLICE AND STATE POLICE WITH MASKS TO KEEP THE STREETS AND PARKS EMPTY.
Locally, the homeless are going to have to have a SPACE to remain safe. That can be a shelter or a park with tents, etc. The idea is to extend the INFECTION RATE over time so the hospitals can accommodate all that are ill in a real way. People wandering the streets are a potential vector. The homeless have to be addressed in a way that means they are safe. The homeless are not evil people and can have children. They are people unable to maintain housing in a country where housing, including rent, is unattainable.
During this time, there are efforts for quick tests, vaccines and medicines to help. These efforts take time, unfortunately, but, we don't' need a different monster attacking us by a poorly prepared medical regime and/or vaccines.
ALL AMERICAN HOSPITALS ARE PREPARED WITH QUALIFIED STAFF AND KNOWLEDGE TO HANDLE THIS CRISIS. THAT IS SAYING SOMETHING ABOUT THE PEOPLE OF THE USA. They are moral and value life. Now it is time to be the people we know we are and hold on to make a safe path for everyone.
The reason the hospital staff is talking to the public is that they don't believe they are heard and/or cared for by the hospital leadership. There are doctors and nurses among the administration, they need to come out from behind their desks.
This is not a staff issue, it is a leadership issue at all levels.
March 31, 2020
By Olivia Carville, Emma Court and Kristen V. Brown
Hospitals are threatening to fire health-care workers (click here) who publicize their working conditions during the coronavirus pandemic -- and have in some cases followed through.
Ming Lin, an emergency room physician in Washington state, said he was told Friday he was out of a job because he’d given an interview to a newspaper about a Facebook post detailing what he believed to be inadequate protective equipment and testing. In Chicago, a nurse was fired after emailing colleagues that she wanted to wear a more protective mask while on duty. In New York, the NYU Langone Health system has warned employees they could be terminated if they talk to the media without authorization....
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