Friday, May 08, 2020

Every resident in Flint, Michigan knew the emergency manager law was killing people.

It is one thing for people to understand their own reality, but, all too often anymore those facts are REPLACED with other contrived realities in an effort to make it go away for the purpose of politics and court fights. So, while this study may seem silly to many, it also is necessary. This study is indisputable. A court of law or political dialogue can't negate the findings of experts that examined all the facts.

So, here it is. We now can say officially Rick Snyder's exercising of the emergency manager law killed and maimed the people of Flint, Michigan.

April 29, 2020
By Ron Fonger

The state’s emergency manager law (click here) effectively silenced of the voices of Flint citizens during the city’s water crisis, allowing it to develop and grow, according to a new study by the University of Michigan School of Public Health.

The study found that the “virtually unfettered legal authority” of emergency managers in Flint deprived residents of a democratically accountable local government, and also found that “the complex legal arrangements governing public health and safe drinking water, combined with a lack of legal preparedness among governmental officials, prevented timely and effective actions to mitigate or avert the Flint water crisis.”...

Congress needs to legislate free access to government stations.

The Trump administration is charging Americans $2.99 per month for NOAA emergency warning radio. That is an outrage. Americans will now die of tornadoes, hurricanes and flash flooding because of the monthly charge.

Check the App Store. Probably Google Play, too. Under NOAA radio.

This virus was not unexpected. We have been experiencing them regularly in recent decades. China used its strategy without complications.

The very Best Practices for new dangerous virus is to do what “W” did and have people on the ground in China for the earliest of detections, capture the few infected people and contact trace to END THE THREAT. That is not what occurred with the Trump White House.

Trump chose a very dangerous path of denial. In denial he wanted to allow the virus to run rampant and allow wide spread deaths with a concentration of elderly and minorities. The American people were up in arms over such a heinous strategy and Congress had to legislate for a better outcome. Trump is trying to end the general quarantine by encouraging state and citizens to go back to “normal.” In doing so Trump has confused the goals and made the timeline longer.

The only way forward while minimizing deaths is testing. An employer be it nursing home, meat processing plant or others; has to terminally clean their facilities, test all personnel and with positives entering into at home or hotel quarantine. It is the only way forward. School systems must terminally clean their facilities and require all teachers, administrative staff and students no matter the age to be tested. The cleaning can begin now and facilities sealed to people until school is about to open. The testing has to be done close enough to school beginning but far enough out to receive results for a day or two before occupying the buildings. 

Don’t forget the bus drivers. Parents should be tested from their place of work or out if concern for their children to complete the circle.

The longer religious leaders are allowed to break the rules, the longer the timeline gets.

This country is contaminated and resulting options are expensive and time consuming.