This is an article about the socio-economic problem in California. I think Mississippi is still the poorest state in the country, yes?
March 7, 2020
By John Eligon
Oakland - Several days (click here) had passed since the congestion in her chest left her feeling suffocated and racing to the emergency room. Now, Lisa McClendon, 64, was trying to level with her respiratory therapist about why her asthma had flared up again.
In recent months, she explained from her cramped studio apartment in downtown Oakland, Calif., the money from Uber driving had not been enough to buy the nutritional supplements that help to keep her asthma under control. The therapist, Rochelle Allen, heard things like this often. She mostly treats African-Americans like Ms. McClendon who struggle to make ends meet, and whose health problems can be exacerbated by social factors like a lack of insurance, healthy food options and recreational opportunities.
But Ms. Allen also saw another culprit in the asthma attack.
“You have to use your controller,” she said, waving an orange inhaler that Ms. McClendon was not using twice a day as instructed....
I am just not in the mood to be delicate, but, the cities in the country have the highest population of ill and dead. It is due to the density of the population.
I fully expect a thorough study of the socio-economic dynamics of the victims of COVID-19. Why? Because each Mississippi and Florida are known to be voter suppressors in very unethical ways.
Yes, I think these governors are that diabolical and stupid. They will be held responsible for the cruelty of their decisions to ALLOW disease to run rampant in their citizen populations AND the young visitors for Spring Break that could be said to be VECTORS to all the other states in the country.
So, with that said, I think these governors are nothing short of racists.
Alaska Airlines are canceling some of the flights (click here). I was hoping at least one of the states would be safe from the transmission, but, I guess not. There are also Native Americans in Alaska that could be suffering without saying a word. Someone in Alaska needs to throw some PPE in planes and helicopters and check the distant natives and distant citizens. I hope the digital and radio communicators are intact. Coast Guards will be helpful, but, there are people that live at a distance in the interior of Alaska, too.
There is talk on the internet about who exactly is essential and who is not. Some of the dialogues are interesting, some are silly and angry and others are downright funny and they are intended to be funny. This is a more serious article from "The Chicago Tribune." I think the author picked up on some of the dialogue in the country either by coincidence or purpose.
I haven't seen IT people as essential, but, I am not going to pretend to have seen all the lists in the country either. I think the Americans at home to prevent the spread of the virus and flatten the curve are grateful IT is at work.
March 25, 2020
By Alexia Elejandre-Ruiz
So you’re an essential worker. (click here) That means you can go to work while the rest of Illinois abides by a mandate to stay home in hopes of minimizing the spread of the coronavirus.
Some people are grateful for the continued paycheck. Others worry their own safety concerns aren’t being considered, and dispute how indispensable they really are.
“There are certainly going to be instances where employees who are deemed essential will be concerned about going to work,” said Lauren Novak, a partner in the labor and employment practice at Chicago-based Schiff Hardin. “Employers will need to be flexible but also be very clear that they have to show up. It is going to be very difficult for employers in essential industries to strike that balance.”...
"NOLA" has a story about front line workers (click here)
Evidently, golfers are good at measuring distance. Ya know. Feet from the pin and social distancing.
March 25, 2020
By Teddy Greenstein
The headline on the Chicago Tribune’s weather page (click here) Wednesday sounded more like a commandment than a prediction: “Enjoy today before a wet end to the week.”
For many Chicagoans, that meant retrieving golf clubs from the garage and ignoring the “stay at home” requests from elected officials.
For Jeff Carrier, it meant playing nine holes under a sunny sky at the Village Links of Glen Ellyn.
“This is the happiest I’ve been in 10 days,” he said. “I hate being cooped up indoors. I’m getting exercise and interacting with human beings.”
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