This is like Charlottesville, Virginia only worse. What is it with men attempting to subdue protesters with motor vehicles? There was an NYPD that also drove a police vehicle into a crowd. Somehow a police vehicle is supposed to protect life and not attack it.
The death of George Floyd was more of the tragedy coming out of cities that experience racism in their police force. This has gone on too long and there is no justice for the minority people when it comes to being assaulted by police.
The country is scared of the police. I don't believe it is exclusive to African Americans. There isn't anything I could present tonight that is going to make it better. It is not up to me to make it better. Or even try to introduce ideas that might make it better. The cities minorities need to heal. Some are doing so by cleaning up the streets after protests. Some are even being joined by their local police in those protest marches.
Police officers (click here) in one of New Jersey's largest and most violent cities were praised on social media for marching alongside protesters in rallies held this weekend over George Floyd's death. (May 31).
Governor Cuomo stated today that local authorities involved in assessing incidents of deaths whereby a police officer(s) is/are involved has proven to be ineffective and an independent investigator has to be mandated by law. It should be done because the truth is there is no justice for these deaths. There is such a thing as a bad cop.
Racism in the USA exists. I want my country to heal.
Good night.
May 31, 2020
By David Orrick
A tanker truck drove through (click here) — or nearly through — a crowd of demonstrators marching on Interstate 35W in Minneapolis Sunday, but apparently hit none of them, according to authorities.
“It doesn’t appear any protesters were hit by the truck,” the Department of Public Safety said. The driver was arrested and taken to a hospital with non life-threatening injuries....
Sunday, May 31, 2020
I find it necessary to warn journalists to be careful about providing directions of where protesters and/or police are gathered. I understand why someone might mention the intersection where George Floyd was murdered as a place of a memorial, however, I caution everyone about providing landmarks when reporting on actual live protests.
Three journalists are in prison after trials at the Hague because they did the same thing. Their discussions of locations resulted in human rights violations. Simply mentioning streets, intersections and/or landmarks where protests are taking place or where police are deployed can be a method whereby people like the KKK can find victims.
I think reporting can occur better without bringing the location(s) of people to the broadcast. I would rather hear from the protesters, why they are there and any difficulties they are encountering in their attempts to get their message out. I don't need to hear from the police. They might implicate themselves if they aren't necessarily focused on their job so much as their own feelings affecting their own behaviors on the job.
Three journalists are in prison after trials at the Hague because they did the same thing. Their discussions of locations resulted in human rights violations. Simply mentioning streets, intersections and/or landmarks where protests are taking place or where police are deployed can be a method whereby people like the KKK can find victims.
I think reporting can occur better without bringing the location(s) of people to the broadcast. I would rather hear from the protesters, why they are there and any difficulties they are encountering in their attempts to get their message out. I don't need to hear from the police. They might implicate themselves if they aren't necessarily focused on their job so much as their own feelings affecting their own behaviors on the job.
This is what has worried me about COVID-19 since I heard there was heart involvement noted by the EMTs in New York.
The heart while very vascular, it also has a lot of nerve tissue among it's unique muscle. When the EMTs began reporting an increase in heartaches immediately I thought, "Damn, this virus has potential for incredible INJURY and not just death."
This is why viruses need to be stopped before they spread in the USA. Viruses have incredible abilities to damage the human body. They are RNA. Some do cause damage, some don't. The common cold doesn't cause disability, but, when new viruses manifest with deadly components, the virus CANNOT be allowed into the borders of all 50 states of the USA.
There can be no attempts to save tax dollars in regard to these viruses. There have to be American scientists in China and within the virus production areas of Africa. I think Zeka was out of South America. At the very least it came to the USA from South America. There is a strong reason to belong to the WHO and bring about a better world that actually prevents poverty and opportunity for such viruses to manifest.
I might add American scientists were already pulled out of China when the WHO trusted China too far. If the USA was there the intelligence would already be in the USA and easily have had actions to prevent entry to the USA no matter what the rest of the world did.
May 30, 2020
By Brian Vastag
In the fall of 2009, (click here) one of us, Beth, was hit by an illness she suspects was H1N1 flu, which was circulating then. In 2012, the other, Brian, developed a sudden fever, which his doctors said was also likely of viral origin.
Neither of us recovered, and we’re both disabled to this day.
The long-term illnesses that can follow viral infections can be devastating — and are devastatingly common. In 2015, the nation’s top medical advisory body, the Institute of Medicine, estimated that between 800,000 and 2.5 million U.S. residents live with the illness or illnesses awkwardly named myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). An estimated three-quarters of these cases were triggered by viral or bacterial infections.
Now, as a new pandemic virus is burning through the world and causing many deaths, researchers are raising alarms that the novel coronavirus and the covid-19 disease it causes will also leave in its wake a potentially large population with post-viral problems that could be lifelong and, in some cases, disabling....
The survivors and those that test positive but are asymptomatic have the potential for long term damage to their bodies and ultimately handicaps.
PLEASE WEAR THE MASKS ANYTIME WHEN OUTSIDE THE HOME. PLEASE. A STRATEGY FOR SCHOOLS NEEDS TO BE FORMULATED AND HELD TO THROUGH THE FOLLOWING YEARS.
ULTIMATELY, N95 MASKS MUST BE FOR SALE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. I don't care if they are fashionable so much as them being N95 masks. That means there is an opportunity for domestic manufacturing to produce quantities of masks for the public.
We must stop the virus otherwise the USA is going to have increased and increasing handicapped people. This is something that is ongoing and Congress must have universities carry a continuing study by staff anthropologists working with grad students to MONITOR the fallout from this virus. The people who study this must be careful when in among the communities they study. This study is paramount to understanding the degree in which SARS-CoV-2 has invaded this country causing long term handicap outcomes.
THE VACCINATION IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER to end this virus. It must be ended.
This is why viruses need to be stopped before they spread in the USA. Viruses have incredible abilities to damage the human body. They are RNA. Some do cause damage, some don't. The common cold doesn't cause disability, but, when new viruses manifest with deadly components, the virus CANNOT be allowed into the borders of all 50 states of the USA.
There can be no attempts to save tax dollars in regard to these viruses. There have to be American scientists in China and within the virus production areas of Africa. I think Zeka was out of South America. At the very least it came to the USA from South America. There is a strong reason to belong to the WHO and bring about a better world that actually prevents poverty and opportunity for such viruses to manifest.
I might add American scientists were already pulled out of China when the WHO trusted China too far. If the USA was there the intelligence would already be in the USA and easily have had actions to prevent entry to the USA no matter what the rest of the world did.
May 30, 2020
By Brian Vastag
In the fall of 2009, (click here) one of us, Beth, was hit by an illness she suspects was H1N1 flu, which was circulating then. In 2012, the other, Brian, developed a sudden fever, which his doctors said was also likely of viral origin.
Neither of us recovered, and we’re both disabled to this day.
The long-term illnesses that can follow viral infections can be devastating — and are devastatingly common. In 2015, the nation’s top medical advisory body, the Institute of Medicine, estimated that between 800,000 and 2.5 million U.S. residents live with the illness or illnesses awkwardly named myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). An estimated three-quarters of these cases were triggered by viral or bacterial infections.
Now, as a new pandemic virus is burning through the world and causing many deaths, researchers are raising alarms that the novel coronavirus and the covid-19 disease it causes will also leave in its wake a potentially large population with post-viral problems that could be lifelong and, in some cases, disabling....
The survivors and those that test positive but are asymptomatic have the potential for long term damage to their bodies and ultimately handicaps.
PLEASE WEAR THE MASKS ANYTIME WHEN OUTSIDE THE HOME. PLEASE. A STRATEGY FOR SCHOOLS NEEDS TO BE FORMULATED AND HELD TO THROUGH THE FOLLOWING YEARS.
ULTIMATELY, N95 MASKS MUST BE FOR SALE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. I don't care if they are fashionable so much as them being N95 masks. That means there is an opportunity for domestic manufacturing to produce quantities of masks for the public.
We must stop the virus otherwise the USA is going to have increased and increasing handicapped people. This is something that is ongoing and Congress must have universities carry a continuing study by staff anthropologists working with grad students to MONITOR the fallout from this virus. The people who study this must be careful when in among the communities they study. This study is paramount to understanding the degree in which SARS-CoV-2 has invaded this country causing long term handicap outcomes.
THE VACCINATION IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER to end this virus. It must be ended.
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