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And then there are

PeraclesPlease — Wed, 22 Apr 2020 16:44:05 +0000

And then there are heartbreaking tales like this:

Michigan juvenile lifer who died of coronavirus in prison was weeks away from parolehttps://t.co/QEwRCqsTXh
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) April 22, 2020

Just a few days ago you didn

PeraclesPlease — Wed, 22 Apr 2020 16:37:00 +0000

In reply to If you are not going to

Just a few days ago you didn't want a black Surgeon General to mention increased risk among blacks when using alcohol. Now you want the increased black mortality from Covid19 addressed right away. If they find a certain percentage of blacka' obesity is a problem, will you want them to exercise, not talk about it, or hold a panel to assess the fault of racist Southerners and differences in wages?

https://www.alcohol.org/alcoholism-and-race/black/
https://www.alcoholrehabguide.org/resources/african-americans-alcohol/

Will Smith and Dr Fauci

rmrd0000 — Wed, 22 Apr 2020 15:14:14 +0000

In reply to COVID-19 is a Civil Rights Issue

Will Smith and Dr Fauci address the racial issues.

http://dagblog.com/comment/reply/30939#comment-form

Accurate information is getting to the black community

Some governments are moving to address disparities.

This is not victimhood. This is taking action to save lives as some remain on the sidelines.

If you are not going to

rmrd0000 — Wed, 22 Apr 2020 02:55:10 +0000

In reply to “We need to address these

If you are not going to address the problem as people are dying, when will there ever be a time to deal with the problem? Fortunately, it looks like Pennsylvania is moving to address the problem in real time

The governor’s office on Wednesday announced a new task force aimed at analyzing and addressing disproportionate coronavirus outbreaks in minority communities across Pennsylvania.

The goal of the Covid-19 Response Task Force for Health Disparity is to identify disparities and make recommendations to Gov. Tom Wolf on how to address the consequences immediately and in the future as recovery begins.

https://triblive.com/news/pennsylvania/pennsylvania-launches-task-force-to-address-coronavirus-outbreaks-among-minorities/

Edit to add:

The virus is here. Another wave is expected. There will never be a more convenient season.

Yes. This group is purely

moat — Wed, 22 Apr 2020 01:16:03 +0000

In reply to Trump and his administration

Yes. This group is purely opportunistic and incapable of thinking beyond their horizon.

But their selection of what to oppose is a strange acceptance of what nobody can ever know. Maybe everyone can know it.

Trump and his administration

NCD — Wed, 22 Apr 2020 00:43:55 +0000

In reply to first things first so far is

Trump and his administration of sycophants only objective is reelection of Trump.

His administration is moving to inflict more inequality and abuse on American workers and minorities to boost the economy before the election, a strategy that won't work, and will slmost certainly make things, worse.

(- on that topic see -"Trump has almost nothing to lose. That’s why he wants to reopen the economy" (link) -)

On screwing workers to benefit business:

- "Donald Trump plans to use coronavirus as an excuse to weaken environmental, labor, health, and other regulations in exactly the ways he’s wanted to all along. While the White House negotiates with Congress, including Democrats, over what the next round of coronavirus relief could look like, regulatory changes can be made without congressional approval.

The administration already decided not to enforce air quality standards—during a respiratory disease pandemic. Now, Trump and advisers like director of the United States National Economic Council Larry Kudlow, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, and incoming chief of staff Mark Meadows are talking about ideas like suspending regulations on small businesses—an absolute invitation to wage theft and dangerous working conditions ... "

And it IS happening:

artappraiser — Wed, 22 Apr 2020 00:35:12 +0000

In reply to “We need to address these

And it IS happening:

JUST IN: Over 2,700 coronavirus deaths in the United States over the past day, making it the deadliest day so far.
— The Spectator Index (@spectatorindex) April 22, 2020

So, who is a refugee any

moat — Wed, 22 Apr 2020 00:05:22 +0000

In reply to first things first so far is

So, who is a refugee any longer? If we all are, then what is governance?

There are not a lot of fulcrums at the moment. A place where one could move objects from one place to another.

first things first so far is

artappraiser — Wed, 22 Apr 2020 00:00:16 +0000

In reply to “We need to address these

first things first is proving to be the main thing that works so far>

....just like everywhere else, the virus and the lockdown are colliding with longstanding inequalities. That means that even as Greece performs well compared to other countries, many of its inhabitants are more at risk than others.

That’s especially true when it comes to the five refugee camps on the Greek islands, where around 40,000 people are held in legal limbo in squalid conditions....

from How has Greece escaped the worst of the coronavirus so far?

whole article addresses that. They already had problems like a horrible economy and a lousy unprepared health care system. But the populace mostly accepted they had to set those problems aside for now and prioritize coronavirus lockdown early. Precisely because they knew the problems. And that this can't wait for those things to be fixed.

Um also comes to mind late hearing the words "civil rights" used in this context. When public health experts truly take over a society for a pandemic or similar reason, which they haven't here, there are few civil rights at all! They are taken away for the duration. The true nature of public health in a pandemic is authoritarian, is the nature of the beast. In that field they learn theoreticals like how to triage and ration ruthlessly. and even cruelly for the greater public good. We haven't had much of that yet, we're doing voluntary stuff. How's that working out so far?

Trump's whole being is like the opposite, he thinks only me me me rather than greater good of any kind.Hence he often sides with any kind of libertarian ethos such as the open-the-economy protestors right now. (Oddly on an international level, he's the opposite, anti-free-trade and admirers dictator and totalitarian types.)

“We need to address these

moat — Tue, 21 Apr 2020 23:46:30 +0000

In reply to A group of Black pastors is

“We need to address these inequalities now and not just some time in the future if we’re going to address this pandemic,”

I understand that call from the point of view that such concerns have often been shuttled to the back of the line in times of crisis. But I am having trouble understanding how this time is the best time to change the situation.

We are in a place where many simply do not accept that what is happening is happening.

First things first.