Members of congress, donald trump was reluctant to use the Defense Production act to nationalize production and distribution of these crucial items that could save lives. There was no such reluctance on tuesday when trump invoked that very same law to classify meat plants as essential infrastructure that must remain open. While Health Care Workers are forced to reuse masks until they fall apart, they should at least be able to score some chicken nuggets. Am i right . For the kids. Priorities. The move forces lowwage employees, many of whom are black, latino, or immigrant, to working conditions right for the spread of the virus. Already, more than 20 meat packing plants across the country have closed due to concerns about illness. According to a new report by the cdc, nearly 5,000 meat and poultry plant workers in 19 states have been diagnosed with covid19, 20 people have died. The federal government has also failed to coordinate the National Food supply which is why youre hearing about
In patients who need Critical Care support for serious respiratory issues because they are really, really sick. And she has been that kind of a doctor for a long time, since well before this epidemic happened. But for this type of an illness, for this type of an epidemic, being a pulmonary Critical Care specialist means that youre the kind of doctor whose specific expertise is most in demand out of everyone. And if you are a specialist who just happens to practice that kind of specialty medicine right now and you are a physician who does that kind of medicine in montgomery, alabama, then you are in the middle of something you must have never dreamed you would be facing. Weve really seen an influx of patients with covid19. Over the past two, three weeks, our numbers, our icu beds have been full. Weve been having a lot of overflow in the icu. The community you know, at first was doing a great job on protecting themselves. But now unfortunately i dont think people think its very serious,