Found a typical to ignore the topic of refugees. This is an image of a Refugees Experience fleeing communist vietnam in 1975, but in many ways it reminds us of images that we might see on the news today. Its hard to ignore the human stories of families perishing at sea. Refugees are suffocating in meat trucks theyre crowding onto leaky boats. Theyre drowning. The bodies of those who are unable to cross to safety are washing up on mediterranean beaches. And refugees have been in the news for the past few years particularly related to the crisis in syria, but refugees are being uprooted by conflict all around the world. So were not just talking about refugees coming from syria, but from other wartorn regions. Especially in the past couple years. It has also been very difficult to ignore the public response to refugees. And Refugee Resettlement like so many other Topics Today has become a polarizing topic. On one Hand Opposition to refugees has been fierce and even hostile. Politicians at
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square garden. everybody gets their card checked at the door. once you are in do you wear a mask or not? some people were or weren t. what section do you sit in? check with the usher. i m massively confused not just new york and the rest of the country. dana: there is a rise in cases and prompted california to have a mandate. it requires folks to cover their faces indoors. they granted last-minute exceptions for gyms and offices. bill: california is the latest blue state to bring back the masks. william la jeunesse is live in l.a. with the latest. because of that confusion across the country you get less compliance. eight states all run by democratic governors reimposed the new indoor mask mandate as cdc reports a seven fold increase in omicron infections. map shows you areas with red highest transmission rates, yellow moderate, blue low. states in the southeast, florida, georgia, alabama, louisiana, texas have lower rates. california a mixed bag, north doing better. hi