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October 02, 2017 12:00 PM
In the days since Hurricane Maria ravaged Puerto Rico, conditions on the island continue to deteriorate and become a humanitarian and public health catastrophe that could rival the damage caused by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.
The fact that the power grid failed creates many obvious problems and some that are not so evident. When the sewer system stops working, wastewateraka human feces and urineand seaborne bacteria contaminate the water supply.
This leads to bacterial infections such as cholera, dysentery, E. coli and typhoid that can be disastrous. The typical treatments, like tetanus shots or powerful antibiotics, are not readily available on the island, where medical supplies are quickly running out.
According to the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA), 58 of Puerto Ricos 69 hospitals are without power or fuel for their generators.
No fuel also means that people cannot readily boil water for drinking or bathing. Danger is imminent with nearly 1.5 million people having no access to clean drinking water, according to U.S. military sources.
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/op-ed/article176320111.html#storylink=cpy
It is genocide. This president has turned his back on Puerto Rico, they are brown after all and not even American...Oh wait, what?! Well in his mind, it is true.
50 Shades Of Blue
(9,985 posts)Eliot Rosewater
(31,109 posts)LuckyCharms
(17,425 posts)ffr
(22,669 posts)Bush/Katrina
Dotard/Puerto Rico/Yemen and still going strong.
Both endorsed and supported by the NRA and conservaturds alike.
sheshe2
(83,751 posts)KY_EnviroGuy
(14,490 posts)Direct massive death and destruction: Iraq and Afghanistan.
Indirect massive death and destruction: Pakistan, Syria, Egypt and Libya.
(with assumption Arab Spring would likely not have occurred w/o Iraq war)
Does not include terrorist death and destruction around the globe due to spin-off outfits such as ISIS.
These things are a part of what's hardened America's heart and normalized violence.
malaise
(268,976 posts)sheshe2
(83,751 posts)Conjunctivitis is another one springing up and very contagious.
secondwind
(16,903 posts)If we could do that in the jungles of Vietnam, we can do this in PR
bdamomma
(63,845 posts)I hope the Mayor does this to him. Puerto Ricans are US citizens is he going to be responsible for their deaths???? and let's not forget the US Virgin Islands they are suffering too.
I hate the fucking man. He has no compassion whatsoever.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Just think of how disgusted he is by all these diseases. I'm convinced he would rather not even think about it and let everyone die than face how disgusting it is.
RandomAccess
(5,210 posts)Petrushka
(3,709 posts)lpbk2713
(42,757 posts)You are most definitely correct. There certainly will be a public health catastrophe.
Hekate
(90,674 posts)And here's the US President, riding in like the 5th Horseman of the Apocalypse, Chaos.
He dedicated his presidential gold cup to them. It is his ****heeling**** cup. They shall all rise under his benevolence.
spanone
(135,830 posts)SOB
sheshe2
(83,751 posts)forgotmylogin
(7,528 posts)brer cat
(24,562 posts)and had massive help on the way asap. But trump's golf and football players taking a knee are soooo much more important.
BigmanPigman
(51,590 posts)Skittles
(153,160 posts)sheshe2
(83,751 posts)Thousands will die.
Trump will golf and the GOP will remain silent.
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,490 posts)People surviving disasters also may go through PTSD or suffer other mental disorders triggered by such events.
We don't have adequate mental health treatment available on the mainland and PR will be neglected in this regard.
sheshe2
(83,751 posts)My heart breaks.
PJMcK
(22,035 posts)This "Jimmy Olsen" will report on the absolute incompetence of the Trump Administration to protect and care for 3.5 million American citizens.
A book like that could win a Pulitzer Prize.
lunasun
(21,646 posts)So genocide fits right in with trump's mindset
make no mistake about intentions
https://indiancountrymedianetwork.com/news/opinions/andrew-jackson-father-genocide-south-eastern-tribes/
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