Migration
Just remember, Nancy Pelosi did not deem family separation and concentration camps an impeachment-worthy offense.[1]
The not-for-profit group’s report provides the first in-depth look at the psychological impact of family separation, which the US government continued despite warnings from the nation’s top medical bodies.
“As a clinician, nobody was prepared for this to happen on our soil,” the report co-author Dr Ranit Mishori, senior medical adviser at [Physicians for Human Rights], told the Guardian. “It is beyond shocking that this could happen in the United States, by Americans, at the instruction and direct intention of US government officials.”
Legal experts have argued family separation constituted torture, but this is the first time a medical group has reached the determination.[2]
Amanda Holpuch, “Trump’s separation of families constitutes torture, doctors find,” Guardian, February 25, 2020, https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/feb/25/trump-family-separations-children-torture-psychology
Pittsburgh
There is a new blog post entitled, “The old, the filthy, and the decrepit.”
Andy Sheehan, “Air Quality In Mon Valley Once Again Hits Unhealthy Levels,” KDKA, February 24, 2020, https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2020/02/24/mon-valley-air-quality-unhealthy-levels/
Coronavirus
This is an area I don’t talk much about and don’t cover much because my expertise is nil. Hell, I hardly ever even get sick, which is a challenge when I’m trying to be empathetic with people who are. Here’s where it crosses over from all that:
I'm a physician-scientist and I am shitting my pants right now about coronavirus. The US is ill equipped for this because part of containment requires people go and get tested but our insurance system is predicated on people not going to the doctor. We are absolutely fucked
— Get Ovah it- Al Davis (@getovahit) February 25, 2020
- [1]David Benfell, “The whiteness of impeachment,” Not Housebroken, December 15, 2019, https://disunitedstates.org/2019/12/15/the-whiteness-of-impeachment/↩
- [2]Amanda Holpuch, “Trump’s separation of families constitutes torture, doctors find,” Guardian, February 25, 2020, https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/feb/25/trump-family-separations-children-torture-psychology↩