New Mexico's governor warns tribal nations could be 'wiped out' by coronavirus

[Quixote1818]

"I'm very worried, Mr. President," Grisham said on a call with Trump Monday.

By
Katherine Faulders
and
Olivia Rubin
March 30, 2020, 5:28 PM
5 min read

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham raised alarms with President Donald Trump Monday about 'incredible spikes" in coronavirus cases in Navajo Nation, warning that the virus could "wipe out" some tribal nations, according to a recording of a call between Trump and the nation's governors obtained by ABC News.

"I'm very worried, Mr. President," Governor Lujan Grisham said, as she followed up on a request she made to the Department of Defense last Wednesday for a 248-bed U.S. Army combat support hospital (CSH) in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Grisham told Trump she had not yet received a response.

"We're seeing incredible spikes in the Navajo Nation, and this is going to be an issue where we're going to have to figure that out and think about maybe testing and surveillance opportunities," Grisham said.

"The rate of infection, at least on the New Mexico side — although we've got several Arizona residents in our hospitals — we're seeing a much higher hospital rate, a much younger hospital rate, a much quicker go-right-to-the-vent rate for this population. And we're seeing doubling in every day-and-a-half," she said.

Wow, that's something," the president replied.

More: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/mexicos-governor-warns-tribal-nations-wiped-coronavirus/story?id=69884997&fbclid=IwAR1F0xMOcvk89ASYU465iv0XnbOJOtSNyGOPc3vLelerhW4wq9bdCs5_Y4o

[triron]

1. wiping out of minorities would suit Trump just fine.

[Quixote1818]

2. Agree. He isn't going to do shit for them. Tribes are like Puerto Rico to him. nt

[Wellstone ruled]

3. Again we are seeing

a tragedy about to happen in real time. For years the Rethugs in congress have stifled funding for Native Health Care in every state in the Union with Alaska being the only one with some Funding.

Again it is all about access to care. And it is not just New Mexico or Arizona which are being impacted at his time. The rest of the US is just as vulnerable.

[ooky]

4. Not surprising. That response is consistent with his

IQ, and he doesn't care.