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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDisease outbreaks begin in Puerto Rico even as Trump attacks its citizens on Twitter
Disease outbreaks begin in Puerto Rico even as Trump attacks its citizens on Twitter
https://www.rawstory.com/2017/09/disease-outbreaks-begin-in-puerto-rico-even-as-trump-attacks-its-citizens-on-twitter/
The first outbreaks of contagious disease are beginning on the island of Puerto Rico 10 days after Hurricane Maria strafed the U.S. territory with a direct hit, according to The Daily Beast, even as the federal response lags and President Donald Trump attacks Puerto Rico and its elected officials on Twitter.
The Daily Beasts Pablo Venes spoke to Puerto Rican mayors and health officials about the ticking infectious disease time bomb waiting to explode into a full-on public health crisis as citizens enter their second week without electricity, air conditioning, water, food or medication.
Ninety-five percent of the island is still without electricity more than a week after Hurricane Maria struck, including most hospitals. Only about half of the islands 3.4 million population has drinking water. These two factors, plus unsanitary flood water inundating homes and towns, have created a public-health emergency, wrote Venes.
Mayor Julia Navarro of Loiza, a city half an hours drive from San Juan, said residents are showing signs of Dengue fever, Zika virus and a runaway epidemic of conjunctivitis that has infected more than 300 people.
https://www.rawstory.com/2017/09/disease-outbreaks-begin-in-puerto-rico-even-as-trump-attacks-its-citizens-on-twitter/
The first outbreaks of contagious disease are beginning on the island of Puerto Rico 10 days after Hurricane Maria strafed the U.S. territory with a direct hit, according to The Daily Beast, even as the federal response lags and President Donald Trump attacks Puerto Rico and its elected officials on Twitter.
The Daily Beasts Pablo Venes spoke to Puerto Rican mayors and health officials about the ticking infectious disease time bomb waiting to explode into a full-on public health crisis as citizens enter their second week without electricity, air conditioning, water, food or medication.
Ninety-five percent of the island is still without electricity more than a week after Hurricane Maria struck, including most hospitals. Only about half of the islands 3.4 million population has drinking water. These two factors, plus unsanitary flood water inundating homes and towns, have created a public-health emergency, wrote Venes.
Mayor Julia Navarro of Loiza, a city half an hours drive from San Juan, said residents are showing signs of Dengue fever, Zika virus and a runaway epidemic of conjunctivitis that has infected more than 300 people.
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Disease outbreaks begin in Puerto Rico even as Trump attacks its citizens on Twitter (Original Post)
Miles Archer
Sep 2017
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It doesn't surprise me. The place is hot. There's no working plumbing for sanitation purposes.
politicaljunkie41910
Sep 2017
#3
Civilization is a centimeter thick shell against the diseases that killed our ancestors.
hedda_foil
Oct 2017
#5
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)1. This Sh't is getting serious.
Better stepup aid and support quickly before this gets out of control.
tanyev
(42,559 posts)2. Hes not going to want to go anywhere near that.
politicaljunkie41910
(3,335 posts)3. It doesn't surprise me. The place is hot. There's no working plumbing for sanitation purposes.
They are lucky to have gone this long without an outbreak. Another reason Trump will probably not go near the place.
Hekate
(90,697 posts)4. How long before cholera takes hold? God forbid.
hedda_foil
(16,375 posts)5. Civilization is a centimeter thick shell against the diseases that killed our ancestors.
Pierce that she'll and children and old people (like me) go first. Cholera, dysentery, typhoid. We're protected here right now, but a couple of weeks ago, Puerto Ricans thought they were too.
Doreen
(11,686 posts)6. After the storm passed I wonderd how long
it was going to be before disease started raising its ugly head. Didn't take to long for it to start.