ghost Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 Nurses protest in front of White House(8 images) Registered nurses protest in front of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, demanding the Trump administration provide more protective gear for healthcare workers during the coronavirus pandemic. The members of National Nurses United, the nation's largest nurses union, read aloud the names of colleagues who have died of COVID-19. Nurses hold photos of fellow healthcare workers who have died from COVID-19. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI License photo | Permalink The nurses union says tens of thousands of healthcare workers have become infected due to lack of protective equipment. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI License photo | Permalink Members of the media cover the protest by nurses. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI License photo | Permalink The nurses urge President Donald Trump to use his authority to order the mass production of personal protective equipment under the Defense Production Act. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI License photo | Permalink The nurses read aloud the names of fellow nurses who have died of COVID-19. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI License photo | Permalink The demonstrators seek more production of N95 face masks, face shields, gowns and shoe coverings. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI License photo | Permalink They are also calling for more ventilators and COVID-19 testing kits. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI License photo | Permalink In a statement, the union said, "With no federal health and safety standard, nurses and other healthcare workers in many hospitals across the country have not been provided with adequate PPE to protect them from exposure to the virus." Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI License photo | Permalink UPI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dMog Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 is this gonna help a man who actually thinks you can inject household disinfectants into humans to cure covid19??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rasbridge Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 Perhaps their time would be better spent protesting in front of the Chinese embassy. After all, China is not allowing U.S. manufacturers to ship millions of masks and other PPE gear back to America.I Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8227749/China-not-allowing-companies-ship-surgical-masks-coronavirus-test-kits-states.html?ito=social-twitter_dailymailus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dMog Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 yup there is a lot of cuckoo for coaco puffs, all politically related. LET THE DOCTORS handle this and keep political asses and leaders out of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost Posted April 24, 2020 Author Share Posted April 24, 2020 40 minutes ago, rasbridge said: Perhaps their time would be better spent protesting in front of the Chinese embassy. After all, China is not allowing U.S. manufacturers to ship millions of masks and other PPE gear back to America.I Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8227749/China-not-allowing-companies-ship-surgical-masks-coronavirus-test-kits-states.html?ito=social-twitter_dailymailus And you forgot to mention Trump blocking all 3M masks and PPE to other countries including a close ally in Canada. Or how about he sends troops to the US/Canada border for no reason. BTW many Canadian Medical frontline workers went to help the US. https://time.com/5816072/canada-n95-mask-ban-reaction/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dufus Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rasbridge Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 16 hours ago, ghost said: And you forgot to mention Trump blocking all 3M masks and PPE to other countries including a close ally in Canada. Or how about he sends troops to the US/Canada border for no reason. BTW many Canadian Medical frontline workers went to help the US. https://time.com/5816072/canada-n95-mask-ban-reaction/ I am shocked that Trump's effort to ease the shortage of personal protection equipment (PPE) by temporarily blocking exports is offensive to the nurses. After all, it was intended to benefit them. And, exports of PPE to Mexico, Canada and U.S. entities are exempted. Source: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/nation/2020/04/14/trump-administration-eases-ppe-export-ban-canada-mexico-exemptions/111548482/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost Posted April 25, 2020 Author Share Posted April 25, 2020 37 minutes ago, rasbridge said: I am shocked that Trump's effort to ease the shortage of personal protection equipment (PPE) by temporarily blocking exports is offensive to the nurses. After all, it was intended to benefit them. And, exports of PPE to Mexico, Canada and U.S. entities are exempted. Source: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/nation/2020/04/14/trump-administration-eases-ppe-export-ban-canada-mexico-exemptions/111548482/ These nurses are protesting for the safety of themselves as well as the greater public. They are making the public aware that they have co-workers that have died fighting this disease. Rather than show empathy and compassion for them some people like to brush them off and tell them to go to China. The medical people don't care about politics, they care about saving lives. temporarily blocking exports? To an ally, that has always been a good friend to America? The same Canadians that have sent supplies/aid to help america in natural disasters, 9/11, etc. (including Covid-19 fight) If anyone is to blame, blame trump for his inability to lead a nation during a crisis, Lies to his nation constantly, Endangers the lives of people by giving stupid medical advise, initially brushing off covid-19 as a hoax and not preparing to acquire medical supplies (despite pleas from medical experts.) before SHTF. Late addition: had trump acted sooner, Most Americans would have been back to work already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truemate Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 around the world everywhere healthcare workers facing this same issue while treating/fighting wuhan virus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rasbridge Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 Perhaps, in Ontario, Ford should have taken the virus serious earlier instead of encouraging families to "Go away, have a good time, enjoy yourself." --------- "With current measures remaining in place, Ontario has suggested as many as 15,000 could die over the course of the pandemic, which officials say could last as long as two years. But experts say the province's testing is inadequate and fails to capture the spread of the virus." Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/15/canada-coronavirus-covid-19-provinces-trudeau Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost Posted April 25, 2020 Author Share Posted April 25, 2020 3 minutes ago, rasbridge said: Perhaps, in Ontario, Ford should have taken the virus serious earlier instead of encouraging families to "Go away, have a good time, enjoy yourself." --------- "With current measures remaining in place, Ontario has suggested as many as 15,000 could die over the course of the pandemic, which officials say could last as long as two years. But experts say the province's testing is inadequate and fails to capture the spread of the virus." Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/15/canada-coronavirus-covid-19-provinces-trudeau Doug ford is an idiot. Alberta the province I live in, is majority Conservative and We (the province) help other Canadian provinces with supplies, aid, etc. See in Canada we're not perfect and we know it. But, whats makes us great is our willingness to work together in the face of adversity, regardless of politics. We help each other. Best of all, we love and support our free health care system. we love and support all our medical people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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