Gary Sclar saw patients who were showing #COVID19 symptoms and knew his age and underlying health conditions ― he had #diabetes — put him at risk for developing complications from the illness.
In early April, he mentioned having lost his sense of smell, and on April 8 he collapsed in his home.
Date of Death: April 12, 2020
Monica Echeverri Casarez
Age: 49
Occupation: Surgical technician
Place of Work: Detroit Medical Center Harper University Hospital in Detroit
Date of Death: April 11, 2020
Twice a month, she scrubbed in as a surgical technician at Harper University Hospital. “She liked discovering the beauty of how the body works and how science is clear and orderly."
Since many elective surgeries had been canceled, Echeverri Casarez was tasked with taking the temperatures of people who walked into the hospital and making sure their hands were sterilized. #COVID19
Soon after, Echeverri Casarez and her husband began feeling ill. Quarantined together, Echeverri Casarez tried to make the best of the situation. She baked her husband a cake — chocolate with white frosting. She died a few days later.
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1/8 History holds lessons for why low vaccination rates for children are so risky and why officials should strongly consider school mandates for the covid vaccine.
2/8 When explorers brought diseases like measles to Native populations of the New World, they killed up to an estimated 80% to 95% of the Indigenous population in repeated outbreaks over the ensuing 100 to 150 years.
3/8 Measles came back to Hawaii in 1848 and started an epidemic that killed one-quarter of the Native population, by one estimate.
Daniel Prude’s family knew he needed psychiatric care and tried to get it for him. Instead, his encounter with police hours after he was released from Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, New York, proved deadly.
Police would find Daniel minutes later ― naked, acting irrationally. Because he spat in the direction of officers and allegedly said he had the novel #coronavirus, officers placed a white hood, called a “spit hood,” over his head.
When he started trying to stand up, despite being restrained by handcuffs, an officer placed much of his body weight over Daniel’s head and pushed it into the pavement.
Daniel died a week later when his family took him off life support.
Matthew Fentress was just 25 when he passed out while stuffing cannolis as a cook for a senior living community six years ago. Doctors diagnosed him with viral cardiomyopathy, #heartdisease that developed after a bout of the flu. #BilloftheMonth
Three years later, the Kentucky man’s condition had worsened, and doctors placed him in a medically induced coma and inserted a pacemaker and defibrillator. #BilloftheMonth
It may take years after these coronavirus controversies for the CDC to restore its credibility with the public, no matter who is elected president. Here's a quote from @leonardkl. 👇
The #AffordableCareAct has become a political vulnerability for Republican officials, who have no interest in reopening the debate on it during this campaign. Here's a quote from @JoanneKenen. 👇 #Election2020
Jody Mares is the fourth healthcare worker from New Mexico that KHN/The Guardian have confirmed and added to our database. He kept residents in nursing homes laughing for decades.
Dr. Reza Chowdhury was a trusted voice in New York's Bengali community. His virtual funeral surpassed 500 guests.