Thinking about Cassandra. She called a Chicago jail *132 times* to try to save her husband from COVID. She was ignored. While Trump downplays COVID & chooses not to protect himself & others, her husband had no choice. No mask. Soap. Crowded. He died. Watch:
In early April 2020, a man named Nickolas Lee died alone in a hospital from COVID-19. Two weeks earlier, he had contracted the disease while in Cook County Jail in Chicago. Jailed pretrial in horrific conditions. His wife called 132 times. Indifference killed him.
Nickolas Lee was unable to social distance in Cook County Jail in Chicago, like so many others throughout the country. Denied even basic sanitary precautions like soap and a mask, and caged in large groups with others who were symptomatic.
When Nickolas started exhibiting symptoms, Cassandra did everything she could to get him the care he needed--calls, visits outside the jail, asking guards for help--all to no avail. After he died, she counted the number of calls. To make sure she did everything she could. 132.
Nikolas Lee is just one of thousands in Chicago and hundreds of thousands across the country, who are getting infected and dying not just from COVID, but from institutional indifference to suffering. First in a series. Take action here: 132Calls.com
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