Since March, I've memorialized young people who have died from COVID19 to raise awareness about this deadly disease. Today I had the opportunity to speak to @JoeDanaReports from @12News in Phoenix Arizona about this journey and passion.
Aaron Derringer from Blue Springs Missouri experienced exhaustion and fatigue for a couple of weeks, then one morning was found unresponsive. The father of four, soon to be five died from COVID. He was 41. fox4kc.com/news/after-blu…
Los Angeles, CA
Erika Becerra, 33, was 8 months pregnant when diagnosed with COVID in Nov. Her labor was induced Nov 15, but she was unable to hold her son, b/c she couldn't breathe. She was placed on a ventilator, where she cried before dying from COVID wbtv.com/2020/12/06/mot…
Lloyd Porter was an actor turned baker. Him and his wife opened a bakery & cafe called Bread Stuy in Brooklyn. She did the baking, he did the greeting. He touched so many people throughout his life. He was only 49 when he died from COVID19. nyti.ms/2XoHYv0
33-year-old Nathan Huff Bishop, Ohio Navy reservist, died of COVID-19. He is the 13th U.S. service member killed in the pandemic. Rest in peace fellow sailor! stripes.com/news/us/navy-r…
My cousin Simon Press, 27, was a gym teacher, semipro football player trying out for the @NFL, and volunteered at @BGCMonmouth. Sent home twice from the ER for chest pain, dx'd with anxiety, he suddenly collapsed & died from COVID in NewJersey.
Heath, Ohio
Ellis Booth, 56, Heath City Schools athletic director, died from COVID-19. "He was like a father figure. He was one hell of an AD, and one hell of a person" @HeathSports10tv.com/article/news/h…
Bob Bryant, 58, pastor at the Water of Life Community Church in San Bernardino County, California died from COVID-19, five weeks after his megachurch REOPENED in DEFIANCE of the state’s ban on indoor religious services. thedailybeast.com/pastor-of-wate…
17 y.o. Brisa Vasquez from Chandler, Arizona lost BOTH of her parents this week to COVID-19. I want Gov @dougducey to tell this high school student that her parents are DEAD because he wouldn't implement a mask mandate and shelter-in-place! azcentral.com/story/news/loc…
ALL Americans should be REQUIRED to carry this COVID19 prevention infographic on them at ALL TIMES!
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Let's say that you're lucky and don't die from COVID19... you'll never be the same after being intubated and placed on a ventilator - NEVER! At least 5,000 people must be intubated per day in the U.S. But y'all wanted to gather for Thanksgiving 🦃
Anyone know where to find the daily people intubated per day in the U.S. This is a very important number to keep an eye on because it indicates the severity of disease in the community. It would also be great if they showed the number of patients on non-invasive ventilation too.
How many millions of Americans required this amount of oxygen support and were lucky to survive COVID19?? We're talking about MILLIONS of Americans who will have severe lung damage for the rest of their lives.
I keep it 💯. My followers know on Nov 23 I sounded the alarm about ZERO ICU beds in Arizona. From the frontlines to your Twitter account. HCWs in Arizona are worried. You deserve the truth, b/c OUR LIVES depend on it! People are dying and @dougducey ain't doing shit about it.
There is NO WAY we are going to win against this virus. It's infecting everyone in the community and it's going to collapse the hospital system. Everyone in healthcare will tell you the same thing, but @dougducey is trying to SAVE FACE.
This is a graphic from 12/4, notice how long it took AFTER the shutdown on 6/29 for COVID cases to decrease. Every day this is extended more and more ICU beds are needed. What part of global pandemic does @dougducey not get??
In Arizona, Paradise Valley Unified Superintendent Dr. Jesse Welsh resigns
The district has not said why Welsh chose to resign, but he has allegedly received THREATS after schools returned to remote-learning. @Supt_Hoffman 12news.com/article/news/e…
We've seen threats to Arizona leaders (@TucsonRomero, @MayorGallego) throughout this pandemic because Gov. @dougducey punts responsibility of mitigating the pandemic to mayors and board of supervisors who then take the heat for implementing life-saving public health measures.
10/30/2020
Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego calls for transparency, unity after alleged threat from Phoenix police officer
"We want everyone in our communities to feel safe and feel that we can have dialogue but it needs to stick with words and not physical." 12news.com/article/news/p…
🧵This thread is about the lack of emotional and financial support for frontline healthcare workers and how to help us by passing: 1. Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act 2. Holding Providers Harmless from Medicare Cuts During COVID-19 Act of 2020 1/15
It's difficult to capture the emotional distress healthcare workers are enduring, but perhaps my Facebook journal entry "Casualty of War" about the Iraq War, suicide and the loss of my mentor Dr. Lorna Breen can help 2/15 facebook.com/cleavon.gilman…
Everyday healthcare workers are tasked with doing more with ZERO help from the government. In hospitals, HCWs lack PPE, ⬆️ nursing-patient ratios, endless deaths and inability to strike. Even worse, if healthcare workers speak out, some hospitals threaten to fire them. 3/15
Please consider adding your voice to @thenocturnists holiday episode. There are 6 themes to choose from: Friendship, Joy, Confession, 2020, Music.. 3 min audio clip. Share your voice. Deadline: Dec 8. Thank you!🙏🏽🙏🏽 thenocturnists.com/holiday