Note how he nails the inflection - there are the pauses so that it times with his breath, or lack there of, in the moment, and never once does he sound like he’s lost his flow.
And he comes back to camera - in the end - to nail the landing with a smile, and there’s not even a delay in responding to the anchors.
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“How the U.S. Dictates What Puerto Rico Eats”. This is an opinion guest essay published in the New York Times, written by Israel Meléndez Ayala and Alicia Kennedy
Photographs by Damon Winter nytimes.com/2021/10/01/opi…
“…In 1940, agriculture was the cornerstone of Puerto Rico’s economy, employing nearly 45 percent of the work force. But by 2019, it represented less than 1 percent of the commonwealth’s G.D.P. and employed less than 2 percent…”nytimes.com/2021/10/01/opi…
“…disasters, economic crises & mismanagement have contributed to the island’s transformation from agricultural powerhouse to one that relies on imports. But it has been U.S. policies like the…Jones Act & Operation Bootstrap that have strangled local ag…”nytimes.com/2021/10/01/opi…
Denied by FEMA for home repairs, Sterling Guidry is sitting in his truck outside Houma, LA digging through papers to find a document proving he owed a home that hurricane Ida destroyed a month ago. If he can, he can appeal to FEMA. See more of his story, Wednesday on @CBSMornings
Sterling and his daughter Bre have been staying in their car every night where there’s AC and the ability to charge their phones, which is their entertainment source, too. Around 10 PM each night they move to a tent in their yard to sleep.
Today, Sterling made good progress on and outhouse of sorts that has their tub in it. They’re hoping to be able to use it to bath. They’ve been using a nearby porta potty to bath nightly for most of the last month.
Cc: @TannerDMagee who asked that we follow up & find out when FEMA would be able to deliver temporary housing. We are on it.
This is the tent that Sterling & his daughter have been living in. The wooden box is something he’s been building in hopes that they can move in to it. Tonight, he thought they’d sleep in his truck just for the AC.
Look at what’s happening in Alaska: Covid cases are skyrocketing.
Elsewhere, average daily cases are dropping in the West, Midwest, South and Northeast.
Source: @nytimes
“On Wednesday, the state said it had activated “crisis standards of care,” giving hospitals legal protections for triage decisions that force them to give some patients substandard care…”nytimes.com/live/2021/09/2…
Meanwhile “Gov. Mike Dunleavy, a Republican, said that while hospitals were strained, he did not see a need to implement restrictions aimed at curbing transmission. Still, he encouraged people who had not yet received a vaccination to seriously consider it”nytimes.com/live/2021/09/2…
In His Own Words: Fmr. Sanders County, MT. Public Health Officer @nick_lawyer was asked to resign after a local man blamed Lawyer for his wife’s death; he was angry b/c his wife didn’t receive drugs that aren’t approved/shown to be effective for treating Covid.
Lawyer explains:
.@nick_lawyer answers the following questions:
Why were you asked to resign?
What was that letter?
What was the husband angry about? What public health guidance had you given in recent weeks and to whom was a directed?
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Why were you asked to resign?
What was that letter?
What was the husband angry about? What public health guidance had you given in recent weeks and to whom was a directed?
THREAD: @nick_lawyer, health officer in Sanders County, MT says he was forced to resign after a local man blamed him for his wife’s death. The man accused Lawyer of preventing his wife from receiving Ivermectin, hydroxchloroquine & antibodies before she died due to Covid (1/9)
Ivermectin and hydroxchloroquine are not proven to be effective treatments against COVID-19 and they are recommended for us by the FDA or CDC. Monoclonal antibodies is proven to be effective but Nick Lawyer says, in this case, the patient was in the ICU. (2/9)
A patient in the ICU would usually be too sick to receive monoclonal antibodies. There is a window of time that a patient has before they are no longer eligible to receive that antibody treatment. (3/9) more here: www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/dow…