Thread by @chefcarney

@60Minutes I wrote an extensive article in the @MSFreePress in November of 2020 about the #hookwormepedemic in Lowndes County Alabama. My research connects #NeglectedTropicalDiseases to the underlying conditions related to #COVID19 in the Black community.

mississippifreepress.org/7120/is-facing…

@60Minutes @MSFreePress “U.S. Sen. Doug Jones and others have done nothing to mitigate this epidemic that has gone unnoticed among leftists who are calling for a Green “New Deal.” Meanwhile, 32% of residents in Lowndes County, Ala., live in abject poverty.”

@60Minutes @MSFreePress “A recent survey by the National School of Tropical Medicine found that 34% of these residents tested positive for Necator americanus (hookworm). Hookworm responds to deforestation, resulting in flooding, which then creates the ideal environment for hookworms to thrive”

@60Minutes @MSFreePress “Due to the persistence of ADOS activists in Alabama and across the country, the Alabama Department of Health spearheaded the Lowndes County Unincorporated Wastewater Project. It began in November of 2018, headed by Environmental Services Director Sherry Bradley.” @ADOSorg

@60Minutes @MSFreePress @ADOSorg “The Alabama Department of Health offered to pay for the systems “up front.” The kicker is that the owner has to be trained to service the system and pay $20 per month for the “life of their system.” In addition to the monthly $20 “maintenance fee,”

@60Minutes @MSFreePress @ADOSorg a larger one-time payment of $1,500 for the conventional system or a one-time payment of $1,000 for an engineered system. ADHP is partnering with private foundations instead of relying on a federal government and a president that has abandoned its environmental responsibilities.

@60Minutes @MSFreePress @ADOSorg “Both parties should demand that the AL governor request FEMA funding to help Lowndes Co pay the down payments for their constituents. We are in the midst of a coronavirus pandemic that could very well be tied to the underlying conditions caused by #NTDs”

mississippifreepress.org/7120/is-facing…

@60Minutes @MSFreePress *#hookwormepidemic*