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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBreaking - nearly 3,000 people died in Puerto Rico as a result of Hurricne Maria
Fuck the lying Con and his goons
gademocrat7
(10,665 posts)Chump and his cabal are pure evil.
Ohiogal
(32,046 posts)I hope they come here in droves and register to vote!
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mythology
(9,527 posts)rogue emissary
(3,148 posts)The findings issued Tuesday by the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University contrast sharply with the official death toll of 64. Its also about double the governments previous interim estimate of 1,400. Researchers say there was a 22 percent overall increase in the number of deaths from September 2017 to February 2018 compared to previous years. They say the initial low counts came partly because physicians lacked training on how to certify deaths after a disaster. They say the elderly and impoverished were most at risk.
A spokesman for Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello did not immediately return a message for comment. . . .
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/report-nearly-3000-deaths-in-puerto-rico-linked-to-maria/2018/08/28/2022c792-aadd-11e8-9a7d-cd30504ff902_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.78349499d0bb
What I want to know is when did Donny's administration even acknowledge 1,400 death???
malaise
(269,157 posts)geomon666
(7,512 posts)The Puerto Rican government came up with that estimate. Donny's World is still at 64.
rogue emissary
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GeorgeGist
(25,322 posts)Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)republican lies are dangerous for America
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republican lies are dangerous for America
republican lies are dangerous for America
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republican lies are dangerous for America
republican lies are dangerous for America
republican lies are dangerous for America
republican lies are dangerous for America
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forgotmylogin
(7,530 posts)Or even in half if he'd gotten help to them.
But you know, Puerto Rico is an island...as Trumpty pointed out. It's surrounded by water.
maddiemom
(5,106 posts)leftyladyfrommo
(18,869 posts)Our FEMA isn't functional any more. And neither is our Dimfuck excuse for a president.
If they had done their jobs a whole lot more people would have survived the storm's aftermath.
2naSalit
(86,765 posts)because... brown people.
iluvtennis
(19,868 posts)malaise
(269,157 posts)Which was throwing paper towels
iluvtennis
(19,868 posts)stuffmatters
(2,574 posts)TomCADem
(17,390 posts)Trump once again on ups Dubya
malaise
(269,157 posts)I've always wondered if the number was higher
Pope George Ringo II
(1,896 posts)yuiyoshida
(41,836 posts)and fuck you for ignoring a US HELD Territory in need. He doesn't give a shit because most of them were not white..
malaise
(269,157 posts)Not a word from the Con or Smokey Eyes
JI7
(89,262 posts)These are Americans
duforsure
(11,885 posts)They were doing such a wonderful job, but as most thought they were nothing but more lies from trump all along about saving lives there. This isn't American especially when a President does this to American people he sworn to protect. He intentionally hurt these people because of their skin color, just like he's done to the children and their immigrants parents. He is a monster.