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karin_sj

(811 posts)
Mon Mar 9, 2020, 01:33 PM Mar 2020

I keep thinking about the thousands of migrants in detention centers

I can't believe that more people aren't talking about the thousands of people currently being held in migrant detention centers all over the U.S. I believe that these people are going to be hit really hard by the coronavirus and that there will be many, many deaths as a result.

Last I heard, they were not allowing these people to get flu shots and I'm sure the fact that so many are packed together in small quarters will make things worse. They are unable to "socially isolate" or even to keep as clean as they need to in order to help protect against infection. I remember reading news articles about lawyers fighting to get these people toothbrushes and the basic necessities of daily living, for God's sake.

And think about all the children being held. I know they say that children aren't affected as much, but what about the kids with health problems or weak immune systems.

It keeps me feel sick inside to think about what is going to happen to all of them.

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I keep thinking about the thousands of migrants in detention centers (Original Post) karin_sj Mar 2020 OP
and the homeless on our streets Fresh_Start Mar 2020 #1
They were not even allowed to have flu shots...Trump is a monster...he might just see Demsrule86 Mar 2020 #2
And of course, being in 2naSalit Mar 2020 #3
It's only a matter of time before it rips it's way through the camps Runningdawg Mar 2020 #4

Demsrule86

(68,632 posts)
2. They were not even allowed to have flu shots...Trump is a monster...he might just see
Mon Mar 9, 2020, 01:37 PM
Mar 2020

the Virus up close and personal...with the CPAC thing.

2naSalit

(86,748 posts)
3. And of course, being in
Mon Mar 9, 2020, 01:49 PM
Mar 2020

a cage with nothing but a toilet for water... how can they wash their hands?

I think part of this nonresponse is to ensure that the people in cages die of it along with the homeless and SS recipients. Part of Stephen Miller's wet dream.

Runningdawg

(4,522 posts)
4. It's only a matter of time before it rips it's way through the camps
Mon Mar 9, 2020, 02:15 PM
Mar 2020

Will they tell us? Will they dig a mass grave or burn the bodies?

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