“New research from San Diego State University’s Center for Health Economics & Policy Studies estimates that more than 260,000 COVID-19 cases diagnosed in the United States since August 2 can be traced to the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota.”
—Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
“as a little girl in 1999, it never occurred to me that Smash Mouth might one day cause my death”
—@Chinchillazllla
Of course we’ve known all along that we live side by side with selfish people.
What makes this worse is when you see first hand that despite all of the science – and knowing that up to 88% of COVID cases are POC – where do we draw the line?
If we don’t draw a line, White folks will continue this nonsense about COVID being a hoax and Black and Brown folks will continue to pay the price w/losing their lives.
Same people who want to talk about herd immunity don’t understand that the inequality to access quality healthcare makes that model go sideways real quick. It barely works in countries that have universal healthcare!
Without a vaccine, this needs to start being seen the same way we viewed those who knowingly spread HIV – this is a criminal act bc eventually at some point we know that it will lead to death.
Not wearing a mask while engaging in risky behavior should be seen for what it is – murder.
—jasper james
Flommist Jasper James is a multifaceted diversity-trained entrepreneur, multi-instrumentalist/ writer, event producer, and former Billboard Recording Artist. They are also the co-founder of Activism Articulated, and Women’s March Blac, an all-Black branch of Women’s March National Leadership. Jasper is on the ACLU Sacramento Chapter Board and the Sacramento Stonewall Democratic Club (PAC) and is an active member of the ACLU Speakers Bureau. They were also one of only five Black sitting female Presidents in the nation for the Women’s March Sacramento Chapter. Copyright © 2020 Jasper James. Image source. Post updated to include stats reported this morning by The Guardian.
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