been thinking about the endgame,… and doubt we’ll ever get back to what was considered the go-go normal for the USA which I consider from reagan’s 1980s election to the start of trumps 2016 election
think most everyone whether they love or hate trump,… would agree its been an odd period since the 2016 election
AND because of covid-19, think going forward there will be lots more sophisticated surveillance technology like in china
[quote] A special undercover report from China’s secretive Xinjiang region. FRONTLINE investigates the Communist regime’s mass imprisonment of Muslims, and its use and testing of sophisticated surveillance technology against the Uyghur community.
and given many were not prepared emotionally, economically or actually (in terms of medical science w/ tests and a vaccine),… sadly pretty sure the waves of infections are going to have many more victims than people want to think about
for example just a few miles south of downtown SD we see,…
[quote] ‘A war zone’: Tijuana hospitals overwhelmed by coronavirus patients
Patients are being treated in receiving areas and lobbies while doctors and nurses say they lack the staffing, ventilators and testing to properly care for them
…At least 14 health care professionals have tested positive for COVID-19 and two are in intensive care across the state, Baja California officials confirmed Thursday.
…President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has conceded that the system does not have the number of doctors and nurses that it needs as the epidemic begins to ramp up in Mexico.
then there is the sad fact about long food bank lines all over the SoCal region,…
[quote] Thousands Line Up For Food, As More San Diegans Lose Their Paychecks Due To Coronavirus
With the rain pounding down, thousands of people lined up in their cars Friday morning at a San Diego Food Bank food distribution pop-up in Chula Vista. Food Bank officials say demand has gone up tremendously as an unprecedented number of people have lost their jobs amid the shutdowns brought on by the pandemic.
“We were feeding about 350,000 people a month before the crisis, we’re projecting we’re gonna start feeding 600,000 people this month,” said Jim Floros, the Food Bank’s CEO.
[quote] Sign of the times: Mile-long line of cars outside California grocery giveaway
VAN NUYS, Calif. (Reuters) – A pop-up food pantry in Southern California on Thursday drew so many people that the line of cars waiting for free groceries stretched about a mile (1.6 km), a haunting sign of how the coronavirus pandemic has hurt the working poor.
…“I have six kids and it’s difficult to eat. My husband was working in construction but now we can’t pay the rent,” said Juana Gomez, 50, of North Hollywood, as she waited for her turn.
The COVID-19 pandemic has shut down nonessential businesses across the United States, with more than 90% of Americans under some kind of stay-at-home order, depriving millions of a paycheck.
The northeast part of Los Angeles, home to many working poor Latino families, has been especially hard hit.
