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USA: CDC encontra 300,000 mortes em excesso pelo coronavirus
A report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has seen 300,000 more deaths than it usually would. The CDC has been tracking how many deaths have been reported and comparing them with counts seen in other years. Usually, between the beginning of February and the end of September, about 1.9 million deaths are reported. This year, the figure is closer to 2.2 million - a 14.5 per cent increase, AP reports.
The CDC says around 200,000 of the deaths are already attributed to coronavirus, but that the it’s likely COVID-19 was a factor in many other deaths, too. Deaths were up for different racial and ethnic groups, but the largest increase - 54% - was among Hispanic Americans.
Comentário: E aqui no Brasil onde o nefasto incentivou política negacionista e impossibilitou a atuação do ministerio da saúde no principal papel que lhe caberia no enfrentamento da pandemia?
Tomara que logo surjam estudos estimando quantos milhares de mortes, para além daquelas que a doença adequadamente manejada faria, o governo resolveu provocar.
2. October 15: 50th Aniversário do colapso da ponte West Gate
Last week was the 50th Anniversary of West Gate Bridge collapse. At 11.50am on October 15 1970, a span of the West Gate Bridge, then under construction, collapsed. 35 workers were killed, 17 were injured. If you missed the live streamed event to remember those workers who were killed, you can still see it on the VTHC Facebook page.
There were a number of articles in various publications - all worth reading:
- a Feature article published in the current edition of the Workers Solidarity Bulletin [pdf].
- Anniversary of the West Gate Bridge Collapse, The Age. This includes some news footage of the day
- s special edition of WorkSafe's Safety Soapbox, and a news article: Fifty years since the West Gate Bridge tragedy
a terrific documentary which aired on Channel 9 on the day of the anniversary, West Gate Bridge Disaster: The Untold Stories. ) The documentary has a lot of footage, interviews with survivors, the families of those killed, union officials and politicians.
A reminder that the events planned by the West Gate Bridge Committee for this year will be held next year.
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