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KewlKat

(5,624 posts)
Sat Mar 7, 2020, 10:43 AM Mar 2020

What will happen to the children locked in cages should the COVID-19

Find them? We’ve all heard of how bad the conditions are. I doubt they have Kleenex, disinfectant etc to wipe things down.

When are they going to release those children? How are they protecting them from COVID-19. Look what happened in the Kirkland nursing home. I’m sure they were much cleaner than the cages these children have been kept in.

Anything we can do to be proactive? Can we get the media to drive some much needed concern for THEIR health?

Thoughts?

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What will happen to the children locked in cages should the COVID-19 (Original Post) KewlKat Mar 2020 OP
I remember the heartbreaking story of the teenage boy BusyBeingBest Mar 2020 #1
I think it's only a matter of time when the virus invades their cages... KewlKat Mar 2020 #2
This message was self-deleted by its author democratisphere Mar 2020 #3
Hey, Kat, yeah this is going to be catastrophic for the children and adults in the camps, I have Leghorn21 Mar 2020 #4
There has to be someone that can get some media coverage on this potential KewlKat Mar 2020 #5
I know, we are living in hell now, and have been for quite some time, Kat Leghorn21 Mar 2020 #8
But brain surgeon Ben Carson say the facilities are quite nice. nt Hotler Mar 2020 #6
Yeah real summer camps...then why the Ef don't we see the rich white kids spending their free time KewlKat Mar 2020 #7
The corner stone for the repug party is selfishness. nt Hotler Mar 2020 #9
They are one of the first groups I thought of. 58Sunliner Mar 2020 #10
Seems like they have. Sure wish the media would give them some coverage! KewlKat Mar 2020 #11
I know. I guess it'll take dead bodies to do so. 58Sunliner Mar 2020 #17
I've wondered that too. cwydro Mar 2020 #12
Been saying that for a couple weeks.... Bayard Mar 2020 #13
The kids will probably be alright, but karma will be a major bitch to the workers Fiendish Thingy Mar 2020 #14
I'm sure sicko will make sure they're all infected because Trump has called them the enemy uponit7771 Mar 2020 #15
Trump: "They are in beautiful isolation. It is perfect isolation" dalton99a Mar 2020 #16

BusyBeingBest

(8,052 posts)
1. I remember the heartbreaking story of the teenage boy
Sat Mar 7, 2020, 10:46 AM
Mar 2020

who died of the flu, alone in his cell, last year. This is a real cause for concern.

KewlKat

(5,624 posts)
2. I think it's only a matter of time when the virus invades their cages...
Sat Mar 7, 2020, 10:48 AM
Mar 2020

I pray I’m wrong, but Woohan warned us of facilities that will result in high loss of life. These children have been stressed for what a year? Their small bodies aren’t healthy enough to fend off the virus...poor diet, poor sleep, cold, etc....

Response to KewlKat (Original post)

Leghorn21

(13,524 posts)
4. Hey, Kat, yeah this is going to be catastrophic for the children and adults in the camps, I have
Sat Mar 7, 2020, 10:52 AM
Mar 2020

no doubt. I also doubt anyone will ever know about it because - well, we have no way of finding out, eh

I posted a query the other day relating to this - are ICE and border patrol agents being tested for COVID19??? Answering my own question, I said NOT BLOODY LIKELY, and are they dressed in head-to-toe PPE? OH HELL NO.

So Kat, we all know it’s going to be a horror show, and maybe...I don’t know...we kinda need a miracle here, don’t we

KewlKat

(5,624 posts)
5. There has to be someone that can get some media coverage on this potential
Sat Mar 7, 2020, 10:56 AM
Mar 2020

Catastrophe!!! I haven’t felt this helpless since seeing all those Katrina victim’s crying on rooftops begging for rescue...

Leghorn21

(13,524 posts)
8. I know, we are living in hell now, and have been for quite some time, Kat
Sat Mar 7, 2020, 11:06 AM
Mar 2020

Hey, try this: maybe at his next bogus televised COVID19 infofest, a reporter could ask Pence, “SIR, WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO KEEP THE CHILDREN IN THE CAMPS SAFE?!?”
you sick motherfucker

Wouldn’t that be awesome

KewlKat

(5,624 posts)
7. Yeah real summer camps...then why the Ef don't we see the rich white kids spending their free time
Sat Mar 7, 2020, 11:00 AM
Mar 2020

there if it’s such a camp experience. Even camps have cots with non-shiny blankets and aren’t treated like animals.

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
12. I've wondered that too.
Sat Mar 7, 2020, 11:53 AM
Mar 2020

I've also wondered about jails and prisons. Those places are known to be dirty and ill-kept.

Bayard

(22,071 posts)
13. Been saying that for a couple weeks....
Sat Mar 7, 2020, 11:57 AM
Mar 2020

Crammed in like sardines, and rarely able to bathe at all, much less keep their hands clean.

Wonder if their guards are wearing surgical masks?

Fiendish Thingy

(15,611 posts)
14. The kids will probably be alright, but karma will be a major bitch to the workers
Sat Mar 7, 2020, 12:56 PM
Mar 2020

COVID seems to affect children the least, but they can carry it and expose their jailers, who may suffer more severely, and IMO that would be justified karma.

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