In the last few days, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor criticized the Trump administration for seeking too many appeals to the Supreme Court on the basis that there is an "emergency". At the same time, Democrat candidates for president have criticized Trump for not declaring an "emergency" due to the corona virus. And, for what it is worth, the city of San Francisco yesterday declared a corona virus "emergency" even though there are NO cases of the virus in or even near that city.
So what's an emergency? Why is it not a public health emergency in San Francisco when literally thousands of homeless people are defecating on the sidewalks and in parks and streets all over the city? The diseases that can be spread through contact with that filth are rather severe, but the city does nothing to stop or even reduce the problem. Centuries of human advancement in disposing of waste and in securing public health are being tossed aside in San Francisco, but they don't consider that an emergency. Nope, the only health emergency is the possibility that a disease that has not come to San Francisco might make it there. It's worth noting that one of the suspected transmission methods for the corona virus is through human feces. In San Francisco, that could lead to a catastrophe because the city has failed to have any reasonable public health efforts.
Emergencies are not meant to be political weapons.
So what's an emergency? Why is it not a public health emergency in San Francisco when literally thousands of homeless people are defecating on the sidewalks and in parks and streets all over the city? The diseases that can be spread through contact with that filth are rather severe, but the city does nothing to stop or even reduce the problem. Centuries of human advancement in disposing of waste and in securing public health are being tossed aside in San Francisco, but they don't consider that an emergency. Nope, the only health emergency is the possibility that a disease that has not come to San Francisco might make it there. It's worth noting that one of the suspected transmission methods for the corona virus is through human feces. In San Francisco, that could lead to a catastrophe because the city has failed to have any reasonable public health efforts.
Emergencies are not meant to be political weapons.
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