COVID-19 'Pandemic'
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The density of the population has a bit to do with it. Canada has about 9 people per square mile while the U.S. has close to 100 and the U.K. probably has 300.
The density of the population has a bit to do with it. Canada has about 9 people per square mile while the U.S. has close to 100 and the U.K. probably has 300.
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Yeah I heard that, that some of the bodies are unclaimed and they are being buried in mass graves. It's something I never thought would be seen in today's age.
Yeah I heard that, that some of the bodies are unclaimed and they are being buried in mass graves. It's something I never thought would be seen in today's age.
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Of course, the mainstream media aren't telling the whole truth about those mass graves - doing so wouldn't help their scaremongering:
No, NYC Is Not Running Out of Burial Space Due to COVID-19
ELIZABETH NOLAN BROWN | 4.10.2020
REASON
Century-and-a-half-old Bronx burial site sparks panic on social media.
The COVID-19 death toll in New York City right now is chilling (more than 4,400 at last count). So are images of coffins being buried in mass graves. It's hard to see things like that and not feel the weight of those numbers all the more viscerally—which makes it all the more imperative to contextualize and not sensationalize those images.
Unfortunately, a lot of professional media has been erring on the side of LOOK AT WHAT AMERICA HAS COME TO: THERE ARE SO MANY DEAD BODIES THEY HAVE TO START HIRING PEOPLE TO DIG MASS GRAVES.
The city cemetery on Hart Island is indeed tragic. It has been for the past 151 years.
"Since 1869, prison labor has been used to bury unclaimed and unidentified New Yorkers in mass graves of 150 adults or 1000 infants," states the Hart Island Project website. Families of those buried there were only allowed to start visiting in 2014.
"Since 1980, 68,955 people have been buried in mass graves on Hart Island," notes the Project, which is dedicated to telling stories of those laid to rest there.
That's around 1,724 people per year, 33 per week, or a little under five per day for the past 40 years. New York City Department of Corrections spokesman Jason Kersten puts the average a little lower, telling Reuters that prison laborers bury around 25 bodies on Hart Island each week.
Kersten now estimates that there are upwards of a hundred coffins per week being buried there. So, yes, there appears to be a recent spike in burials in these mass graves. But that's not because there are so many dead that the city has run out of burial space elsewhere. It's because more people are dying right now, and that includes people who don't have anyone to claim their bodies.
That is very sad, and it says something about what happens when the new problem of COVID-19 collides with old problems like isolation and homelessness. It doesn't mean New Yorkers have resorted to just dumping bodies into unprecedented mass graves, and journalists should not imply that it does. (Cue The Guardian: "Aerial video shows mass grave on New York City's Hart Island amid coronavirus surge.")
Kersten said the city hired contractors to add "two new trenches in case we need them."
"For social distancing and safety reasons, city-sentenced people in custody are not assisting in burials for the duration of the pandemic," Kersten told Reuters. That's why new contractors were hired, not (as many have implied) because there are just too many bodies to meet demand.
The fact that the city hired people who have a choice in the matter to do this dirty work instead of getting barely-paid prisoners to dig graves in a pandemic seems like a good development, relatively speaking.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/reason...ning-out-of-burial-space-due-to-covid-19/?amp
Of course, the mainstream media aren't telling the whole truth about those mass graves - doing so wouldn't help their scaremongering:
No, NYC Is Not Running Out of Burial Space Due to COVID-19
ELIZABETH NOLAN BROWN | 4.10.2020
REASON
Century-and-a-half-old Bronx burial site sparks panic on social media.
The COVID-19 death toll in New York City right now is chilling (more than 4,400 at last count). So are images of coffins being buried in mass graves. It's hard to see things like that and not feel the weight of those numbers all the more viscerally—which makes it all the more imperative to contextualize and not sensationalize those images.
Unfortunately, a lot of professional media has been erring on the side of LOOK AT WHAT AMERICA HAS COME TO: THERE ARE SO MANY DEAD BODIES THEY HAVE TO START HIRING PEOPLE TO DIG MASS GRAVES.
The city cemetery on Hart Island is indeed tragic. It has been for the past 151 years.
"Since 1869, prison labor has been used to bury unclaimed and unidentified New Yorkers in mass graves of 150 adults or 1000 infants," states the Hart Island Project website. Families of those buried there were only allowed to start visiting in 2014.
"Since 1980, 68,955 people have been buried in mass graves on Hart Island," notes the Project, which is dedicated to telling stories of those laid to rest there.
That's around 1,724 people per year, 33 per week, or a little under five per day for the past 40 years. New York City Department of Corrections spokesman Jason Kersten puts the average a little lower, telling Reuters that prison laborers bury around 25 bodies on Hart Island each week.
Kersten now estimates that there are upwards of a hundred coffins per week being buried there. So, yes, there appears to be a recent spike in burials in these mass graves. But that's not because there are so many dead that the city has run out of burial space elsewhere. It's because more people are dying right now, and that includes people who don't have anyone to claim their bodies.
That is very sad, and it says something about what happens when the new problem of COVID-19 collides with old problems like isolation and homelessness. It doesn't mean New Yorkers have resorted to just dumping bodies into unprecedented mass graves, and journalists should not imply that it does. (Cue The Guardian: "Aerial video shows mass grave on New York City's Hart Island amid coronavirus surge.")
Kersten said the city hired contractors to add "two new trenches in case we need them."
"For social distancing and safety reasons, city-sentenced people in custody are not assisting in burials for the duration of the pandemic," Kersten told Reuters. That's why new contractors were hired, not (as many have implied) because there are just too many bodies to meet demand.
The fact that the city hired people who have a choice in the matter to do this dirty work instead of getting barely-paid prisoners to dig graves in a pandemic seems like a good development, relatively speaking.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/reason...ning-out-of-burial-space-due-to-covid-19/?amp
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Why not? Btw the world population as of 2019 was 7, 577,130,400. I know, I know, you're going to say well in the big picture those so far dead from coronavirus are barely if at all noticeable, numbers wise. But when one hears of so many localized deaths in such a short period of time, it's troubling enough to elicit a response such as, geezus. Maybe not for you and that's fine, walk your walk, it matters not to me. But that is the response I have.
Why not? Btw the world population as of 2019 was 7, 577,130,400. I know, I know, you're going to say well in the big picture those so far dead from coronavirus are barely if at all noticeable, numbers wise. But when one hears of so many localized deaths in such a short period of time, it's troubling enough to elicit a response such as, geezus. Maybe not for you and that's fine, walk your walk, it matters not to me. But that is the response I have.
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In the same four months about 20,000,000, that's 20 million, people have died worldwide. The sky is still falling.
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Me thinks , wally, that in your fake news, "rent free" world ........ your relationship with reality is tenuous. No surprise that your fanatical support and love of the sociopath Trump is so strong. Do you have a room in your house that is filled with photos of Trump........like a bit of a shrine??
I saw that on several media channels......
Me thinks , wally, that in your fake news, "rent free" world ........ your relationship with reality is tenuous. No surprise that your fanatical support and love of the sociopath Trump is so strong. Do you have a room in your house that is filled with photos of Trump........like a bit of a shrine??
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That just confirms my contentions.
Smart person can see that!
That just confirms my contentions.
Smart person can see that!
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NY mayor says rumors of temporary burials in public parks are 'totally false'
https://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/n...-2559-5114-ac7b-1aa6550994c9.html[/url D'oh!
Every reports says may or could, none say are. What you saw is file footage from another time and place.
NY mayor says rumors of temporary burials in public parks are 'totally false'
https://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/n...-2559-5114-ac7b-1aa6550994c9.html[/url D'oh!
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Wildfire is going to be very difficult to deal with this summer. the physical distancing alone is going to present huge problems in camp and in the field.
Everyone is praying for a good season. BC was pretty lucky last summer and we could really use another good year.
Wildfire is going to be very difficult to deal with this summer. the physical distancing alone is going to present huge problems in camp and in the field.
Everyone is praying for a good season. BC was pretty lucky last summer and we could really use another good year.