TL;DR: this is what happen when you lift regulations barriers and let the invisible hand of the free market do its thing. Thousands of people in Carson (LA county, California) affected by 7 weeks of dangerous Hydrogen Sulfide gas released in the aftermath of an explosion in a warehouse full of hand sanitizer.

https://www.wired.com/story/the-explosive-legacy-of-the-pandemic-hand-sanitizer-boom/

#capitalism #PublicHealthFail

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2023/s0526-eis.html
#CovidIsNotOver #COVID19 #PublicHealthFail #WearADamnMask

Should we rebuild safety systems around care rather than punishment?

With the US experiencing much higher rates of violent crime, fatal ODs and mortality, Eric Reinhart makes a strong case 👇 for building integrated public health & safety systems, while ending mass incarceration.

https://time.com/6278659/how-community-health-workers-can-end-mass-incarceration-rebuild-public-safety/
#publichealthfail #incarceration #prison #prisonreform #mentalhealth

RT @ChicoSexProf
I’ve received FOUR emails over the last 24 hours from ill students. 2 who’ve been to the ER & 2 who’ve had positive COVID tests. What the fuck are we doing? I’m so sad for my students who’ve been failed by so many “leaders.” And I’m so glad I’m teaching online. #PublicHealthFail

If there's one piece I would select to go into a time capsule to help future historians understand just what in the hell was going on in the 2020s, it's this.

https://unity-struggle-unity.org/clarion/let-them-eat-plague/

#CovidIsNotOver #PandemicIsNotOver #COVID19 #publichealth #publichealthfail #capitalism #failure