Jun 25
Manitoba First Nations declare swine flu state of emergency
Grand Chief Ron Evans said Wednesday the H1N1 influenza virus, also known as swine flu, is spreading rapidly through native communities. With supplies taking nearly a month to be delivered, Evans said First Nations people are at too much risk — especially when just getting hand sanitizer is a political and bureaucratic nightmare.
via cbc.ca
this is precisely what I mean: if you leave any part of your population impoverished, no matter what their colour, no matter what their affiliation or their suitability for the assistance, no matter how remote and invisible you keep them, if you keep anyone in a vulnerable state, you are hanging a big biological sign on your back that tells the other microbiology, "BITE ME".
And it will.
