Beth Wilson, Olalla
Kitsap Sun September 4, 2020
Congress has adjourned without taking the step needed to help the people of the U.S. and the world handle the Covid-19 pandemic. This is unconscionable!
Worldwide people are at risk of health disasters due to the impacts of the Corona Virus. Millions of HIV/AIDs survivors and TB patients cannot get the medicines that keep them alive due to breakdowns in the production and distribution of those medicines. TB is not being diagnosed because the diagnostic equipment has been repurposed for Covid testing. Malaria bed nets cannot be distributed now because of the disruptions of Covid.
Millions of children are not receiving the vaccines they need to survive childhood.
Children are not in school, distant or not. Hunger and malnutrition will likely double over 2020 and 2021. Children will suffer malnutrition and wasting that will impact them their entire lives.
The U.S. should provide $20 billion to address the global impact of Covid-19. That’s a mere one tenth of one percent of the compromise $2 trillion dollars that the Democrats put on the table over a month ago. Surely our nation can spare one tenth of one percent for the rest of the world, especially the children.
Come back to work, Congress! Do your job! Help the American people and our economy survive the pandemic. And make sure that globally, children and populations have what they need to simply survive.
I urge everyone to let their Members of Congress know how important a comprehensive Covid Emergency bill is – for everyone! Beth Wilson, Olalla