WISCONSIN, Columbus - Got Milk?
Sassy Cow Creamery: Wisconsin business provides free milk using a ‘kindness cooler’
Sassy Cow Creamery, owned by brothers James and Robert Baerwolf, in Columbus, Wisconsin is keeping a refrigerator outside of their store fully stocked with milk and other dairy products.
The refrigerator, called the “Kindness Cooler,” is available to anyone in need of milk and will be fully stocked until the end of the pandemic....Demand has been high, with the creamery giving away more than 400 gallons of milk a day.”
SOUTH AMERICA
COVID-19 in Latin America
Several problems undermine the preparedness of countries in Latin America to face the spread of COVID-19. Talha Burki reports.
“Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has arrived late in South America. On February 25, 2020, Brazil was the first nation in the region to report the disease. Within weeks, countries across the continent had closed their borders and enforced lockdowns. As of April 14, Latin America has registered more than 65,000 cases of COVID-19. Ecuador, in particular, has been badly affected, with reports of corpses left abandoned on the streets. Pandemic preparedness varies across the region and several countries are particularly vulnerable to a destructive outbreak. For example, Guatemala and Haiti have little more than 100 ventilators between them. Mexico has high rates of hypertension, obesity, and diabetes, all of which are risk factors for severe disease after infection with the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)…
…”Experts are more optimistic about Cuba. “Cuba is one of the best prepared locations anywhere in the world to deal with an outbreak”, said Wenham. “They have a very strong, integrated healthcare system which can respond the moment an infectious disease is detected.” The contrast with Venezuela is stark. “The situation in Venezuela is critical; when coronavirus hits, it is going to be impossible to contain”, said Tamara Taraciuk Broner, Human Rights Watch, Buenos Aires, Argentina. “Even in hospitals, there are not the facilities for hand-washing with soap.
“...In addition to these problems, Latin America has some of the most overcrowded prisons in the world. Thousands of prisoners have yet to face trial. Brazil alone has incarcerated 773,000 people, one-third of whom are in a pretrial detention. Rates of tuberculosis among prisoners in the country are 35 times higher than in the general population. Haiti’s detention facilities have an occupancy rate of 450%. Countries such as Argentina, Brazil, and Chile are taking steps to reduce their prison populations in light of the pending epidemic. Nonetheless, the prospects for South America’s prisoners are bleak.
The coming weeks will show if Latin America can cope with the increase in cases of COVID-19, but it is expected that the death toll will be high.”
Apr 17
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(20)30303-0/fulltext
65k cases and that’s not even a running start yet