it's number one news station this is
expected to be the worst week forgets of
the US since the pandemic began nurses
at a Detroit Hospital say they need more
help to treat Cova 19 patients Detroit
Michigan the city's synonymous with
speed the birthplace of the motor
industry today not a single car or
person in sight as Coe bid 19
intensifies its grip Motor City has the
third highest number of infections in
the u.s. and is still weeks away from
its peak we are nowhere near the end of
Colvin 19 in the state of Michigan we
know that we are in for a tough three
four five six weeks here in front of us
there are now more than 17,000 cases in
Michigan and by far the hardest hit
cities Detroit accounting for nearly
half of the state's more than 700 deaths
among them members of Biba Adams his
family on March the 26th she rushed her
mom into hospital with breathing
difficulties hours later her grandmother
too and on the same day her aunt who
contracted Co bid 19 but was at home
died being such a close-knit family this
to happen sir you know there's three of
the matriarchal members of my family has
there just that I'm saying is so
shocking that I really can't write
deeply grieve like so many others Bibi
isn't allowed to visit her loved ones in
hospital but has been calling morning
and night for updates and and how are
they passed away yesterday my mom's
doing pretty okay she's still on the
ventilator it's she's been pretty much
the same for about three days and for
them that's a good sign Phoebus says
she's angry that weeks were wasted when
families like hers should have been
isolating but president Trump downplayed
the crisis absolutely I'm very angry
built there as president and this
administration is directly was possible
for my family
so so so far you know 10,000 people in
America and then there's this grim
reality emerging that african-americans
have been hit hardest by the virus
despite accounting for 14% of Michigan's
population they represent 41% of its
covert victims and in Detroit with a
majority black population more than a
third of them poor it's even more stark
african-americans are less likely to be
in positions where they could work from
home unfortunately anything in this
country is going to disproportionately
affect the low income and unfortunately
the low income urban centers happens to
be populated by black and brown people
to cope with the expected peak they're
converting this Convention Center into a
makeshift hospital and here just as
everywhere it's the medics on the front
line bearing the brunt our nurses are
dropping like flies right I have so many
friends who are positive unfortunately
and it's very very scary
Kaneesha back I was a nurse at one of
Detroit's biggest hospitals but was
fired after she expressed worries about
treating Kovac patients when they gone
and posted pictures of herself in
protective gear on social media
I had non-covalent OB patients so I felt
that I was at risk all you know myself
but also at risk going into a non kovin
patient's room and exposing them
possibly to the virus the hospital Sinai
grace said it didn't comment on
personnel but added that the
ever-increasing number of patients was
putting a strain on its resources and
staff it feels unnatural
to not be in motion for the city built
on four wheels to stand still for now as
this public service ad says the city
built on four wheels is standing still
so take this isolation as a sign of our
togetherness bracing itself for the
worst to come
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