TB Cover-up in Florida slowly getting more press.

[RagAss]

What happens if you're facing the worst tuberculosis outbreak the CDC has seen in 20 years? If you're Florida Governor Rick Scott, it involved covering up the fact, signing laws shrinking the state's Department of Health, and shutting down the hospital where TB cases had been treated for the past 60 years. "

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2012/07/florida-covered-worst-tuberculosis-outbreak-20-years/54325/

[dipsydoodle]

1. If it bothers you then avoid London

London is “the TB capital of Europe”, The Daily Telegraph has reported. The newspaper says that Britain is now the only nation in Western Europe with rising levels of tuberculosis, with more than 9,000 cases diagnosed annually. In London, where 40% of UK cases are reportedly diagnosed, the number of cases has risen by almost 50% since 1999, up from 2,309 in 1999 to 3,450 in 2009.

The Guardian has also discussed the rising prevalence of the disease, which was detailed in a report on the modern TB situation in London, as well as the UK as a whole. The report’s author, Professor Alimuddin Zumla of University College London, attributes the rise to people living under “Victorian” conditions, with poor housing, inadequate ventilation and overcrowding in certain deprived areas of London.

Professor Zumla has also observed that the increase in TB cases has been predominantly among people born outside the UK, but who appear to have been infected here, rather than in their country of origin. He has called for the implementation of a London-wide strategy to help control the disease.

http://www.hawick-news.co.uk/news/health/behind-the-headlines/tb-rises-in-uk-and-london-1-425329

[Tigress DEM]

4. KICK and rec - THIS make me ANGRY beyond words.

BAD Governor!!! BAD Govenor!!


Dumb Ass Governor




Tig

[Zalatix]

2. Republicans will say "well, only the poor welfare moms died".

Even if that isn't true, that's what they will say.

This will get swept right under the rug where it came from.

History, please prove me dead fucking wrong. Make me eat those words.

[Tigress DEM]

3. Guv Scott needs to be prosecuted for criminal negligance of his duty to protect his constitutents.

He did the OPPOSITE of his DUTY to protect his constitutents from harm.

He's guilty of Criminal Negligence and failing to cooperate, in fact dismantling the protections for vunerable adults in the presence of a clear life threatening event.

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The CDC issued a warning that tuberculosis was linked to 13 deaths, and 99 illnesses in the state and over 3,000 exposed in homeless shelters in the Jacksonville metropolitan area.


ANY DU Lawyers have a better grasp on this than I do? It is common sense, but what in the Governor's oath or his proscribed duties has he technically violated?



http://myfloridalegal.com/contact.nsf/contact?Open&Section=Attorney_General

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Statutes > Florida > TITLE IV > Chapter 14 GOVERNOR > 14.01 Governor; residence; office; authority to protect life, liberty, and property.
The Governor may employ as many persons as he or she, in his or her discretion, may deem necessary to procure and secure protection to life, liberty, and property of the inhabitants of the state

Statutes > Florida > TITLE XXX > Chapter 415 ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES > 415.106 Cooperation by the department and criminal justice and other agencies.

Statutes > Florida > TITLE XXX > Chapter 415 ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES > 415.104 Protective investigations of cases of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of vulnerable adults; transmittal of records to state attorney.

[RagAss]

6. He'll just wipe his butt with the statutes....

Florida is now a dictatorship. The rest of America is about to see that those of us who have been screaming that we have a fascist regime down here in Florida were not crazy after all !!

That is if the MSM coorporate scum decides to report this story.

[RagAss]

5. Salon is now running story...

http://www.salon.com/2012/07/09/rick_scotts_tb_scandal/

[RockaFowler]

7. The Palm Beach Post did a story, too

This man sickens me to no end. And he closed the only TB hospital right here in Palm Beach County. He's a psychopath - like most Repukes I see now! This is the "Let them eat cake" for our times. "Just Let them die"

[redqueen]

8. K&R... Idiocracy in action

Idiots have elected idiots, and now we all get to pay the price.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/07/08/florida-accused-of-concealing-worst-tuberculosis-outbreak-in-20-years/