Segun Trump, Maria en Puerto Rico no fue una "catastrofe real como Katrina":
'Speaking at a meeting of government officials in San Juan, Trump praised the federal government’s response in Puerto Rico by comparing the number of deaths in those two tragedies.
“If you looked — every death is a horror, but if you look at a real catastrophe like Katrina, and you look at the tremendous hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of people that died, and you look at what happened here with really a storm that was just totally overbearing, nobody has seen anything like this,” Trump said. “What is your death count as of this morning, 17?”'
Pero hoy se sabe que el numero real de Puertorriqueños fallecidos es mucho mas alto del que primeramente se reporto.
El numero oficial de muertes es 64. Pero segun un analisis del NYTimes, el numero real de muertes puede alcanzar 1,052. Por ejemplo, hubo una alza significativa en muertes en septiembre a causa de sepsis (sepsis es una complicacion de infeccion severa que puede ser ligada a cuidado medico retrasado o a las malas condiciones de vivienda):
"Puerto Rico Orders Review and Recount of Hurricane Deaths"
Segun reportes de NYMagazine, la catastrofe en Puerto Rico causada por la mala respuesta de la administracion Trump amenaza con eclipsar incluso a Katrina. En diciembre 29 se va a cumplir 100 dias desde que la tormenta devasto a Puerto Rico. Y por lo menos la mitad de la poblacion aun no tiene electricidad. El daño mas agudo de la perdida de luz extendida esta afectando principalmente a los hospitales.
Ademas, de acuerdo al articulo, la falta de electricidad crea problemas en la sociedad: como mas estres, mas enfermedad, mas accidentes:
"The hurricane in Puerto Rico has become a man-made disaster, with a death toll threatening to eclipse Katrina’s."
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/12/hurricane-maria-man-made-disaster.html
"December 29 will mark 100 days since the storm ravaged the island, and it appears that at least half of Puerto Rico’s population is still without electricity. The damage caused by the extended electrical outage is most acute in the island’s hospitals. A study of power outages in Ghana over a five-year period found a 43 percent increase in patient mortality on those days that a health-care facility loses power for more than two hours. But the absence of electricity leads to problems all across society — more stress, more disease, more accidents. In developing countries, electricity consumption correlates with lower infant mortality, higher life expectancy, and higher economic output. In August 2003, just one day without electricity in New York City caused a daylong 28 percent increase in overall mortality."
Fuertemente ligado a la falta de luz, es la falta de agua. Segun este articulo del Washington Post: las frequentes fallas de los generadores de las plantas de tratamiento y las bombas de agua resultan en constantes cortes al agua. A consecuencia, ya hay reportes de enfermedades bacteriales transmitidas por el agua en Puerto Rico como leptospirosis. Si estas enfermedades son causadas por las aguas de la inundacion, exposicion de las aguas potables u otras fuentes, de cualquier manera son una causa grave de preocupacion:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/fema-says-most-of-puerto-rico-has-potable-water-that-cant-be-true/2017/12/21/cf8d8ce0-e511-11e7-a65d-1ac0fd7f097e_story.html
"According to the government of Puerto Rico, 34 percent of the territory, more than 1 million people, remains without power. Power and water are intimately connected: Water treatment plants are hooked to the electricity grid and rely on consistent energy. When treatment plants and pumping stations are propped up with generators, power can — and does — fail, resulting in frequent water shutoffs, as the island’s water authority indicates. Local officials in Puerto Rico say their water service typically goes in and out.
There are numerous accounts of waterborne disease and bacterial illness in Puerto Rico. Leptospirosis, an often deadly bacterial disease, has seen a significant uptick in cases. Whether these illnesses are caused by floodwaters, drinking water or other sources of water exposure, they are a cause for serious concern."
Es obvio que despues de observar la mala respuesta de la administracion de Trump hacia Puerto Rico, cuestionemos los esfuerzos de su gobierno para estabilisar la isla. Me pregunto: que pasaria si la mitad de Texas todavia estuviera sin luz? Como reaccionaria el senado y la casa de representativos en el Congreso norte-Americano? Los Puertorriqueños al ser ciudadanos NorteAmericanos merecen el mismo trato que cualquier otro estado o territorio de los Estados Unidos.
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