Update: El Paso now hiring morgue attendants for $27.20/hour. But job applicant must be strong enough to lift deceased bodies weighing 100-400 lbs. (45-180 kg). Better than using jail inmates at $2/hour to move #COVID19 deceased. But so sad and surreal. 😓 https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/elpasocounty/jobs/2915239/office-of-medical-examiner-temporary-morgue-attendant
2) This job posting likely in response to the outcry from this video last week of inmates moving the surge of deceased bodies for $2/hr into overflow morgues. Still chilling. They now have 10 mobile refrigerated morgues. https://twitter.com/drericding/status/1327836536424042498
4) I share this above only to vent how frustrated I am at all this. And please wear a damn mask. New CDC study today. https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1329855713271820289
5) Texas had pulled back from containment measures too quickly. Data from Oxford and figures from NYT.
6) Texas wasn’t the worst but clearly it could have done better. But many other places have a crisis that is even worse than Texas. And December will be even further worse sadly— because of 3 week lag of cases-death. https://twitter.com/drericding/status/1329439169031057408
7) Gee, this escalated fast— National Guard now sent in to El Paso to help with morgue body crisis. https://twitter.com/drericding/status/1330184721222004738
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