Some of the worst effects of catastrophes like the major hurricanes inflicting our country in recent years are man-made. The failure to deliver needed care to victims of these disasters is a policy of bad faith. It is a fact, for example, that as the New England Journal of Medicine has reported:
Health care disruption is now a growing contributor to both morbidity and mortality in natural disasters. In the United States, this phenomenon has been observed in the aftermaths of Hurricane Katrina, Superstorm Sandy, and more recently Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, in which nursing home residents and those dependent on life-sustaining equipment were disproportionately affected.[1]
[1] Nishant Kishore and 15 other authors (et al.), "Special Article / Mortality in Puerto Rico After Hurricane Maria" text on unnumbered pages between endnotes 37 and 40 (New England Journal of Medicine May 29, 2018), online at https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsa1803972 (last accessed on Friday, July 13, 2018).
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