Break the Myth on COVID-19 [PART 1] . Queens, New York - Anakbayan Queens NY (ABQNY) urges the community to stay vigilant and calm as the fear of COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) heightens. Break the myth on COVID-19 with up to date information by experts and researchers, facts, and due diligence for our communities. As defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) “the novel coronavirus causes respiratory illness (like the flu) with symptoms such as a cough, fever and in more severe cases, pneumonia. The new coronavirus spreads primarily through contact with an infected person when they cough or sneeze, or through droplets of saliva or discharge from the nose. You can protect yourself by washing your hands frequently and avoiding touching your face.” . 1. On Lack of Supplies - Due to the pandemic of COVID-19 (which “relates to geographic spread and is used to describe a disease that affects a whole country or the entire world”), there has been a gouging of prices on basic health commodities and rampant panic buying that is drying out supplies. The elderly and immunosuppressant are the most vulnerable with the least access to meet their basic needs. . 2. The Exploits of Prison Labor - There is exploitative use of prison labor to make [alternative] hand sanitizer as “Corcraft pays its workers an average of 65 cents per hour and as little as 16 cents per hour.” Workers and other incarcerated people are not being given information about the virus, their bodies and labor being further commodified by the rotten U.S. prison system. . 3. Workers at the Forefront - We see that the workers (such as nurses, doctors, medical providers, MTA subway workers) are being overworked amid the growing tensions and new protocol implementations. We as ABQNY uplift and stand in solidarity with the health workers that continue to aid any and all patients, the restaurants and service workers that continue to give care, and time to our communities, and much more. . #COVID19 #AnakbayanQueens #CommunityCare #QueensNYC #Makibaka #HuwagMatakot https://www.instagram.com/p/B9sJ3MTgMF1/?igshid=1o1eok7msnpcc
