1. Female Inmates at Coleman Infected with Legionnaires'
Women in Coleman are suffering from poor conditions in their prison. The prison is infested with mold and the complaints of the women are overlooked so they do not receive the attention needed. Multiple women have gotten Legionnaires, which is a disease similar to the flu and pneumonia and are in the hospital.
The complaints of the women are overlooked and they are forced to come in contact with hazardous conditions that put their health at risk.
The women have the issue of dangerous living conditions. Additionally, doctors and hospital staff are tasked with tending to the outbreak. Someone needs to cover the hospital bill, yet it would have been a better investment to use the money to prevent the issue through improving the living conditions. The government is tasked with fixing the issue.
2. Florida Woman Claims Daycare Staff Wrote on her Son's Tummy to Remind Her to Bring Diapers
A woman finds her 18-month-old son's teacher wrote a note on his stomach to remind his mother to bring diapers. His mother had not been reading the reports she is given so she did not notice the message of the depleting supply of diapers for her son. The teacher who left the note was fired because of it. The woman tried to find a different place to put her child, but there are no other daycares which will take children that young nearby.
The problem is parents not receiving notifications of what they should pack for their children. Additionally, leaving notes on children's torsos is not an effective way to communicate, especially with the difficult ink on this particular child's stomach. Also, there is a lack of daycare for children in that area.
Parents suffer from the problem of a lack of places which will accept their children who are too young. Teachers suffer as their integrity is questioned since their coworker wrote on a child's stomach. The daycare suffers as their name is looked down upon for their mistakes. Children have the issue because their parents are stressed out trying to read what is actually important in the report and have ink on their stomachs. The mother suffers because what she didn't intend to be a big deal on the news makes her look like she made a big deal out of it for attention so her reputation is damaged.
3. Ocala Police Release More Details About Fatal Shooting On Saturday
https://www.ocala.com/news/20200107/ocala-police-release-more-details-about-fatal-shooting-on-saturday
Police release more information on the shooting which injured three people and killed one person. There was also a vehicle nearby that caught on fire at the same time. The events are being investigated to see if they are related.
There are shootings in Ocala. People are getting injured and are dying from shootings.
The people being shot have problems because of the pain, risk of infections, and the decline of physical ability are all things gunshots often cause. Additionally, the reputation of Ocala is damaged as it is seen to be a place where there are high risks of being shot, causing it to be an undesirable place to visit and live in.
4. Man Killed In Deputy-Involved Shooting in The Villages
https://www.ocala.com/news/20200115/man-killed-in-deputy-involved-shooting-in-villages
At 10:30pm, officers were gassing up their cars when a man came running at them with a knife. They shot him and administered first aid on him until the ambulance arrived. He was pronounced dead at the hospital.
https://www.ocala.com/news/20200107/ocala-police-release-more-details-about-fatal-shooting-on-saturday
Police release more information on the shooting which injured three people and killed one person. There was also a vehicle nearby that caught on fire at the same time. The events are being investigated to see if they are related.
There are shootings in Ocala. People are getting injured and are dying from shootings.
The people being shot have problems because of the pain, risk of infections, and the decline of physical ability are all things gunshots often cause. Additionally, the reputation of Ocala is damaged as it is seen to be a place where there are high risks of being shot, causing it to be an undesirable place to visit and live in.
4. Man Killed In Deputy-Involved Shooting in The Villages
https://www.ocala.com/news/20200115/man-killed-in-deputy-involved-shooting-in-villages
At 10:30pm, officers were gassing up their cars when a man came running at them with a knife. They shot him and administered first aid on him until the ambulance arrived. He was pronounced dead at the hospital.
A man ran at policemen with a knife. The man wanted to cause harm to policemen and thought he was capable of doing so...with a knife? Also, the policemen shot him. He died.
Policemen have the problem of being targeted by violent acts. Policemen are scared for their lives and must make quick decisions.
Policemen have the problem of being targeted by violent acts. Policemen are scared for their lives and must make quick decisions.
5. While I don't consider this an opportunity, it is a problem which deserves more attention than it receives:
More and More Americans Are Dying By Suicide. What Are We Missing?
America's suicide rate has consistently increased over time. The amount of money invested in researching cancers and diseases is disproportional to the amount of money invested in research on suicide prevention. Some people attribute the suicide rate to be caused by the lack of money going to preventing it, some people believe discrimination to be the cause, some people believe economic conditions are to blame.
The article brings up the problem of Suicide Prevention not having the money to expand efforts to decrease the number of people lost. Another problem brought up is discrimination against people, whether it be based on race, sexuality, and/or gender.
The families of people lost to suicide suffer emotional damage and the financial struggle of an unexpected funeral. Communities who lost someone struggle to cope with someone leaving in an abrupt way.
All of your articles are really interesting and touch different topics and problems. The one that I found the more interesting is the one about suicides because I feel that it is for sure a topic that is never on the top news and nobody talks about. It is a real issue in most advanced countries, and the United States being one of them is not missing in the problem. I believe that more measures and more successful procedures should be put in place by governments and different agencies to try and tackle the problem.
ReplyDeleteI found the articles you chose interesting, they highlight problems some people face that others would easily overlook. I found the article on the shootings in Ocala particularly interesting because its not the first time I've heard about it. There have been a large number of shootings the past couple years, all in the same area.
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