Navajo Nation Suffers Third-Highest COVID-19 Infection Rate in U.S. with Limited Healthcare & Water

[@Hey_its_Koda]

Thank you to the many doctors and nurses who travel to the remote clinics and small hospitals on the Navajo nation. These drives are super long like 3 to 4 hours. Doctor Sriram is correct. Many would have to be flown to Flagstaff. Phoenix. Albuquerque.

[@benniecrawford6876]

They are a big blessing.

[@LeonVEKH]

It is so sad that the US would abandon the Native Nations of Tribes in this time, but I am not surprised. 173 years ago the Choctaw donated $170 of their own to the aid of Irish people during the Great Hunger in 1847. This was a short time after the Trail of Tears, where thousands from various tribes died on the way to their 'new home' and even after this and still suffering the effects of this years to come, they still found it in their hearts and showed the Irish people kinship and a common bond and gave what little they did to the Irish suffering from famine and starvation. Instead of their own needs they decided to look outward out of sympathy and empathy and out of an incredible understanding of experiences. There is currently a Go-Fund me campaign going on to fund and get much needed medicine, food, water, portable power supplies to the Choctaw and Hopi peoples. Currently, it has raised $2.4 million out of $3 million and thousands of the donations have come from Ireland, a lot of the comments state the reasoning behind their donation is due to the Navajo, amongst others, were there for the Irish in dire need and this is a way of saying thankyou all those years ago. Quite touching when I heard about it.

[@kaylaasato8191]

Do you have a link to the go fund me campaign? I’d love to share it as much as possible

[@matthewowen4219]

did we forget the navajo code talkers in ww2 we owe these people for many many reasons

[@benniecrawford6876]

So sad for the suffering of the Navajo and all Indigenous people who are infected with the virus plus the injustice Indigenous people live with everyday. Sending prayers and blessings to all.

[@1wer819]

Please cover more of this horrible inequities! Time for big change!

[@sharonmedeiros9819]

This is so shameful for this government, and every one of these people's lives are precious. I didn't think I could possibly be more disgusted with our political system, but it's just increased even more! I pray for justice and change! How do these people remain so calm? It's infuriating!

[@tonyfrancisco6991]

Sharon DeMedeiros we know something you all don’t. Prophecy is happening. Corporatists will not win this time.

[@100krypton]

It is extremely depressing to see that the health situation is underfunded in the Navajo nation. .Furthermore the lack of fresh water supply is another testamonial to the fact that the US must adopt a universal standard of infrastructure and a health system that provides healhcare for all Americans. Covid 19 hopefully will catalyze change, particularly for the native American people who symbolize the great heritage and history of America. This is shocking given that the USA claims to be the richest country in the world.

[@pacerodi]

Somewhat, the same thing in Palestine.

[@nanosecondtomidnight7774]

No one in the zionist state of the USA gives a damn about what is happening to the Palestinians.

[@zedwolf1589]

@@nanosecondtomidnight7774 And they don't give a damn about Indians either, the Rez's are just as bad as 3rd world countries.

[@benniecrawford6876]

Pacero yes as Indigenous people here they live as displaced people in their own land.

[@benniecrawford6876]

Nanosecondto Midnight actually your wrong many of us here feel you have been treated unjustly, particularly Indigenous people who know how it feels to have your land invaded.

[@benniecrawford6876]

Zed Wolf A’ho we are a displaced people in our own land.

[@thesincitymama]

This story made me cry my eyes out... it's shamefully disgusting that after hundreds of years, the American government has still never repented for the genocide of the native people on this continent... to the point where now, the chronic abuse and neglect of these oppressed people has made them especially vulnerable to the current pandemic. It's not even neglect anymore because it's willful disregard and failure to provide the bare minimum of social infrastructure, like running water. It's despicable

[@melissal4363]

Heartbreaking. Like an opportunity to make it worse for the natives has never been passed up. Shameful.

[@nicolew5213]

So sad. I'm from AZ and I'm not surprised how the Navajo nation is oppressed. I left 20 yrs ago, can't stomach the racism!

[@voicefrompeople155]

HUMAN RIGHT! Everyone have the right to live! We have millions, millions dollars for defends budget, no money for our health. What a sham!

[@toyotaprius79]

I thought there was going to be a mention of the sudden donations to the Navajo nation from Ireland as solidarity and blood memeory for the Choctaw's donation of $170 as relief to Ireland during the 1845-1852 Irish Famine, all despite the fact this was ten years after 60,000 Choctaw people being injustly removed from their home in the Trial of Tears.

[@andresrtorres6895]

Thank you ,Doctors and your teams. Navajos were excluded when water rights were allocated. And the injustice has not been remedied.

[@ohms497]

Land of the wind talkers. This is terrible and doesn't make sense.

[@tonyfrancisco6991]

van a dulles genocide continues, 21st Century-style.

[@thrdudeman420]

van a dulles “wind Talking” was used to destroy the native languages and their culture.. Claiming they couldn’t speak their own languages legally because our Government was still using them to hide secrets n encoding.. 1978 was the first year they could even try n speak native languages Legally after 4 plus decades of suppression.... Sure they are American heroes but in reality they were being used and it killed their many cultural stories and even recordings are not too available and over 2/3rds of the languages are gone for ever and a small portion has been and is being taught now...

[@ty-ty6442]

@@tonyfrancisco6991 if it weren't for the "wind talking" you wouldn't be here. And our Navajo language still goes strong. Here in NM and AZ are keeping it going.

[@bradmiech5743]

American Native Indians near 2% of our population, all other nationalities are the same or slightly higher. What percentage are the German nationality? Over 15%. African Americans little over 12%. Democracy Now, God bless the journalist. God bless Amy Goodman.

[@tellthenews897]

Navajo Nation maybe an Indian Reservation, but it is America. There is no reason that only 40% of the people have running water. They need help and they need it now.

[@wolfgangk2824]

This channel makes me cry.

[@jjkk8974]

Do you mean you don't like this channel, making you feel to cry, or you are sorry that there is so much injustice n selfishness in the world? At any rate, not knowing, or ignorance don't help anyone...we better be mindful n helpful doing anything we Can...even by thinking, talking, doing pure ( changing our vibration n radiation into the universe ). Peace

[@wolfgangk2824]

@@jjkk8974 I drove through this indian reservation. It is horrible enough without the virus. All the good land in the US was stolen from them. All they can do now is buy liquor and get drunk. There is so much sadness and injustice in this world. And for every report this channel brings there are a thousand unknown others.

[@kingofthecatnap5422]

Thanks, DN!

[@jingqi9106]

It makes sense that poor areas would feel any virus worse because these depressed areas reflect the emotional reality of these people - depressed. Science has proven that when people live in higher emotions such as gratitude, appreciation, care, compassion, and love, their immune response is fully engaged and immunoglobulins are released which are more effective than any flu shot. When people are depressed, sad, angry, and fearful then the immune response is dialed down. THAT is when people look to something outside of them, some exogenous substance to help. How do you feel when you watch the news, for example?

[@marienadinepierre4138]

Jah and Jahnes love. Thanks a lot for doing this segment on the Navaho Nation and Covid19!!! So wish that it was longer because we needed to address the fact that the Indigenous people in the Caribbean were wiped out by European violence and disease! Juan Gonzalez coukfa

[@randyscott3386]

Time to take a closer look at that treaty .

[@vc50er]

Whoa! Do not use Respirators. Stick to Oxygen.

[@erinlevere6881]

This should not be happening to native people

[@Nudnik1]

So sad.. help them..

[@susangunn3581]

What both parties have done to the Indigenous People's of this country is obscene! They live at a poverty level that is below the national average. All lives matter!

[@thrdudeman420]

Dine not Navajo... Navajo is a Hopi word meaning those who hit us over the head.... Here is a quote from a friend living on the Rez... “On the 7th of March a revival took place east of Kayenta. Ppl came to that an got exposed by a pastor. Took of like wild fire. Sad to see. It didn’t sit with me well as soon as I heard back on November. I told my girls didn’t quite believe me but went with what I told them so we’re ok now. We’re all mostly staying home.”

[@jjkk8974]

Thank you for your informative humanitarian reliable reporting. My question: What about the Hopi nation surrounded by Navajos? Is any organisation helping them? Hopis being the Peace ppl, are often left out, unfortunately they have been fewer n fewer ppl!! Who cares about them? Lots of love,

[@lowhydrogen7018a1]

Amy and Juan should open an abortion clinic

[@Lavonne1]

She has those jeff Bezos eyes

[@diannaskare7829]

CREATOR BLESS ALL STAY SAFE AND HEALTHY> BERNIE SANDERS 2020

[@danigurl7458]

The problem is the lack of leadership and mismanagement of money. They should cover how the Navajo tribal leaders pocket money for themselves. All the money they got from settlements should've gone to the people who needed running water or electricity. Be honest!

[@Xterminate13]

Navajo got the largest casino on Earth right? Them damn tourist's be spreading their diseases again hahaha

[@benniecrawford6876]

Xterminate13 you have an empty spirt.

[@jackkoffin1]

The largest casino is owned by the Chickasaw tribe in Oklahoma.

[@smithcalvin]

Yet people who leave the reservations are doing fine. Never depend on a government to take care of you. Cuba is a fine example.

[@chocomalk]

Outside of the obvious info about social distancing etc, how does healthcare stop the spread of infection?

[@impresauro3210]

having enough personal protective equipment for healthcare personnel is a starter, in an "ideal" world you'd freely distribute those to civilians as well. I mean, if there was a risk of gas attack you'd have the federal gov give gas-masks for people to protect themselves, perhaps... But I'm not sure anymore, maybe they'd tell you to sniff disinfectant instead

[@chocomalk]

@@impresauro3210 The protections are extremely basic and amount to cleanliness and social distancing. You might recall other institutions having a lack of supplies as well. Hospitals are the main place where they need masks and gloves because of population density. If this discussion was about respirators you would have a point but that has nothing to do with spread.

[@yoshimansxl]

@@chocomalk Negative pressure rooms to keep the virus in. But a lot of different institutions play a role in getting an epidemic under control. Firstly there are preventative measures such as social distancing and even lock-downs. These help slowing down movement. Then there is the healthcare sector, you need to make sure that people can be tested and treated. This also helps combating the spread in the sense that you isolate sick people out of the population. In addition you want people to get tested and get treatment in the first place so it should be cheap. But some people do not need hospital care, you still need to quarantine those. This is where things such as paid sick leave and social services come in. You do not want sick people to go to work and infect others. So you make sure they have no reason to leave their homes. You also need to trace asymptomatic people. Mass testing in general is good.

[@chocomalk]

@@adrianaalcocer5656 People need to look up what a reservation actually is and where they are located because they are technically not part of the USA and are self governing thus the water supply problem is and has been internal for some years now.

[@kingofthecatnap5422]

@@chocomalk They have had a lot of corrupt leaders who have squandered and embezzled funding.

[@steady3459]

He will be passing immunity for him self next!

[@picturefish40]

Tuff fast horse don't fucking die. godammit. we smoke weed, did cocaine, and stole 4 cars. Tuff Fasthorse we are thinking about you. I have 15 horse for an Indian woman. Tuff fasthorse

[@petersmithyy4556]

No I won't stay home! Fuck that!

[@MultiMolly21]

Given the size of the gene pool after invaders reduced their populations, (I won't mention any names!) don't these reservations run the risk of inbreeding and its attendant health problems ?