BREAKING NEWS | Deadly Earthquake in Haiti Affects Our Brothers

[Tbs77]

On Saturday, August 14, 2021, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck southwestern Haiti. Unfortunately, three of Jehovah’s Witnesses are confirmed to have died in the disaster. Another 21 were injured, 3 of whom are in the hospital. Their injuries are not life-threatening. We will continue to pray for our brothers to be ‘supplied with endurance and comfort’ during this difficult time.—Romans 15:5.

https://www.jw.org/en/news/jw/

[Dages]

The news is in our app too.

It's sad. It was expected... 

[Tbs77]

The news is in our app too.
It's sad. It was expected... 

Nervous/concerned numbers of killed and injured will increase

Prayers

[daydream]

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-08-earthquake-haiti-trigger-covid-spike.html

AUGUST 18, 2021

Earthquake that rocked Haiti could trigger COVID-19 spike as assistance rushes in

 

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Haiti, already reeling from a recent 7.2-magnitude earthquake and lashing rains from Tropical Storm Grace, could face another deadly disaster in the coming months due to the population's low COVID-19 vaccination rate. The country has grappled with ongoing structural and political instability, including the July 7 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse. "

 

Fewer than 1% of Haiti's 11 million residents have been vaccinated against COVID-19. That means the vast majority of the population remains at high risk of transmission. The lack of vaccinations and personal protection equipment in Haiti, as well as the likelihood that large numbers of people will be closely interacting as they seek food and shelter in the coming months, could trigger any number of super-spreader events, says Brook K. Baker, a law professor at Northeastern

 

"Another complication is the ability to deliver the kind of intensive care that's needed to treat severe COVID-19. The hospitals and oxygen supplies are already problematic, but if the electrical system has been impacted and the transportation system has been impacted, those are all issues that are going to make treatment more difficult,"

 

What a tragedy!. Praying for the brothers and sisters in Haiti and asking for Jehovah to keep them from harm's way.

[Lee49]

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-58284713

 

It's a real mess over there, maybe having to deal with the spread of cholera, no homes, people sleeping in the streets, gangs .....

 

The poorest country in the Americas is in urgent need of medical, food and sanitation assistance, experts say.

Rescue crews are still digging through rubble in a search for survivors, as the stench of death fills the air.

"We are preparing for a public health disaster," says Nadesha Mijoba of the Haitian Health Foundation.

Despite rainy conditions, many people have been sleeping outside due to fears that aftershocks could cause more buildings to collapse.

Around 53,000 homes were completely destroyed in the quake, with about 77,000 more damaged.

 

Doctors are struggling to treat the more than 12,200 people who have been injured. Hundreds are still missing, and presumed trapped under the rubble.

 

Rescue workers had had to contend with armed gangs who attacked aid convoys.

[shali]

It's absolutely disgusting that the gangs over there have made matters worse than they already are by highjacking trucks with donated materials for relief.  That is something unique to the human race, always someone to look upon someone else's suffering as an opportunity to further their own agenda and not feel the least bit bad about it.  No compassion, no empathy. 

[jwhess]

46 minutes ago, shali said:

It's absolutely disgusting that the gangs over there have made matters worse than they already are by highjacking trucks with donated materials for relief.  That is something unique to the human race, always someone to look upon someone else's suffering as an opportunity to further their own agenda and not feel the least bit bad about it.  No compassion, no empathy. 

I see 2 timothy 3:3 in action. "... having no natural affection... without self-control, fierce, without love of goodness"

[bagwell1987]

6 hours ago, jwhess said:

I see 2 timothy 3:3 in action. "... having no natural affection... without self-control, fierce, without love of goodness"

I see this a lot, LOT more nowadays. Self Control has left the building so to speak.

Edited August 24, 2021 by bagwell1987