Ed Mays's video: Cuban Trained Doctors Confronting COVID-19

Hear from Cuban trained doctors in the United States how Cuba minimized the spread of COVID-19. Cuba, with a population of over 11.3 million has suffered only 94 deaths from COVID-19 - about 8 per million. The US has a population of 331 million and 178,500 people have died from COVID-19 - 540 per million. Cuban doctors and nurses have been on the frontline against the virus in numerous countries around the world including US citizens trained at ELAM. Since 2000 the Latin American School of Medicine (ELAM) in Havana, Cuba has provided medical training for 29,000 doctors from 104 countries around the world. Many of them were provided full scholarships from the Cuban government including 196 graduates from medically underserved communities in the US. Since 1960 Cuba has sent 500,000 of its own health personnel around the world to provide long term and emergency healthcare in 164 countries – going to places where doctors were either non-existent or in short supply. On August 29th 2005 Hurricane Katrina destroyed New Orleans. Cuba offered to send an emergency medical brigade of 1500 health professionals to the city. The government of George W Bush ignored the offer. The brigade went to the mountains of Pakistan instead in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake. They were named the Henry Reeve Brigade in honor of a young US citizen who fought and died alongside Cubans in their revolutionary struggle for independence from Spain in the 19th century. During the COVID-19 crisis Cuba has sent 38 emergency medical brigades to 31 countries in the Caribbean, Latin America, Africa, the Middle East and even Italy and Andorra in Europe. Cuba is willing to send its own doctors and specialists to the US but again none have been requested. Speakers: Dr. Agyeiwa Weathers graduated this year from ELAM, becoming the first doctor in her family. Dr Emily Brown is a 2017 ELAM graduate. She is currently in her final year of residency at UMass Family Medicine - Fitchburg, where she serves an underserved population as a primary care physician in training. Dr. Abraham Vela is a 2016 ELAM graduate. He is currently in his third year of a family medicine residency in Pomona Valley Hospital in Southern California. Moderators Dr. Melissa Barber and Dr. Samira Addrey discuss ELAM, and how young people from economically deprived neighborhoods and communities of color can apply for a full scholarship from the Cuban government to train there. Dr. Samira Mifatou Addrey graduated summa cum laude from the Latin American School of Medicine, class of 2020. Dr. Melissa Barber is a 2007 ELAM graduate. She is author of the recently published book "Thirty Days of Thanks: A Journey Toward Healing and Deliverance" and is a co-researcher of the COVID-19 Community Pesquisa Project. She has served as the IFCO/ELAM Scholarship Program coordinator for the past 10 years. Recorded 9/8/20 See Also: https://ifconews.org/ *************************** Pirate TV is a 58 minute weekly TV show that provides the book talk and lecture content for Free Speech TV. Pirate TV challenges the Media Blockade, bringing you independent voices, information and programming unavailable on the Corporate Sponsor-Ship. These posts are for YouTube and are usually longer than the broadcast versions. You will notice that I don't monetize my videos. I'm irritated by constant interruptions as I'm sure are you, and I would like to have a say over sponsorship. If you would like to pitch in to support this work, consider a donation: http://www.edmaysproductions.net/piratetvsubdirectories/support.html or PayPal: piratetvseattle@gmail.com