Letter To The Editor: Break-Ins … Hardship Isn’t An Excuse
By MARK PARIS
Santa Fe
It’s disturbing to see local friends and family who are business owners prayed upon during this time of national crisis.
Hardship isn’t an excuse for folks, no matter how disadvantaged by their loss of income, lack of access to quality healthcare, child care, and general welfare, to keep the wolf at bay through theft.
The generosity of those offering award money to help catch those so driven, for whatever reason, gives us pause to ask if we might not do more to help those hardest hit and perhaps desperate with the prospect of the novel coronavirus’ disruptive
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Public Safety Opinion
Debate Flares Over AI To Detect COVID-19 In Lung Scans
Medical staff perform a CT scan of a Covid-19 patient at Red Cross Hospital in Wuhan, China. STR/AFP/Getty Images
HSNW News:
A series of studies, starting as a steady drip and quickening to a deluge, has reported the same core finding amid the global spread of COVID-19: Artificial intelligence could analyze chest images to accurately detect the disease in legions of untested patients.
Casey Ross writes in STAT that the results promised a ready solution to the shortage of diagnostic testing in the U.S. and some other countries and triggered splashy press releases and a cascade of hopeful headlines.
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World Public Safety Healthcare Science
Sculpture Spotted Wearing Virus Protection On Los Pueblos
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Arts Community Public Safety Healthcare
Update: Los Alamos Residents Donate $1,250 To Help Police
Update: Four more community heroes have contacted the Post to contribute, increasing the reward to $1,250.
COMMUNITY News:
A resident of Los Alamos and reader of the Los Alamos Daily Post contacted the Post this morning after reading about the burglary spree overnight Saturday and the destruction criminals inflicted on several local businesses (link).
“I want to help our police catch those responsible,” the resident said. “I will donate $500 on the condition that you allow me to remain anonymous.”
We agreed and spoke with the police to make them aware of this generous offer, which increases
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Community Public Safety Business Police
NMDOH Provides Healthcare Workers Avenues To Comply
NMDOH News:
SANTA FE — The New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) announces instructions for where New Mexico health care providers can go online to comply with two public health orders announced March 25th designed to protect our state supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) during the COVID-19 pandemic:
- Providers reporting how they plan to comply with the ordered three-month delay on all non-essential medical procedures without risk to their patients can now submit their policies via the clinicians section of the NMDOH’s COVID-19 website at https://cv.nmhealth.org/clinicians/
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