[Xmca-l] Re: Heartening news in Kerala

[Annalie Pistorius]

Yes, it shows the strength of a community-based approach that is a hands-on 
everyone learns everything approach practical critical method. Yeah to 
Shailaja’s plan to upscale teacher training to health care of patients.

Annalie



From: xmca-l-bounces@mailman.ucsd.edu <xmca-l-bounces@mailman.ucsd.edu> On 
Behalf Of HENRY SHONERD
Sent: Friday, 15 May 2020 1:02 AM
To: eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity <xmca-l@mailman.ucsd.edu>
Subject: [Xmca-l] Re: Heartening news in Kerala



Wonderful article, Annalisa!

Definitely welcome good news about good leadership inthe face of COVID-19: 
K.K. Shailaja, health minister of the state of Kerala in India. A woman and 
a member of the Communist Party there. Already a celebrity because of the 
way she handled an even deadlier virus in 2018. From the article in the 
Guardian, “In a way she had been preparing for a similar outbreak all her 
life.” From what we have been reading for years from epidemiologists, 
COVID-19 is a dress rehearsal for even deadlier viruses. Kerala has the 
highest literacy rate, the highest life expectancy and the lowest infant 
mortality in India. Meanwhile, the Trump team is sending out surveys that 
allow people to get high scores on their hatred of socialism. Tooting my New 
Mexico horn, we have a woman governor that has shown great leadership in 
maintaining social distancing. However, our literacy is among the lowest in 
the country and push back from deniers and conspiracy theorists has been 
ugly. Infection rates have been disproportionately high among Native 
Americans, particularly Navajos and some Pueblos, though death rates of 
those infected are highest among whites.

Henry







On May 14, 2020, at 3:26 PM, Annalisa Aguilar <annalisa@unm.edu 
<mailto:annalisa@unm.edu> > wrote:



Hello fellow XMCArs,



I thought this might be some good news, given all the bad news:

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/14/the-coronavirus-slayer-how-keralas-rock-star-health-minister-helped-save-it-from-covid-19__;!!Mih3wA!Uw8jHaV45SSbbGW76WA-4EKsPAy1AEz9V2-RFmqea7I9kxpxeP8SxgqzsvdwO7vtVkRKZg$  
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/14/the-coronavirus-slayer-how-keralas-rock-star-health-minister-helped-save-it-from-covid-19__;!!Mih3wA!RAnIW6xakWlcpoAdSD60QoISzUuvaSLK2gt0Bz_1yF6CoLAllQJIymq_dnTmbsimDRDT9Q$>



Cheers,



Annalisa



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