Five on Friday: After the Camp Fire

Fri, 11/08/2019 | by Claire Hutkins Seda

A photo of the sign for Paradise, California

Today is the one-year anniversary of the devastating Camp Fire. Many former residents of the mountain communities near Paradise, California are still displaced and trying to figure out next steps — you can read about them in “The Camp Fire’s Forgotten Communities,” shared by Jess this week. Claire found new research, also from local university California State University, Chico, that mapped out the Camp Fire displacement, showing thousands of people moving from the affected region to new towns all over the country. Meanwhile, a few hundred miles southwest of Paradise, the Kincade Fire is finally 100% contained. Our hearts go out to those newly displaced by California fires, as well as to those still recovering from past fires. MCN is dedicated to serving the needs of clinicians, including those who serve patients in the midst of disasters like the California fires. Watch MCN’s recent webinar for helpers during natural disasters, called Witness to Witness, on our archived webinar page. Here are five more recommendations from MCN staff, to finish up your workweek:

Alma in Massachusetts shared a New Yorker piece, “When America Tried to Deport Its Radicals.”

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Deliana shared a new CDC MMWR, “Potentially Excess Deaths from the Five Leading Causes of Death in Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Counties — United States, 2010–2017.” that compared urban and rural mortality.

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Deliana also shared the viewpoint, “Adolescence: An Opportunity for Population Health.”

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Amy also shared, “Migrant child died after release from detention, attorneys group alleges.”

Jess shared a columnist’s response in the LA Times to an article we ran last week about the Southern California fires and the low-wage workers who were still working in the evacuation zone. “Column: Why did no one warn the housekeepers about the Getty fire?”

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