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Trump cers responding to a “This present administration—as former First Lady Michelle domestic call. Nor did the president, notori- Obama said—doesn’t have, never had, what it takes to lead ous for his total lack of empathy this nation to continued greatness; to be that shining city on or sympathy for individuals or crisis like the COVID pandemic, a hill. It is what it is! On November 3, we can change that, by come to Kenosha to bring a mes- sage of unity, hope, and healing using the most potent weapon a citizen has. No, not a gun, but to a city divided by a police-in- a voting ballot. Vote on this day like your life, and the life of volved shooting of another Black man, which exposes deep- America, depends on it! Because it DOES!” seated racial divisions, and torn edly said. kettle black. Obviously, Trump edly disagree with our declara- apart by nighttime rioting after “We should talk about the kind doesn’t get it. Or, maybe he does tion. But the facts of the last four peaceful day protests. of violence that we’ve seen in but just doesn’t care. Such social years show otherwise. No, the president was not in Portland and here and other issues don’t seem to interest the If this nation is to survive the small southeast Wisconsin places. It’s tremendous vio- president unless there is some- morally and constitutionally, it city near the Illinois boarder to lence.” thing in it for him politically or must remove the president on bring comfort, but to fan the Trump then goes on to de- financially. November 3 and replace him flames of discontent, rage and nounce what he called, “reckless The theatrics of Trump’s with the Democratic ticket of fear among his predominately far-left politicians” who con- Kenosha visit and verbal bom- Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. White and Republican support- stantly call police “repressive or bast reminds us why he MUST Once they are elected (we ers in that city. racist.” GO! Those on the conserva- hope and pray!), the duo will The names listed on this most unusual and The president praised Kenosha Sounds like the pot calling the tive/GOP side would undoubt- (continued on page 4) police officers (calling them provocative front page ever produced in the newspa- “great, great people”) and prom- per’s 43-year history (pictured above) exemplifies ising $1 million for the KPD, the challenges of being Black in America. Between which he held up as a model on SOME trigger-happy ‘bad apples’ who took the lives how local, state, and federal law of the best and brightest of our race, our future; the enforcement could work to- Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, and a November gether to respond to riots. 3 election that will be as dramatic and unpredictable Trump also announced fund- as a television reality soap-opera (much like the ing for the city to "rebuild”: $4 present administration in the White House) life for million to help small businesses; Black people in 2020 seems more challenging now and $42 million for law enforce- than it ever was during segregation and Jim Crow! ment statewide, including money for prosecutors. There was nothing promised to the city and its officials (pre- dominately Democratically elected lawmakers); nothing for MCJMCJ EDITORIALEDITORIAL social programs in the city to deal with systemic racism and economic disparities, nor for any THESE TEN training for police in using alter- native measures that can help quell tensions and possible vio- lence when dealing with domes- THINGS! tic situations. Our list of issues a new Biden/Harris Asked by a reporter if he be- lieves systemic racism exists in administration MUST address for Black the United States, Trump dis- missed the question. “You just American—ALL America—to prosper keep getting back to the opposite and be great again after Trump! subject,” the president report- Public Notification of Completion of the ACCESS Clinical Trial ACCESS (Access to the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory in Patients Without ST-Seg- ment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Resuscitated from Out-of-Hospital Ventricular Fibrilla- tion Cardiac Arrest) has been completed in Milwaukee County. About the Research The purpose of the ACCESS trial was to determine which of two standard treatments, if any, results in better outcome: (1) Initial cardiac catheterization laboratory (CCL) admis- sion, or (2) initial intensive care unit (ICU) admission in adults 18-80 years of age success- fully resuscitated from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and no signs of a heart attack on tracings of the heartbeat. This study was performed at 26 research sites throughout the United States and Canada. Medical College of Wisconsin and Froedtert Hospital was one of the sites that performed this research and entered 8 patients. Patients were included in the study following in- formed consent with the patient, their next-of-kin, or using exception from informed con- sent under emergency circumstances if the patient was unable to speak and next-of-kin could not be found. A total of 65 patients were entered into the ACCESS trial between Janu- ary, 2018 and July, 2019; 68% were male with an average age of 64 years. Of the 65 pa- tients, 75% were Caucasian, 15% were African-American, 8% were of unknown race, 1.6% were Native American, 1.6% were Asian, 3% of patients were Hispanic, and 23% were of un- known ethnicity. Study Results The ACCESS trial was stopped early, in July, 2019, because the rate of subject enrollment was too low. The study results showed no difference in patient outcomes between treat- ment with initial CCL admission compared to initial ICU admission, including survival and functionally favorable survival at hospital discharge and 3 months following hospital dis- charge. For additional information, please contact Tom Aufderheide, MD at (414) 805-6493 or via email at [email protected]. The Milwaukee Community Journal•September 2, 2020•Page 3 Kowalik." WillHealth return to Washington Commissioner D.C. KowalikApproved by the CommonResigns! Council to be the city’s health commis- sioner in September of 2018, Kowalik . returned to the health depart- to join renowned health ment at a time of crisis. During her tenure, she was able to stabilize the health department, policy organization reorganize and reconnect the city to community, regional and state public health partners, and lead the city through the COVID-19 pan- Milwaukee Health Commissioner, Dr. Jeanette demic. Kowalik, stepped down from her position Wednesday, Since March 13th, the city and county of Milwaukee has grappled almost two years after she assumed the office, citing with a rapid and ever-changing pandemic response that has been cen- tered on policy in the form of local public health orders. With the sup- factors she said were beyond her control to ade- port of Barrett, Kowalik has issued several orders to prevent the spread quately address the city’s COVID-19 pandemic. of COVID-19 and save lives. “It is with mixed emotions that I have submitted my resignation to More importantly, under Kowalik’s leadership, Milwaukee declared Mayor Tom Barrett to join the Trust for America’s Health (TFAH), a racism as a public health crisis in 2019.