EMT in NYC Condemns Dire Shortages & Workplace Conditions
In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Yari, a paramedic with the New York City Fire Department, to talk about the massive increase in deaths he's seeing first-hand in Queens, New York, why being lauded as a 'hero' by media and politicians is no replacement for adequate PPE, and how intertwined issues of racism, sexim, and class play into persistence funding disparities for EMTs and other healthcare workers in the city.