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Go to AzusaBeacon.com for Azusa Specific News M O N D AY, J A N U A RY 11 - J A N U A RY 17, 2021 V O L U M E 10, N O. 2
San Gabriel to Host Mobile COVID-19 Testing Center at Mission Playhouse To improve our region’s COVID-19 testing capacity, the City of San Gabriel is partnering with Community Organized Relief Effort (CORE) to offer free COVID-19 tests for San Gabriel residents and the San Gabriel Valley community. Testing will be held at the San Gabriel Mission Playhouse at 320 South Mission Drive on Jan. 12–16 and 19–21 from 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Working in coordination with Los Angeles County, CORE will provide a nonpainful family-friendly, oral swab test through their mobile testing center. No ID or insurance is required and results will be given to participants within 48 hours via text
or email. “Given the surge in COVID-19 cases, it’s crucial that we offer ample opportunity for our community to get tested,” said San Gabriel Mayor Denise Menchaca. “We’re very thankful to be working with CORE to provide a much-needed testing location for our region.” Appointments are highly encouraged and time slots will be released on a staggered basis on Curative.com/ sites/17868. Limited walk-in tests will also accepted. Participants are instructed to not eat, drink, smoke, chew gum or to brush their teeth 20 minutes prior to the test to ensure a clear sample.
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Nurses Join Calls for Trump to be Removed ‘Sanctions, Accountability Needed for Failed Coup’ National Nurses United (NNU) Thursday endorsed the call by incoming Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and many others calling for President Trump to be immediately removed from office through invocation of the 25th Amendment due to his role in leading the failed coup attempt that culminated in the assault by armed insurrectionists on the U.S. Capitol. “No words can minimize the appalling attack witnessed by the entire world on the symbol of our democracy yesterday,” said NNU Executive Director Bonnie Castillo, RN. “Continuation of President Trump’s tenure presents a clear and present danger for a repetition of the failed coup or similar risks to our nation and the world. The risk of him remaining in office, even for just two weeks, is far too great.” “If the 25th Amendment
is not immediately invoked, the House must quickly begin impeachment proceedings and the Senate must convict Trump and remove him from office,” said NNU President Jean Ross, RN, endorsing a statement from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. “There must be immediate and severe consequences when a president incites a violent insurrection against the United States in an attempt to stay in power against the wishes of the American people. Congress must not shirk its responsibilities,” Ross said “As nurses, we know that serious illnesses or injuries are a severe health risk and should not be ignored and permitted to fester and worsen. It is critical that we intervene and act to protect the health and survival of our democracy, to let the healing begin,” Ross added. The next step, Castillo
said, should be legal accountability for both the perpetrators of assault, “especially those who committed acts of violence in the Capitol, including those who engaged in pillaging and looting of Congressional offices.” “We also appalled by those who marched through the Capitol, without masks, posing an additional serious threat of spreading the Covid-19 virus to others, including our elected leaders, their staff, and all the employees who work in the Capitol and are now at risk of infection, hospitalization and death at the very moment the pandemic is at its record surge,” Castillo said. Castillo also called for President Trump to be held directly accountable, by, in addition to being removed for office, to be tried for sedition. “It was the President
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who inspired and mobilized the insurrection with his repeated delegitimization of a democratic election, virulent demonization of political opponents, and encouragement in a rally for disruption of the Congressional confirmation of President-elect Biden’s
election.” “Unless there is accountability for these crimes, going to the top, it will only encourage continued threats and acts of violence and the ongoing undermining of the legitimacy of our democratic institutions by those who engaged in the
attack on our Capitol yesterday and those who fueled and led it,” Ross said. National Nurses United is the largest and fastestgrowing union and professional association of registered nurses in the country, with more than 170,000 members nationwide.