Here's an update on my blog post yesterday about the death on Sunday of a 5-year-old migrant boy at a shelter on Chicago's Southwest Side.
As I predicted, the national media is showing little interest so far in this tragedy. There's a narrative they have to protect.
But there is more bad news from that shelter.
From ABC Chicago:
Four more children and a teenager were also taken to local hospitals to have illnesses treated. A 1-year-old girl was transported to UIC from the same shelter with fever and vomiting, the Chicago Fire Department said.
The girl's condition was not immediately known.
A 4-year-old girl was taken to Insight Hospital and Medical Center with a fever, CFD said; a few hours later, an 8-year-old girl was taken to Insight with a fever as well.
A 1-year-old girl was taken to UIC Hospital with a fever, according to CFD.
A woman at the shelter told ABC Chicago about the boy who died and the conditions at the shelter.
"The ambulance took a while and the boy turned purple," she said. "They did not give him first aid. There is no first aid kits. There is no medicine to reduce the fever."
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