she’d declared a public-health emergency, to enable crews to go onto the private property of the absent rich and clear the debris from the fire. “There is this hazardous pile of toxic goop. You have just set all the chemicals in your garage on fire. Now you are about to put a hose on it and spread it into the waterways.” The cleanup crews made only a dent in the mess before the rains, and now the mess was everywhere. “I needed to know what microbial pathogens are there—to know which vaccines do you give the first responders and utility workers.” No one seemed to have any idea. She tried to
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