I have today authorized the Atomic Energy Commission and the Department of Defense to conduct a series of nuclear tests--beginning when our preparations are completed, in the latter part of April, and to be concluded as quickly as possible (within two or three months)--such series, involving only those tests which cannot be held underground, to take place in the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean.
Radio and Television Address to the American People: Nuclear Testing and Disarmament
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To think that we are losing just as much, if not more, to these illnesses and we are not hearing about it at all.
Our mental healthcare system is broken. Our addiction treatment system is broken.
Isolation is not good for your mental health. It is a coping mechanism for people who do have addiction and mental illness.
But to my people in Massachusetts and our people in Chelsea--maybe they are predominantly Black and brown, men, women, and children--this administration's failure to test was no joke.
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