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1 in 8 Americans lives in a community that lost a local public health leader, our @AP @KHNews investigation found
Lawmakers in 24 states are crafting legislation to strip public health powers
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Lawmakers in 24 states are crafting legislation to strip public health powers
This is U.S. pandemic public health #UnderfundedUnderThreat https://apnews.com/article/pandemics-public-health-michael-brown-kansas-coronavirus-pandemic-5aa548a2e5b46f38fb1b884554acf590
181 state and local public health leaders had resigned, retired or been fired since April.
It's the largest exodus of public health leaders in American history, @annabarryjester @hannah_recht @MRSmithAP and I found in our latest #UnderfundedUnderThreat investigation.
It's the largest exodus of public health leaders in American history, @annabarryjester @hannah_recht @MRSmithAP and I found in our latest #UnderfundedUnderThreat investigation.
Many of the public health officials left due to political blowback or pandemic pressure.
Some departed to take higher profile positions, or due to health concerns.
Others were fired for poor performance.
Dozens retired.
Some departed to take higher profile positions, or due to health concerns.
Others were fired for poor performance.
Dozens retired.
Some have become the target of far-right activists, conservative groups and anti-vaccination extremists who have coalesced around common goals: fighting mask orders, quarantines and contact tracing with protests, threats and personal attacks.
In their own words:
“I received an envelope at my home. Typed. My name and my home address. And I opened it up and inside it is an 8.5-by-11 piece of paper that has a Nazi soldier wearing a Nazi swastika..." https://apnews.com/article/public-health-united-states-immunizations-coronavirus-pandemic-bad00165d02934f086261d21bce5f640
“I received an envelope at my home. Typed. My name and my home address. And I opened it up and inside it is an 8.5-by-11 piece of paper that has a Nazi soldier wearing a Nazi swastika..." https://apnews.com/article/public-health-united-states-immunizations-coronavirus-pandemic-bad00165d02934f086261d21bce5f640
The backlash has moved beyond the angry fringe.
Lawmakers in at least 24 states have crafted legislation to weaken public health powers, which could make it more difficult for communities to respond to other health emergencies in the future.
Lawmakers in at least 24 states have crafted legislation to weaken public health powers, which could make it more difficult for communities to respond to other health emergencies in the future.
A Supreme Court opinion last month:
"It is time — past time — to make plain that, while the pandemic poses many grave challenges, there is no world in which the Constitution tolerates color-coded executive edicts that reopen liquor stores and bike shops but shutter churches..."
"It is time — past time — to make plain that, while the pandemic poses many grave challenges, there is no world in which the Constitution tolerates color-coded executive edicts that reopen liquor stores and bike shops but shutter churches..."
Tisha Coleman, a public health administrator in rural Linn County, KS, has been pleading for a mask mandate.
People in town called her a sheep.
Commissioners said no, twice.
1 in 24 residents tested positive for #COVID19 .
Her mother died Sunday after time on a ventilator.
People in town called her a sheep.
Commissioners said no, twice.
1 in 24 residents tested positive for #COVID19 .
Her mother died Sunday after time on a ventilator.
“We don't have a long line of people outside of the door who want those jobs,” said Dr. Gianfranco Pezzino, health officer in Shawnee County, KS.
“It's a huge loss that will be felt probably for generations to come.”
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“It's a huge loss that will be felt probably for generations to come.”
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