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1/ UNDERFUNDED AND UNDER THREAT per
bit.ly/2YyDseJ By Laura Ungar @laura_ungar and Jason Dearen by & @JHDearen @AP &Hannah Recht @hannah_recht AUG 24, 2020 >>Florida’s Cautionary Tale: How Gutting and Muzzling Public Health Fueled COVID Fire #UnderfundedUnderThreat...

@laura_ungar @JHDearen @AP @hannah_recht 2/ ... >> Florida is both a microcosm and a cautionary tale for America>>per
bit.ly/2YyDseJ By @laura_ungar &y & @JHDearen @AP & @hannah_recht #UnderfundedUnderThreat>> As the nation starved the public health system intended to protect communities against disease...

@laura_ungar @JHDearen @AP @hannah_recht 3/ ...>> staffing and funding fell faster and further in the Sunshine State>>>>per
bit.ly/2YyDseJ By @laura_ungar &y & @JHDearen @AP & @hannah_recht #UnderfundedUnderThreat>> leaving it especially unprepared for the worst health crisis in a century...

@laura_ungar @JHDearen @AP @hannah_recht 4/ ...>>Although Florida’s population grew by 2.4 million since 2010 to make it the nation’s third-most-populous state>>>>per
bit.ly/2YyDseJ By @laura_ungar &y & @JHDearen @AP & @hannah_recht #UnderfundedUnderThreat>>...

@laura_ungar @JHDearen @AP @hannah_recht 5/ ... a joint investigation by KHN [KAISER Health News] and The Associated Press has found>>>>per
bit.ly/2YyDseJ By @laura_ungar &y & @JHDearen @AP & @hannah_recht #UnderfundedUnderThreat>>...

@laura_ungar @JHDearen @AP @hannah_recht 6/ ... the state[FL] slashed its local health departments’ staffing — from 12,422 full-time equivalent workers to 9,125 in 2019>>>>per
bit.ly/2YyDseJ By @laura_ungar &y & @JHDearen @AP & @hannah_recht #UnderfundedUnderThreat>>...

@laura_ungar @JHDearen @AP @hannah_recht 7/ ... the latest data available>>per
bit.ly/2YyDseJ By @laura_ungar &y & @JHDearen @AP & @hannah_recht #UnderfundedUnderThreat>>>>According to an analysis of state data>> the state-run local health departments spent 41% less per resident in 2019 than in 2010...

@laura_ungar @JHDearen @AP @hannah_recht 8/ ...>> dropping from $57 to $34 after adjusting for inflation>>per
bit.ly/2YyDseJ By @laura_ungar &y & @JHDearen @AP & @hannah_recht #UnderfundedUnderThreat...

@laura_ungar @JHDearen @AP @hannah_recht 9/ ...Depts. nationwide have also cut spending>bit.ly/2YyDseJ By @laura_ungar &y & @JHDearen @AP & @hannah_recht #UnderfundedUnderThreat>...

@laura_ungar @JHDearen @AP @hannah_recht 10/ ... but by less than half as much ― an avg.of 18%>> according to data from the National Association of County and City Health Officials>>bit.ly/2YyDseJ By @laura_ungar &y & @JHDearen @AP & @hannah_recht #UnderfundedUnderThreat>

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