Hard to reconcile aspired branding with institutional values expressed through budgets, see Governor proposal that "the Department of Public Health would receive $7 million less in total state funds" when comparing FY22 to FY21 (see @GaBudget analysis)
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https://twitter.com/bluestein/status/1361269063754858502
For thoughtful analysis of this issue (and many others), see @AmberSchmidtke Daily Digest, in particular, the concern on @GaDPH funding from Jan 20:
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Via @AmberSchmidtke
"Instead, the Commissioner’s presentation indicated that the state’s pandemic response in its entirety would be funded solely by federal dollars. It signals that this pandemic is not Georgia’s problem and public health more broadly is not Georgia’s problem."
"Instead, the Commissioner’s presentation indicated that the state’s pandemic response in its entirety would be funded solely by federal dollars. It signals that this pandemic is not Georgia’s problem and public health more broadly is not Georgia’s problem."
There is a new federal administration and new opportunities to scale-up vaccines, but in doing so, the investment in pandemic response now and public health more generally has got to be a Georgia priority.
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