With dangerously low temperatures expected overnight, Salt Lake County and Salt Lake City have partnered to open the Central City Recreation Center for unsheltered residents.

I’m inspired by county staff who stepped up and worked after hours to help our most vulnerable.🙏

1/ While there have been beds available in the Salt Lake Valley Coalition to End Homelessness system recently, staffing shortages continue to make it impossible or unsafe for non-profit shelter providers to create additional capacity at identified winter overflow shelters.

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The FDA says NOT to use hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) outside of a hospital/clinical trial b/c of heart complications.

Utah wasted $800K on 20k doses of HCQ & the House voted to spend up $8M more taxpayer $ on this irresponsible purchase.

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#utpol

fda.gov/drugs/drug-saf… Sadly, Rep Ray Ward's amendment in the House to place needed safety guardrails on how your money could be spent failed.

It would have required that the state purchase only COVID19 meds that are FDA approved for on-label use.

The bill that passed has no such limitations.

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