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    1. The Associated Press‏Verified account @AP 23 Aug 2020

      Florida is a cautionary tale for America. Public health funding for contact tracers and nurses dropped precipitously, leaving it especially unprepared for the worst health crisis in a century. #UnderfundedUnderThreat @AP/@KHNews http://apne.ws/nRqXqmU 

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    2. The Associated Press‏Verified account @AP 23 Aug 2020

      Florida slashed local health departments’ staffing from 12,422 in 2010 to 9,125 in 2019, our analysis of state data showed #UnderfundedUnderThreat.

      13 replies 53 retweets 59 likes
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    3. The Associated Press‏Verified account @AP 23 Aug 2020

      The state cut spending even as its population grew, causing per person health department spending to drop by 41%, falling faster and further than the rest of the nation.

      11 replies 26 retweets 53 likes
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    4. The Associated Press‏Verified account @AP 23 Aug 2020

      Health experts blame the Florida funding cuts on the Great Recession and choices by a series of governors who wanted to move publicly funded state services to for-profit companies.

      9 replies 42 retweets 65 likes
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    5. The Associated Press‏Verified account @AP 23 Aug 2020

      Even before the pandemic hit, that meant fewer disease investigators and public health nurses. When COVID-19 came, the state was caught flat-footed when it mattered most.

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    6. The Associated Press‏Verified account @AP 23 Aug 2020

      Meanwhile, Floridians got mixed messages about masks from political leaders. Voices within health departments were muzzled. Confirmed cases soared past half a million, deaths to more than 10,000.

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      The Associated Press‏Verified account @AP 23 Aug 2020

      “The reality, unfortunately, is people are going to die because of the irresponsibility of the decisions being made by the people crafting the budgets,” said Ron Bialek of @ThePHF.

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        1. Waterpenny‏ @WaterpennyW 23 Aug 2020
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        1. FDTerritory‏ @FDTerritory 23 Aug 2020
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          Gaslighting, what is it?

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        1.  🍊rangeManGood (OMG) NaClKayaker‏ @NaClKayaker97 23 Aug 2020
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          People have been “going to die” for the last five months. get a new schtick.

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