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Federal pandemic aid also helped slow the rate of rural hospital closures. But as facilities contend with lingering inflation, workforce shortages and declining populations, the pace of those closures is picking up again.

Telehealth offers a chance to bridge the gap in hospital deserts.

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Disinformation issue: Conspiracy theory that Biden will use COVID to rig election is spreading unchecked; new book on Trump's past infection attitude

Wed, 2023-09-20 10:01 — mike kraft

Why the conspiracy theory that Biden will use COVID to rig election is spreading unchecked New study says false claims of a Biden plot to reinstate COVID restrictions and steal the election are spreading unchecked on Facebook, X and TikTok. Yahoo Finance

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Disinformation issue: Facebook's policy does not stop anti-COVID vaxers from spreading and finding informaton--study

Mon, 2023-09-18 19:40 — mike kraft

Facebook's policy on anti-COVID vaccine content didn't stop users from finding it, study suggests Pornpak Khunatorn / iStock CIDRAP

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Analysis: Press coverage of the recent COVID increase

Fri, 2023-09-15 11:16 — mike kraft

Good news in the news about COVID <p>The recent resurgence of COVID has a depressing familiarity: cases, hospitalizations, and deaths are rising; a new vaccine is being rolled out, to some confusion; anti-vax and other conspiratorial voices are getting louder, doing their best to turn the rebound of the virus into a right-wing talking point. But, lucky for all of us, the […]</p> Columbia Journalism Review

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Disinformation issue: As Covid-19 Cases Tick Higher, Conspiracy Theorists Stoke New Fears

Tue, 2023-09-12 11:26 — mike kraft

As Covid-19 cases have climbed as part of a late-summer uptick, right-wing influencers and conspiracy theorists have responded by stoking fears about mass lockdowns and spreading unsubstantiated new ideas about Covid-19’s links to world events.

“Do they want Covid measures back to put us on war footing in preparation for the war with Russia?” Jack Posobiec, a right-wing personality, said to more than 150,000 followers on his Telegram channel.

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On-line searches about Covid-19 are being temporarily blocked on Meta's Threads.

Tue, 2023-09-12 10:54 — mike kraft

Meta's Threads is temporarily blocking searches about Covid-19 | CNN Business Threads, the much-hyped social media app from Facebook-parent Meta, is taking heat for blocking searches for “coronavirus,” “Covid,” and other pandemic-related queries. Catherine Thorbecke CNN

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U.S. CDC's New Chief Plans to Rebuild Trust in the Agency

Mon, 2023-09-11 17:10 — mike kraft

CDC's New Chief Plans to Rebuild Trust in the Agency 'Trust is absolutely foundational to our ability to help Americans,' says Mandy Cohen Michael DePeau-Wilson medpagetoday

New CDC Director Mandy Cohen, MD, MPH, wants to rebuild trust in the agency -- both internally and with the general public -- through improving communication, focusing on data collection, and translating that data into rapid responses to public health crises.

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Californian governor Newsom says "we would’ve done everything differently’ in dealing with Covid pamdemic

Mon, 2023-09-11 11:17 — mike kraft

‘We would’ve done everything differently’: Newsom reflects on Covid approach California’s Democratic governor says “we're all geniuses now” in hindsight on the pandemic. POLITICO

...Newsom did, however, point to differences in how the virus spread indoors versus outdoors, and alluded to policies around masking and vaccine distribution that would have been handled differently in hindsight. “You want to talk about prioritizations early on in terms of those vaccines. You go through a series of things, and there’s so many things we could’ve done differently,” he said.

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