Thread by @TWallack, .@MassDPH refused to give the @bostonglobe access to most of its mortality [...]

. @MassDPH refused to give the @bostonglobe access to most of its mortality data this year, despite losing a public records lawsuit to @bostonglobe for similar data a year ago. #FOIA https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/05/09/nation/disparities-push-coronavirus-death-rates-higher/">https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/05/0...

Still, the @BostonGlobe & @Harvard researchers were able to find disparities in death rates based on the limited data Massachusetts provided. @GlobeAndrewRyan @GlobeKayLazar @bmccarthynews https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/05/09/nation/disparities-push-coronavirus-death-rates-higher/">https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/05/0...

Disparities push coronavirus death rates higher - The Boston Globe

“This kind of data should be a wakeup call,” said Dr. Sandro Galea, a physician, epidemiologist, and dean of the Boston University School of Public Health.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/05/09/nation/disparities-push-coronavirus-death-rates-higher/

Journalists across the USA have been fighting to get access to records on both the spread of the virus and the government& #39;s response to it. See also: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article242446331.html">https://www.miamiherald.com/news/stat...

After refusing for weeks, Florida releases nursing home records, showing flurry of deaths

Florida health administrators Friday released detailed information about coronavirus fatalities at long-term care facilities in the state after more than a month of refusing to discuss the virus’...

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article242446331.html

Or in Arizona: https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-health/2020/05/05/republic-files-lawsuit-reveal-covid-19-data-nursing-homes/3083078001/">https://www.azcentral.com/story/new...

Republic, other media file lawsuit to reveal which Arizona nursing homes have deadly COVID-19...

Arizona news organizations are suing the Arizona Department of Health Services to release information about coronavirus cases in nursing homes.

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-health/2020/05/05/republic-files-lawsuit-reveal-covid-19-data-nursing-homes/3083078001/

Or nationally: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/04/13/whos-getting-these-hundreds-billions-government-aid-now-public-may-be-dark/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/...

Who’s getting these hundreds of billions in government aid? For now, the public may be in the dark.

The federal government is doling out hundreds of billions in coronavirus aid to companies large and small across the United States. But who exactly is getting the money? While some programs require...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/04/13/whos-getting-these-hundreds-billions-government-aid-now-public-may-be-dark/

More broadly, the USA Today Network found at least 35 states have suspended or modified their open records/meetings laws during the pandemic. https://www.statesman.com/news/20200413/reporters-barred-records-delayed-how-coronavirus-shrouds-government-in-secrecy">https://www.statesman.com/news/2020...

Reporters barred, records delayed: How coronavirus shrouds government in secrecy

Her daughter was hospitalized after she drank from a well it poisoned.It made the roads in her neighborhood so treacherous, she has nightmares about her family being swallowed up in 20-foot-deep...

https://www.statesman.com/news/20200413/reporters-barred-records-delayed-how-coronavirus-shrouds-government-in-secrecy

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