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. @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/
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/
Journalists across the USA have been fighting to get access to records on both the spread of the virus and the government's response to it. See also: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article242446331.html
Or nationally: 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
