Many people have been sounding the alarm about rural America. Here is a piece on Bristol, New Hampshire. (4/15) https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/15/business/coronavirus-small-towns.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/1...
And now the number of confirmed cases in Iowa exceeds the total number of cases in South Korea. (6/15)
@GregKaufmann & I spoke on @offkiltershow last week about this issue showing how these areas (rural Black South) have been left behind and how policy is still lacking in these communities. (8/15) https://twitter.com/offkiltershow/status/1258812312632332289">https://twitter.com/offkilter...
Phillip Cohen ( @familyunequal) has been documenting the outbreaks and focusing on what is driving these increases.

Prisons, nursing homes, and meatpacking plants are driving many of the new cases, particularly in rural areas. (10/15) https://twitter.com/familyunequal/status/1256984484270018561">https://twitter.com/familyune...
Also, it is high time for the remaining states to expand Medicaid. Not just drop the court case, but expand Medicaid and help rural hospitals with their financial viability! (14/15)
All this talk and action of reopening the economy is WAY TOO PREMATURE given the continuing rise in cases & deaths and the lack of suitable federal policy.

If we don’t get a handle on this pandemic, rural communities could end up being decimated. (/end)
P.S. you should really follow @willingham_zoe. https://twitter.com/willingham_zoe/status/1258857846004948994">https://twitter.com/willingha...
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