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Two large investigations came out recently revealing some of the motivations behind UPMC's decisions to ignore earlier orders to halt elective surgeries & to downplay the dangers of PA’s coronavirus strain. You’ll never guess what the motivations were ... https://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/upmc-claims-pa-has-a-less-deadly-covid-19-strain-but-its-not-supported-by-research/Content?oid=17655303
First, @monthly wrote an expose highlighting how UPMC is putting profits well ahead of civic health for PA communities. Points out UPMC could easily afford to shut down elective surgeries since they have $5.5 billion in unrestricted cash & investments https://washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/july-august-2020/elite-hospitals-have-an-epidemic-of-greed/
And this week, @SpotlightPA showed UPMC's claims that Pa. has a "less deadly" COVID-19 strain is not supported by any major research. Allegheny County, UPMC's home base, currently has its highest COVID hospitalization rate, during a spike in cases. https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/spl/coronavirus-less-severe-pennsylvania-upmc-claim-20200714.html?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=Philly.com+Twitter+Account&utm_source=t.co&cid=Philly.com+Twitter
Important context to all this is that UPMC has been squashing unionization efforts among its workers for decades, even has some of its workers are going into medical debt on insurance that UPMC created. https://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/upmc-claims-pa-has-a-less-deadly-covid-19-strain-but-its-not-supported-by-research/Content?oid=17655303
