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Some public health officials are resigning amid threats during the Covid-19 pandemic
By Cheri Mossburg, Theresa Waldrop and Naomi Thomas, CNN 4 hrs ago
During a live public briefing on Facebook last month, "someone very casually suggested" the Los Angeles County's public health director should be shot, the director said.
"I didn't immediately see the message, but my husband did, my children did, and so did my colleagues," Dr. Barbara Ferrer said Monday in a statement.
It's just one of the many threats of violence public health workers are facing across the nation "on a regular basis" as the Covid-19 pandemic rages on, Ferrer said.
Whether it's advising people to avoid large groups or encouraging people to wear face coverings in public, health officials -- both at the local and federal level -- have spent the last few months updating Americans on how to remain safe during the pandemic and avoid spreading the virus.
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Some public health officials are resigning amid threats during the Covid-19 pandemic (Original Post)
Judi Lynn
Jun 2020
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Martin Eden
(12,867 posts)1. This is worse than the dumbing down of America
This is people eager for violence and susceptible to a fascist demagogue.
In other words, Trumpers.
LastDemocratInSC
(3,647 posts)2. You're correct.
But it also occurred during the 1918 flu pandemic. The public health director of San Francisco at that time was threatened repeatedly because he advocated wearing masks but I think he didn't resign.
Stressful social events reveal the fault lines in culture.
Martin Eden
(12,867 posts)3. Perhaps people haven't changed all that much
But we've never had a POtuS like the one we have now.