Attacks on Public Health Officials During COVID-19.
@article{Mello2020AttacksOP, title={Attacks on Public Health Officials During COVID-19.}, author={Michelle M. Mello and Jeremy A Greene and Joshua M. Sharfstein}, journal={JAMA}, year={2020} }
On June 24, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom remarked on a disturbing phenomenon: health officers are “getting attacked, getting death threats, they’re being demeaned and demoralized.”1 At least 27 health officers in 13 states (including Nichole Quick of Orange County in southern California, Ohio Health Director Amy Acton, and West Virginia Health Officer Cathy Slemp) have resigned or been fired since the start of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Across the US, health…
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