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What’s Happening in Florida’s Nursing Homes?
What’s Happening in Florida’s Nursing Homes?
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Length:
29 minutes
Released:
Apr 20, 2020
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Podcast episode
Description
Ever since COVID-19 surfaced in Florida, local journalists began wondering how the virus was going to impact nursing home residents and employees. For weeks the facilities and the state's health department were reluctant to release data on the more than 600 assisted care centers. On Saturday, Governor Ron DeSantis finally released a list of nursing homes with confirmed cases, but only after pressure from news outlets and the public.
Guest: Mary Ellen Klas, capital bureau chief for the Miami Herald.
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Podcast production by Mary Wilson, Jayson De Leon, Danielle Hewitt, and Mara Silvers.
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Guest: Mary Ellen Klas, capital bureau chief for the Miami Herald.
Slate Plus members get bonus segments and ad-free podcast feeds. Sign up now.
Podcast production by Mary Wilson, Jayson De Leon, Danielle Hewitt, and Mara Silvers.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Released:
Apr 20, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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