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  • Dr. Rogers Cain stands outside his family medical clinic in north Jacksonville, Fla., on Thursday, July 30, 2020. Over the past two decades, he has seen the county health department gutted of money and people, hampering Duval's ability to respond to outbreaks, including a small cluster of tuberculosis cases in 2012. (AP Photo/Jason Dearen)
    How Starving Public Health Fueled A COVID Fire In Florida
    Laura Ungar
    Florida is both a microcosm and a cautionary tale for America. As the nation starved the public health system intended to protect communities against disease, staffing and funding fell faster and further in the Sunshine State, leaving it especially unprepared for the worst health crisis in a century.