"Those problems are particularly pronounced in rural communities, where more than 68 hospitals have closed in the last decade. The closures slowed down during the COVID-19 pandemic, when the federal government doled out billions of dollars in extra funds to hospitals. But with that money spent, hospital closures might tick up again, said George Pink, the deputy director of the UNC’s Sheps Center’s Rural Health Research Program."
@bicmay Not "trouble for Biden." "Trouble for the people of that rural area who REGULARLY vote for REPUBLICANS, who just as regularly cut funding for health, among other things, bc the fewer there are of you, the more Social Security $$$ they can rake in."
“I should have the freedom, my children should have the freedom and my husband should have the freedom to wear a mask in order to protect and save my life without fear of being arrested and charged with a class one misdemeanor, which is exactly what this bill would do.”
“As a physician I am deeply concerned about North Carolina’s potential total ban on mask-wearing. It’s disturbing to think immunocompromised and cancer patients could be deemed criminals for following medical advice aimed at safeguarding their health,” [Jerome] Adams said in one post.
Thirteen year old daughter of sharecropper planting sweet potatoes. She walks down the row and places the young plants in the holes her father has dug with a hoe. They will return down the row, water the plants with a bucket, then cover the roots with earth. Her father hopes to send her to school. Note pine woods and light colored soil. Near Olive Hill, North Carolina
@jhv@noplasticshower@Dr_Bombay@shovemedia@SazeracLA@rossgrady@culturednyc It’s a pretty simple drink. Just find a rum you like, then there’s lemon juice and… the syrup. I use a 1:1 mix of passionfruit puree and rich simple syrup, but apparently it’s meant to be “fassionola” which is similar but not quite the same. Start with https://bgreynolds.com/products/red-fassionolabur there are recipes to make your own floating about; search r/cocktails or r/tiki on Reddit.
Daimler Truck Workers Reach Deal and Avert Threatened Strike in #NorthCarolina
The United Automobile Workers reached an agreement involving workers who make Freightliner trucks and Thomas Built buses. The deal comes as the union seeks to expand its membership in southern states. #UnionStrong#UAW
Untitled photo, possibly related to: Tobacco sharecropper's daughter getting eggs from hen's nest in the henhouse. Enclosure for the pig is just beyond under the pine trees. Person County, North Carolina
Untitled photo, possibly related to: Zollie Lyons, sharecropper, home from the field for dinner at noontime, and part of his family. Upchurch, North Carolina. He has thirteen acres of tobacco and a labor force of five