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In rural America, resentment over COVID-19 shutdowns is colliding with rising case numbers

  • Written by Lauren Hughes, Associate Professor of Family Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
imageBusiness restrictions early in the pandemic, when rural towns had few cases, triggered a backlash that haunts them now.Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images

As COVID-19 spreads through rural America, new infection numbers are rising to peaks not seen during this pandemic and pushing hospitals to their limits. Many towns are experiencing their first...

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