Posted on 05/23/2021 8:26:38 AM PDT by CheshireTheCat
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Charlie LeDuff has reached a settlement with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services to gain access to data on the number of COVID-19 nursing home deaths in the state.
The health department agreed to release some of the public records LeDuff requested. The department also acknowledges it can’t determine if some patients killed by COVID-19 contracted the virus at a nursing home or other long-term care facility.
LeDuff sued March 9 after submitting a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for data on COVID-19 deaths but the MDHHS failed to produce the requested records. The Mackinac Center Legal Foundation represented him.
“We stood up to Goliath and won,” LeDuff said in a statement. “While I'm pleased that some of the records were released, the state's overall response is alarming and disappointing. Still, this is a win for the people of Michigan, and I'm glad this lawsuit was able to shed some light.”
MDHHS has now provided records for the ages and death dates of the COVID-19 victims, but inadequate tracking meant the department couldn’t provide the dates when a specific vital record death was added to the state’s tally, or whether the deceased contracted COVID-19 at a long-term care facility....
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There are still a couple of ‘Real Reporters’ working for news sites and feature shows. Everyone is always surprised when such a News Hound makes themselves known. I don’t mean that legion of yapping Chihuahuas that incessantly bit at Donald Trumps ankles over stories with no substance. Those are fake reporters.
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Good for Charlie LeDuff! I’ve always viewed him as a bit liberal, maybe libertarian leaning. This should lend credence to the issue with the middle of the roaders. He was an investigative reporter in Detroit for years.
The truth slowly but surely emerges
The virus is a commie plot. Covid 19 sars 2 doesn’t exist. It’s repackated influenzas
The election was stolen. In every state. Trump lost.
The vaccine industry is evil and the vaccine theory is a fraud
Masks. Social distancing. Etc. don’t do crap
Jan 6 was a Demoncat set up
On and on
You have to read this carefully...
They are releasing SOME... Not all
TIME TO SUE THE HELL OUT OF THOSE MURDERING DEMOCRAT GOVERNORS!!!
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