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At the start of the pandemic, Montana fared better than average when it came to Covid deaths per capita. Then, a Republican became governor, safety measures were pushed aside and hospitals were pushed to the brink. A local nurse, Vicky Rae Byrd, joins Mehdi to discuss this preventable American tragedy.
How Republicans in Montana hijacked public health and brought a hospital to the brink
How Republicans in Montana hijacked public health and brought a hospital to the brink.
Montana’s GOP-led COVID response brought waves of patients to a Helena hospital, forcing health care workers to make difficult care decisions for COVID and non-COVID patients alike.
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