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OmahaBlueDog

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6. Thanks SharonAnn. I FORGOT TO ADD THIS
Wed Jul 11, 2012, 10:51 PM
Jul 2012

From the FB post at the link I cited in the OP:

Florida Governor Rick Scott (Republican) passed into law a bill mandating drug testing for those on public assistance. The company he founded, Solantic, does a big drug testing business. Although Scott divested himself of interest in the company in January, the controlling share went to a trust in his wife’s name.

According to an April 5 report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Florida was suffering one of the largest uncontained TB outbreaks in 20 years -- ...and the largest spike nationwide -- resulting in 13 deaths and 99 illnesses...

Gov. Scott closed the hospital three months after the federally-issued report anyway, prompting questions: what did the state know, and when did they know it? And why was the outbreak kept secret?
Photo via: Addicting Info's Photos
Sources: Palm Beach Post and Huffington Post

What are your thoughts?

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