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Brie Williams and Team Published “Correctional Facilities In The Shadow Of COVID-19: Unique Challenges And Proposed Solutions”

Brie Williams, MD, MS, Cyrus Ahalt, MPP, David Cloud, MPH, Dallas Augustine, MA, PhDc, Leah Rorvig, MD, MS, and David Sears, MD recently published a post on Health Affairs Blog entitled “Correctional Facilities In The Shadow Of COVID-19: Unique Challenges And Proposed Solutions”.  The blog post outlines the challenges correctional facilities face to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 among correctional residents and employees and proposes several steps to control a potential outbreak in these closed institutions.