Civil Unrest During a Pandemic: Notes from Minneapolis | NLM

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Civil Unrest During a Pandemic: Notes from Minneapolis

06/01/2020 12:00 AM EDT

Source: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services] (HHS ASPR). Published: 6/2020. Following the death of George Floyd in May 2020, protests began in Minneapolis, other cities across the U.S., and abroad. This four-page document summarizes conversations with Dr. John Hick and Seth Jones, Hennepin (MN) Healthcare System’s Emergency Preparedness Program Manager, to better understand how days of civil unrest affected emergency management, the emergency department, emergency medical services, and the community hospitals, and how this factored into the hospital’s COVID-19 response. (PDF)