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Feds to Whitmer: Turn over COVID-19, nursing home data. She blasts back response.
Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press
August 26
https://www.freep.com/story/news/health/2020/08/26/doj-michigan-nursing-home-deaths-whitmer/5635444002/
DOJ requests Michigan COVID-19 data, says state orders may have caused nursing home deaths
By Dave Boucher/Detroit Free Press
Posted Aug 26, 2020 at 4:14 PM
The U.S. Department of Justice wants Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Democratic leaders from three other states to turn over data related to nursing homes and COVID-19 deaths reports The Detroit Free Press.
In a press release Wednesday, the department said the requests were sent to states “that issued orders which may have resulted in the deaths of thousands of elderly nursing home residents.”
https://www.hollandsentinel.com/news/20200826/doj-requests-michigan-covid-19-data-says-state-orders-may-have-caused-nursing-home-deaths
Department of Justice wants COVID-19 data on Michigan nursing home deaths
Craig Mauger, The Detroit News
August 26
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/08/26/department-justice-seeks-covid-19-nursing-home-data-michigan/5635375002/
Feds demand answers from Gov. Whitmer on Michigan nursing home deaths
Written by: Jonathan Oosting
August 26, 2020
LANSING – The U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday it is seeking data from Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and three other Democratic governors who "issued orders which may have resulted in the deaths of thousands of elderly nursing home residents."
Much of the data is already publicly available, but the department is evaluating whether to investigate Michigan nursing homes for possible violations of a federal law protecting the rights of "institutionalized persons," Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband told Whitmer in a letter.
At least 2,083 nursing home residents have died from COVID-19 in Michigan, accounting for nearly 1 in 3 deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus here since March.
https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/feds-demand-answers-gov-whitmer-michigan-nursing-home-deaths
https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1308996/download