The state’s nickname, ‘the crossroads of America’, portended the possibility of an infectious disease outbreak – and yet the public health system is underprepared to deal with the growing crisis: ‘How did the system miss it? There is no system’
On Monday afternoon, just before lunchtime, Foundations Family Medicine in Austin, Indiana, was deserted. One patient came in to schedule an appointment at the check-in window, surrounded by comfortable leather chairs and sterile taupe walls painted with sayings like: “The greatest wealth is one’s health.”
But behind the ordinary doctor’s office walls, marked with signs pledging that the practice serves people regardless of income, staff were ramping up for a full-state medical intervention.
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