February 11, 2016 zacherlaw 0 Comments

Genesee County health dept

53 pages of e-mails released by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) shows the concern over water quality in Genesee County and the potential of Legionnaires’ disease.

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The MDHHS was aware of the spike in Legionnaires’ disease cases in Genessee County since at least October 2014.  From the e-mails, it appears that the Genesee County Health Department was going to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) rather than communicating with the state health department.

A February 2015 e-mail from Shannon Johnson of the MDHHS shows the state health department’s frustrations over seven months of trying to get Genesee County to work with the state agencies rather than the CDC.

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Flint e-mails show history of concern about Legionnaires’ disease was last modified: February 11th, 2016 by zacherlaw

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