Journalists Examine How Covid Polarizes Communities

California Healthline senior correspondent Anna Maria Barry-Jester discussed public health backlash on WABE’s “Did You Wash Your Hands?” on Jan. 5.

Click here to hear Barry-Jester on WABE
Read Barry-Jester’s “Pandemic Backlash Jeopardizes Public Health Powers, Leaders”

KHN Colorado correspondent Rae Ellen Bichell dissected how covid-19 exacerbates tensions between counties in Colorado on NPR’s “Weekend Edition” on Jan. 9.

Click here to hear Bichell on NPR
Read Bichell’s “Live Free or Die if You Must, Say Colorado Urbanites — But Not in My Hospital”

KHN chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner talked about mental health care and the pandemic on WAMU/NPR’s “1A” on Jan. 11.

Click here to hear Rovner on WAMU

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<h1>Journalists Examine How Covid Polarizes Communities</h1>
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			January 15, 2021		</time>
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<p>California Healthline senior correspondent Anna Maria Barry-Jester discussed public health backlash on WABE’s “Did You Wash Your Hands?” on Jan. 5.</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.wabe.org/episode/trying-to-fight-the-pandemic-public-health-leaders-face-increasing-backlash/">Click here to hear Barry-Jester on WABE</a></li><li>Read Barry-Jester’s “<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/pandemic-backlash-jeopardizes-public-health-powers-leaders/">Pandemic Backlash Jeopardizes Public Health Powers, Leaders</a>”</li></ul><p>KHN Colorado correspondent Rae Ellen Bichell dissected how covid-19 exacerbates tensions between counties in Colorado on NPR’s “Weekend Edition” on Jan. 9.</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.npr.org/2021/01/09/955192005/differing-covid-19-mitigation-approaches-cause-tensions-in-colorado-counties">Click here to hear Bichell on NPR</a></li><li>Read Bichell’s “<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/live-free-or-die-if-you-must-say-colorado-urbanites-but-not-in-my-hospital/">Live Free or Die if You Must, Say Colorado Urbanites — But Not in My Hospital</a>”</li></ul><p>KHN chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner talked about mental health care and the pandemic on WAMU/NPR’s “1A” on Jan. 11.</p><ul><li><a href="https://the1a.org/segments/the-future-of-mental-healthcare-after-the-pandemic/">Click here to hear Rovner on WAMU</a></li></ul><ul><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/on-the-air-this-week-01-15-2021/?share=x">				Click to share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/on-the-air-this-week-01-15-2021/?share=facebook">				Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/on-the-air-this-week-01-15-2021/?share=linkedin">				Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Journalists%20Examine%20How%20Covid%20Polarizes%20Communities&body=https%3A%2F%2Fkffhealthnews.org%2FMTE5MDczNA&share=email">				Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)				Email			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/on-the-air-this-week-01-15-2021/#print?share=print">				Click to print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li><li>				<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/on-the-air-this-week-01-15-2021/view/republish/">					Republish This Story				</a>			</li></ul><em><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">KFF Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.</em><p><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.</p><p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/on-the-air-this-week-01-15-2021/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org">KFF Health News</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/kffhealthnews-icon.png?w=150" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://kffhealthnews.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=1242512&amp;ga4=G-J74WWTKFM0" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p>

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