Fwd: News Alert: At least 4,645 people died in Puerto Rico due to Hurricane Maria, Harvard study estimates, exceeding official toll of 64

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Tue, 2018-05-29 11:00 — mdmcdonald

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From: Diane Tucker <diane.tucker@gmail.com>
Date: May 29, 2018 at 10:10:24 AM AST
To: Michael McDonald <michael.d.mcdonald@mac.com>
Subject: Fwd: News Alert: At least 4,645 people died in Puerto Rico due to Hurricane Maria, Harvard study estimates, exceeding official toll of 64

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From: The Washington Post <email@washingtonpost.com>
Date: Tue, May 29, 2018 at 10:09 AM
Subject: News Alert: At least 4,645 people died in Puerto Rico due to Hurricane Maria, Harvard study estimates, exceeding official toll of 64
To: diane.tucker@gmail.com

Democracy Dies in Darkness

News Alert May 29, 10:04 AM

At least 4,645 people died in Puerto Rico due to Hurricane Maria, Harvard study estimates, exceeding official toll of 64

The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, found that health-care disruption for the elderly and the loss of basic utility services for the chronically ill had significant impacts across the U.S. territory, which was thrown into chaos after the September hurricane wiped out the electrical grid and had widespread impacts on infrastructure. Some communities were entirely cut off for weeks amid road closures and communications failures.

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