Indiana county rejects $3 million health grant after COVID-19 conspiracy theories sway council vote

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Indiana county rejects $3 million health grant after COVID-19 conspiracy theories sway council vote

If ever there was a clear-cut demonstration of why the response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been such a catastrophic failure in so many U.S. states, the county council of Elkhart County, Indiana just provided a good example. This week the northern Indiana county voted to reject $3 million in federal funds that were requested by its own health department, after local residents deluged the council with conspiracy theories about COVID-19 and the f…