“Small community #hospitals were struggling before #COVID19 & the pandemic has only made their predicament more precarious. More than 130 rural US hospitals have closed in the past 10 years, & hundreds more are projected to be in danger of closing” https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2022/12/29/23510957/covid-19-surges-rural-hospitals-primary-care-rsv-flu-monkeypox