nytimes August 29, 2021 11:00am When the New Covid Surge Struck, Mississippi Was Uniquely Unprepared #shortages #politicsandgovernment #coronavirus2019ncov #emergencymedicaltreatment #hospitals #ruralareas #laborandjobs #medicaid #statesus #reevestate1974 #mississippi #news When the New Covid Surge Struck, Mississippi Was Uniquely Unprepared Poverty and politics have left the state with fewer doctors and nurses than it needs and hospitals on the brink of shutdown.