Morgues Are Overflowing in Mississippi and Coroners Are Terrified

‘Not a Doctor, Man’

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COVID-19 deaths are exploding in the state—and it may be a massive undercount. One coroner put it simply: “It’s bad.”

Published Aug. 2 2020 5:03AM EDT

In the months before his county’s morgue neared capacity, before he started wearing his face shield and “moon suit” to answer calls in neighbors’ homes, and before his own coronavirus

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Morgues Are Overflowing in Mississippi and Coroners Are Terrified

COVID-19 deaths are exploding in the state—and it may be a massive undercount. One coroner put it simply: “It’s bad.”

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