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Re; An Open Letter to the Surgeon General


Hi - if you found this, I appreciate it. I got encouragement to submit as a letter to the editor, so I need to take this down for now. I hope it gets published. If not, I'll put the letter back up here.
Thanks
Julie


Update - I published these:
https://www.themedicalcareblog.com/asylum-seekers-family-separation-crisis/ is a post on the American Public Health Association's Medical Care Blog on this topic

and https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/06/opinions/open-letter-to-surgeon-general-immigration-graves/index.html
was on CNN's opinion page

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