nprnews_____ = ||| lubuntu at wor2 1TXN|||’Toxic Individualism’: Pandemic Politics Driving Health Care Workers From Small Towns||| kickerpage = |||no kicker pagenpr for NPRNEWS||| summarynpr = |||A wave of departing medical professionals in rural areas threatens to leave gaping holes in these health care systems and local economies, and trigger a death spiral of that may be hard to stop.