south central, caca. >> i'm donna in san antonio. >> i'm barbara ferrer, l.a.: we brought together a group of current and former public health officials. show of hands. how many of you got into this job for the money? >> that's a joke. >> reporter: lori jones has been a community health director in rural washington for 17 years. >> reporter: is the way you're being treated right now different than anything you've experienced in your career? >> absolutely. completely different. >> i started to hear about how other colleagues that were working in public health had their cars broken into, been followed home, had rocks thrown through the building. >> reporter: how many of you have had personal threats against you? three of the four of you. okay. >> that fear, you know, i've never felt that before. a person posted something to the effect f her, f them, let's start shooting. >> reporter: when jones checked in on a family she asked to quarantine, a facebook post accused her of surveilling them and threats poured in. >> i felt like i needed to get surveillance equipmen