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30              A Salute to KMAland Healthcare Heroes                                 KMAland 2021


   health workers around the state  10-plus hours every day.  know that it's caused some  pared, hopefully.   As far
   trying to coordinate everything  But, we're happy to do  differences,  there  are  as the health concerns
   associated with this virus?  it.  We know that that's  people who don't want to  long-term, we still don't
                             what's best for our com-  wear masks, people who  know what's going to
     Jess: It's been stressful.  munities.            do wear masks, so on and  happen. We're still seeing
   It's been very chaotic. On                         so forth.  I just hope that  that some people have the
   the public health, we prac-  Mike:  Based on a public  when it's said and done,  long-term health effects.
   tice this stuff all the time,  health administrator standpoint,  people  realize  that we  Even six months later, I
   we have plans in place,  how has COVID-19 changed  were all in this together  know we still have people
   and we all work together  people's lives in this county?  and that's how we're go-  who have  contracted  the
   and have measures that                             ing to get through this is  virus here in Page County
   we have to follow.  So, we   Jess: I would say there's  by doing it together.  who are still experiencing
   were somewhat prepared  a lot of differences with                            symptoms.  I hope we can
   for something like this to  this.  I think it's been a dif-  Mike:  What are the long-  learn more about this as
   happen, but we just never  ficult thing for everybody  lasting impacts of COVID-19?  time goes on.  I'm hoping
   anticipated  it being  this  to deal with.  I hope that  How is this going to change  those symptoms start to
   large.  It's been stressful.   when COVID is gone, we  things in our lives permanently,  subside. Hopefully, people
   Every public health em-   can find a new normal and  do you believe?         can go back to normal as
   ployee has been working  we can go back to what it                           far as their health is con-
   around the clock, often-  was, and hopefully peo-    Jess: I think we'll all  cerned.
   times, seven days a week,  ple can move past this.  I  be  a little  bit more  pre-















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