Ky. health chief recounts 'emotional toll' of fighting COVID
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JACK BRAMMER, Lexington-Herald Leader
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Dr. Steven Stack, Kentucky Department of Public Health commissioner, speaks during an interview in his office in Frankfort, Ky., on Tuesday, June 15, 2021. Stack studied the horrific projections for the cornavirus pandemic. He had been Kentucky’s public health commissioner for about a month in March 2020, and he knew “the sheer enormity” of the task at hand. (Ryan C. Hermens/Lexington Herald-Leader via AP)Ryan C. Hermens/AP
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — About 75,000 to 90,000 people in Kentucky were expected to die. University of Kentucky’s Kroger Field only seats 61,000.