Public health officials were stars -- and targets -- of pandemic response this year
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In the early days of the pandemic, Dr. Jennifer Bacani McKenney would chat with residents of her Kansas hometown over the phone, on Facebook Messenger and at the grocery store about their COVID-19 concerns.
"We were just kind of accessible to everybody for all these unknowns," McKenney, a health officer in Fredonia, Wilson County, told ABC News.