Now, a year later, we’ve turned back to those essential workers to check in. Some have changed jobs. Some have lost friends and family to the disease. They all kept going to work. We asked them how things have evolved over the last 12 months, what they’re worrying about now, and if they see any hope on the horizon as vaccines become more broadly available. These are their stories, in their own words.
Interviews by Elena Gooray, Abraham Gutman, Erica Palan, and Sandra Shea. Quotes have been condensed for length and clarity. TIM TAI / Staff Photographer Patricia Henwood, an emergency medicine physician at Jefferson University Hospital, is focused on vaccine now. It is critically important to continue to maintain distancing and masking, and be patient until we can get more vulnerable people vaccinated and get vaccinations scaled up.
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Ted Cruz arrived at the Capitol on Friday with a look that appeared to be half business, half dealing jetskis in the Ozarks.Pool/Getty ImagesShow MoreShow Less
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Ted Cruz arrived at the Capitol on Friday with a look that s half business, half dealing jetskis in the Ozarks.Twitter screenshotShow MoreShow Less
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Ted Cruz is in the news again, to no one on terrestrial Earth s surprise.
What may be of note, however, is the nature of this most recent Cruz News. Namely, that the Texas senator appears to have sprouted a mullet out of hot blue nowhere.
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Incumbent
Jim Brewster very narrowly (as in, the state certified his win with e margin of under 100 votes) won his race against Republican
Nicole Ziccarelli, who is contesting the results. Per the
At the heart of the dispute is Republican Nicole Ziccarelli’s request to throw out several hundred mail ballots that lacked a handwritten date on the outer ballot envelope, as required by state law. Those ballots gave Brewster the edge he needed to eke out a win.
The issue has already been litigated in the state court system, where Ziccarelli ultimately lost…
Brewster’s win was certified by state election officials in December. Ziccarelli filed a formal request with the Senate late last week, asking the chamber to reject the state’s certification.