Former Pima County health director reflects on a year of COVID
Former Pima County health director reflects on a year of COVID By Megan McNeil | March 12, 2021 at 7:46 PM MST - Updated March 12 at 7:46 PM
TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) - Former Pima County Health Department Director Dr. Bob England came out of retirement to serve as the director in 2019.
With plans to retire soon after, when COVID-19 hit the state and county, he stayed at the department through June 2020.
“Just do right by each other, so thank you very much for that,” said England in his farwell.
It was a hard year for many, including him. The world had no idea how things would evolve. In the beginning when much was unknown, England was quoted downplaying the severity of the virus.