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Subscriber only Mikey Webb is used to being stopped by friendly, perhaps slightly perplexed, strangers asking, Hey, aren t you that guy on the news? Since their unprecedented inclusion in televised updates during the devastating Queensland floods and Cyclone Yasi in 2011, sign language interpreters like Webb have become suburban celebrities, thanks to regular appearances on our TV screens during such civic emergencies. COVID-19 means Webb regularly stands beside the likes of Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, chief health officer Dr Jeannette Young, Health Minister Yvette D Ath and police commissioner Katarina Carroll, helping to keep Queensland s deaf community up to date on case numbers, lockdowns, border closures and the vaccine rollout.