Clack: May this winter storm thaw our conscience
Feb. 19, 2021
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A woman and a child are helped Tuesday night to the Convention Center, a warming center. For most, the discomfort was temporary. For many, it’s a way of life.William Luther /Staff photographer
Late Valentine’s Day, drifts of snow, like feelings you don’t see coming, began floating across the dark, then landing and sticking to the ground. By morning, the snow, sugary and wedding-cake white, was glistening in sunlight.
Photos of the rare sight, especially of the children enjoying it, were shared across social media and will be part of family albums for decades. But as the day progressed, the novelty of San Antonio’s most significant snowfall since 1985 began to wear off as people began to feel just how cold it was … indoors … with decreasing power.
Malicki
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, there have been about a half-million transactions combined at the two Piggly Wiggly grocery stores run by Ralph Malicki: at 5201 Washington Ave., Mount Pleasant, and at 2201 E. Rawson Ave., Oak Creek. Thatâs at least a half-million potential coronavirus exposures for Malickiâs staff, which totals about 125 between the two stores.
âTell me what other groups of people have been through that many peopleâ during the pandemic, Malicki said of food service workers compared to those in other occupations.
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended that grocery store employees be included â along with police officers, firefighters, correctional officers, postal workers and certain other essential workers â in statesâ second phase of COVID-19 vaccinations.
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