In the Moment, May 6, 2021 Show 1043.
SDPB s Jackie Hendry joins us with an recap of the MMIW day of recognition held on Wednesday, May 5 on the steps of the state capitol building.
Windy days and abundant spring tree growth is causing allergy suffers to seek medical advice. Dr. Ben Meyerink is a family medicine physician with Avera. We talk about the season and what you can do to alleviate symptoms.
A new SDSU Poll is providing a more complete picture of the pandemic in South Dakota. The South Dakota COVID Impact Survey explores the far-reaching impact of COVID, the importance of messengers in the vaccination effort, and the pattern of political polarization in nearly every COVID-related policy question. The SDSU Poll is a research group housed in the School of American and Global Studies at South Dakota State University. We re joined by Filip Viskupic, Ph.D., and David Wiltse, Ph.D.
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As South Dakota seniors eagerly anticipate graduation 2021, some took time to reflect and share with South Dakota Public Broadcasting how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted their last year of high school. Today we hear from a Warner High School Senior. I’m Holli Jark and I’m a senior at Warner High School.
I definitely pictured my senior year a lot differently. Hanging out with friends from other teams after games and having a lot more get togethers with students, you know just having a good time and being pretty carefree and COVID definitely had a very large impact on that.
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“I just tell them, like, “hey guys, make sure you keep your mask on.” Or, if it’s below their nose or around their chin, I say, “hey pull your mask back up. We don’t want to get shut down.” I just give them a little reminder. I don’t wanna be rude about it, but it’s also a big deal. Honestly, it can cause a lot of damage that you wouldn’t really expect, and it happens a lot quicker than you think,’” Scepaniak says.
The defensive specialist speaks from experience.
“So, during regions, we were supposed to play the winner of the Waverly South Shore game, however, Waverly found out the first round of regions, that they were not able to play because one of the girls tested positive for COVID. And their season ended. It really showed me that all it took was one case and in a couple hours, everything ended,” Scepaniak says.