From This Year Of Hurt And Beyond, There Is Hope While the task of addressing this trauma crisis is significant, it is not insurmountable.
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As we mark one year since the COVID-19 crisis began, a year that has been defined by loss, grief and isolation, there is hope on the horizon. Thanks to our dedicated essential healthcare workers, recently we surpassed 125 million vaccine shots administered to people across the country. Our nation may finally be turning a corner in our long and ongoing recovery from this deadly pandemic.
Since the onset of this crisis, we have grieved. Our personal and collective loss has been immense. Each death reported daily is so much more than a number on the TV screen. We have been robbed of our parents, siblings, cousins, teachers, nurses, aunties, grandpops. So many of us have had to say goodbye to loved ones through a screen. To keep each other safe we have had to forgo