MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST:
America marks the loss of 200,000 lives to the coronavirus this week. Looking back to the early days of the pandemic, there was a realignment in who we thought of as a front-line worker.
SACHA PFEIFFER, HOST:
Nurses and doctors certainly made that list; so did delivery drivers and grocery store workers, some of the lowest paid people in the country, people like Leilani Jordan of Largo, Md.
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ZENOBIA SHEPHERD: She d say, but, Mommy, I need to work and help people, Mommy.
KELLY: Jordan s mother, Zenobia Shepherd, told TV station WUSA that Jordan had a disability that caused cognitive delays and impaired her vision. But despite being in a high-risk category, Jordan wanted to keep working. The store needed people for the early shift, a time reserved for seniors to come in and shop, so Jordan volunteered.