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How a year of the COVID-19 pandemic radically altered NC, shown in 15 charts Tyler Dukes and Gavin Off, The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
Mar. 3 Exactly one year ago, state health officials announced the first diagnosis of COVID-19 in North Carolina.
The case count has ballooned to nearly 900,000 in the months since, claiming the lives of more than 11,000 residents along the way. And alongside the enormous toll of sickness and loss, the novel coronavirus left its mark on nearly every aspect of life in 2020, from employment and court activity to state park visits and liquor sales.
Here s a look at just 15 ways the global pandemic changed things for all of us in North Carolina in 2020.
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A new documentary in Idaho looks at childhood trauma and how building resiliency can help protect people in adulthood. Resilient Idaho: Hope Lives Here explores adverse childhood experiences such as abuse, neglect or other serious household dysfunction.
Jean Mutchie, community health manager for St. Luke s Health System, said those experiences are common, and more common in Idaho than other states.
But she noted there are ways to protect children from the effects of these events later in life. It really requires leaning in instead of looking away, and understanding that what s happened to people often shows up in behavior early and then also with serious health consequences if not mitigated later on, Mutchie explained. So, changing the conversation to what s happened to somebody instead of what s wrong with them.
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Many dog lovers will say their K9 “saved their life,” but for people caught in avalanches, a dog could literally be the difference between life and death.
MoMo breaking through the way into the snow cave. Laney Griffo / Tahoe Daily Tribune
All around the Lake Tahoe Basin, fluffy heroes and their handlers have spent hundreds of hours being prepared for worst case scenarios.
There are a couple of reasons why dogs make good members of search and rescue teams.
Ricky Newberry, senior director of mountain operations for Kirkwood Mountain Resort said a dog’s ability to smell and their ability to navigate alpine terrain make them ideal search and rescuers.
The Wexford General Hospital children s Christmas party couldn t go ahead this year due to Covid, but St. John s Volunteers stepped in to save the day by organising a drive-through Santa grotto.
Coronavirus restrictions put paid to the party in the Ferrycarrig Hotel, which is organised annually by St. Gabriel s Paediatric Ward but the GAA Club ensured that children who have been patients in the hospital during 2020, were able to enjoy some festive cheer.
Paediatric diabetic nurse, Deirdre Bowers asked the club for help after coming into contact with committee members last summer when the Vols raised more than €9,000 for the children s diabetic unit with a 100-hour relay.