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FALL RIVER The city’s paramedics have had a difficult year and then some, as they serve on the front lines of the pandemic. But on Friday, they got a sweet treat for their efforts as Bristol Community College collectively honored them as the school’s 2021 Distinguished Citizen.
“They were amazing for us at a time where higher education didn’t have much access to (COVID-19) testing,” said the college’s president, Laura Douglas. “They’ve been protecting Bristol and the community as well.”
Starting in August of last year, the EMS division helped the school develop an on-campus testing site, administering weekly tests for students and employees who were doing hybrid learning or other activities on campus, like labs. And more recently, the fire department and the Fall River Board of Health have been running a regional vaccination site at the college’s Fall River campus.
You could sum it up in one word: vulnerability.
Given the immediate situation, one couldnât help pondering how many different ways we all are so vulnerable these days. (Or âvunnerable,â which, as I mentioned in an earlier column, is how so many of us mispronounce it.) We like to believe we have things under control, and then along lurches yet another emergency to remind us of just how wrong we were.
The immediate crisis at that moment, of course, was a mysterious âcyberattack.â Whatever that is, it was the apparent cause of the abrupt shutdown of the largest pipeline in the United States, which carries 45 percent of refined gasoline and jet fuel supplies through states ranging from Texas to New York, including North Carolina.
Dr. Laura Douglas
Dr. Laura Douglas is president of Bristol Community College and Board Chair for CONNECT.
One year ago, our communities came together to meet the needs of the emerging pandemic. We reaffirmed our strong community partnerships with first responders, health care providers and local businesses around one mission – to protect and support our community members through these unprecedented times.
Although we could not predict how long the pandemic would last or the tragic toll it would take on so many lives, we knew there was an urgency around finding answers and developing solutions. Historically, our public universities and colleges have been valuable community resources that come through in times of need. The CONNECT Partnership, consisting of six higher education institutions in Southeastern Massachusetts Bridgewater State University, Bristol Community College, Cape Cod Community College, Massachusetts Maritime Academy, Massasoit Community C
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