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Aspen Valley Hospital was down 25 staff members mid-March, all who were âself-monitoring at home and in isolation due to symptoms that range from mild to moderate,â AVH Chief Marketing Officer Jennifer Slaughter said at the time. Aspen Daily News file photo  Note from the editor: Today and Thursday, the Aspen Daily News runs its annual review of the yearâs biggest stories â and what a year itâs been. In todayâs paper, we recount five of the Top 10 stories that impacted the community, from No. 6 through No. 10. This year seemingly more than ever, the look back serves as a reminder of from where weâve come as a community. Unsurprisingly, the bottom half of the list are articles from the beginning months of the year, when this editor found herself practicing saying âepidemiologicalâ aloud and reading the latest in the New England Journal of Medicine to keep up with what exactly was kn ....
This is that time of the year when the media reflects on the past 51 or 52 weeks through various presentations top 10 stories of the year, top news makers of the year, the biggest surprises of the year, the biggest disappointments, and so on. Yet in 2020, there’s little disputing presidential election and social-justice causes not withstanding that the pandemic had the greatest impact on our daily lives than anything else. People lost jobs. People struggled financially, socially and personally. People got sick. Businesses shuttered and failed. Schools closed. Ski areas closed. Events and festivals were canceled. But life forged on and people came together. ....
In their own words: Public health officials on front line December 15, 2020 GMT Public health officials work to keep the nation safe and healthy, overseeing everything from water inspections to childhood immunizations. They typically work behind the scenes, but the coronavirus pandemic has thrust many into the spotlight. Sharp political divisions in the United States have prompted a backlash. Many public health officials face harassment, threats and lawsuits, all while working to battle the COVID-19 onslaught. For some, the constant pressure and pushback has become too much. An investigation by The Associated Press and KHN found that at least 181 state and local public health leaders in 38 states have resigned, retired or been fired since the beginning of the pandemic, the largest exodus of public health leaders in U.S. history. In addition, there are now efforts to strip their governmental health powers, both in state legislatures and the courts. ....
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Linda Vail, 59, health officer for the Ingham County Health Department in Michigan, said the support from elected officials and the community makes it possible to stay in her job despite death threats. “I get hate emails. They say, ‘We’re going to take you down like the governor,’ and you know what that means, with the kidnapping threat. But among the most concerning, I received an envelope at my home. Typed. My name and my home address. And I opened it up and inside it is an 8.5-by-11 piece of paper that has a Nazi soldier wearing a Nazi swastika, and a Democratic donkey. It said: ‘It’s not fascism when we do it.’ . ....