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From left to right: DeAntuan Fields; Jessica Bonilla and her brother Jose; Chandra Haniff, her daughter Nicole and her granddaughter Natasha.
More than 20,000 lives have been lost in Florida due to COVID-19. But those numbers aren’t just statistics. They represent mothers, fathers, siblings, friends. People.
WLRN intern Alejandra Marquez Janse first started talking to the loved ones of some of the victims on COVID-19 over the summer for our news partner the Miami Herald. She recently checked in with them again to ask them how they’ve been doing:
DeAntuan Fields used to play for different gospel groups in Broward County. Playing the bass guitar was his passion.
Written by Christopher Curley on December 14, 2020 Fact checked by Jennifer Chesak
CDC officials want to use personal data to keep track of the effectiveness and side effects of COVID-19 vaccines. Mark Lennihan/Getty Images
Officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are asking state and local officials to provide them with personal data on people who get the COVID-19 vaccine.
CDC officials want the information to keep track of the effectiveness as well as any side effects of the vaccines.
Some experts have expressed concerns over the use of this private health data and said undocumented immigrants might be reluctant to get vaccinated due to the CDC request.