Atlanta middle schooler featured in virtual inauguration parade
An Atlanta middle school trumpet player took part in the virtual inauguration parade on Wednesday.
ATLANTA - An Atlanta area trumpeter was a part of the virtual inauguration parade Wednesday afternoon.
Jason Zgonc was featured playing a duet with Ethan Bensdorf, a New York Philharmonic trumpeter.
The 12-year-old played his trumpet outside of Emory Decatur Hospital for 100 days last year, to show support for frontline workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. We started by my mom showing me a video of Ethan Bensdorf on Instagram playing off his rooftop for the first responders, Jason said.
For 100 straight days, Jason Zgonc played his trumpet outside Emory Decatur Hospital near Atlanta to cheer up exhausted health care workers, who were caring for COVID-19 patients.
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ATLANTA – Emory Healthcare celebrated the New Year with some special deliveries on the first day of 2021.
At Emory University Hospital Midtown, the first baby born on Jan. 1 arrived at 12:06 a.m. Baby boy Jonah weighed 7 pounds, 8 ounces. He was due on New Year’s Eve, but waited an extra day to arrive. Mom Ariona and Dad Felton say Jonah’s arrival is a fresh start for their family in 2021, and they are excited to have the first delivery on a special holiday.
Less than five hours later, Emory Decatur Hospital welcomed its first New Year’s Day baby. The baby arrived at 4:54 a.m.
Experts: Amid setbacks, reason for hope against COVID-19 as 2020 ends
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While the number of cases of COVID-19, and death attributed to it, continue to climb, experts say there is reason for hope in the new year. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo
As 2020 careens to a close, one thing is clear: With infections topping 19 million and a death toll over 333,000, the COVID-19 pandemic has upended nearly every facet of American life.
As a new year nears, two leaders in the response to the pandemic talked over mistakes made, hard lessons learned and new reasons for hope.
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A trio of promising coronavirus vaccines promises to plunge a stake through the dark pandemic-riddled heart of 2020.
That’s the good news. Less encouraging is the reality that our national resolve will continue to be tested well into 2021 as a comprehensive inoculation rollout is likely only by summer.
In the meantime, winter is coming.
COVID-19 cases and deaths are skyrocketing nationwide, taxing hospital staff and facilities. More school disruptions seem inevitable, vexing students and frustrating parents. The recession has plunged millions into unemployment, challenging the incoming administration of President-elect Joe Biden to provide relief.
And partisan politics linger, undermining the kind of united front necessary to stem the tide of death and economic disruption.