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Duluth front-line workers see the COVID-19 divide across the community
Educators, first responders and others say the last year has been difficult for everyone, but those difficulties are not all equal. While some effects of the pandemic will last forever, various steps are being taken to help people in many different ways. Written By: Laura Butterbrodt | ×
Family physician Dr. C.W. Hall poses for a portrait Feb. 5 at Essentia Health in Duluth. (Tyler Schank / tschank@duluthnews.com)
DULUTH “I’m seeing a lot more elderly people calling 911 not just because they’re sick and they may need a transport to the hospital, but because they’re lonely, said Lisa Consie, a captain at Station 11 of the Duluth Fire Department. They’re not seeing their families anymore and they just want to talk.”
Duluth frontline workers see divide across community
People working on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic share their perspectives and observations from the last year of service. Written By: Laura Butterbrodt | ×
Family physician Dr. C.W. Hall poses for a portrait Feb. 5 at Essentia Health in Duluth. (Tyler Schank / tschank@duluthnews.com)
“I’m seeing a lot more elderly people calling 911 not just because they’re sick and they may need a transport to the hospital, but because they’re lonely, said Lisa Consie, a captain at Station 11 of the Duluth Fire Department. They’re not seeing their families anymore and they just want to talk.”