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The Daytona Beach News-Journal
Why so little info?
If there is a common thread to your articles about the virus and the Department of Health-Volusia County, it is Information was not provided. Why the secrecy? What is so sensitive, that we cannot be given more facts on this vital issue?
In the News-Journal article about the January 4-5 vaccination at the Daytona Stadium, a spokesman did say that they hope to vaccinate around 2,000 people. There are 50,000 seniors 75 and above in Volusia County! Only the scantiest information about this hugely important event is being released.
Doses are arriving daily. How many, we are not told. Allocation, we are not told. After waiting almost a year, we are expected to just sit around and hope we don t die before they get to us.
Pat Rice, Editor
The coronavirus pandemic started in China, quickly spread across the globe, and by March we knew that 2020 would be a year like no other.
COVID-19 impacted how we look. (Who thought the most ubiquitous clothing accessory of 2020 would be masks to cover our noses and mouths?)
It impacted how we greet each other, and how we say goodbye. (Would you like to fist bump or elbow bump?)
It financially impacted restaurants and retail stores and hotels and hair salons as people stopped traveling, dining out, and turned increasing to online shopping.
It impacted communication. Like many businesses, The News-Journal newsroom has been working remotely for months. Interaction between reporters and editors has been almost entirely via Zoom calls, cell phones, emails and texts.