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Sandra Collins-Jackson, a licensed professional counselor in Kodiak, spent years standing up for Kodiakâs most vulnerable residents. Now, the coronavirus pandemic has given her an opportunity to help her community in a different way.Â
After the virus reached Kodiak last year, she began to research complicated, ever-changing COVID-19 information and post her findings on social media. She pored over medical journals and listened to Gov. Mike Dunleavyâs daily briefings, and shared her findings on Facebook.Â
Collins-Jackson knew that many people who worked full time and were raising families had limited hours in a day to parse COVID-19 information, which changed day by day.Â
Two local clinics have administered a little over 200 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine in Kodiak to people over the age of 65 and healthcare workers in the third tier
When Providence Kodiak Island Medical Center went into surge mode at the end of November, many medical specialists were required to change their roles to help care for the growing number of COVID patients.Â
Even hospital staff who have kept the same positions as before had to start dealing with new pandemic-related challenges in their day-to-day jobs.
Kodiak natives Zoya Herrnsteen and Ella Saltonstall, twin sisters who both work in the health care industry, have taken these changes in stride. They have learned to deal with the daily challenges brought by the pandemic. Â
Herrnsteen is a physical therapist who now acts as a nurse extender by helping nurses care for residents at the Chiniak Elder House.Â