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.”