A rural S.D. community ignored the virus for months. Then people started dying.
A rural S.D. community ignored the virus for months. Then people started dying. Annie Gowen Maskless residents walk past storefronts in Mitchell, S.D., on Nov. 22. A day later, the city council voted on a citywide mask mandate. (KC McGinnis for The Washington Post) MITCHELL, S.D. — A cold wind whipped through the prairie as they laid Buck Timmins to rest. Timmins, a longtime coach and referee, was not the first person in Mitchell, S.D., pop. 15,600, to die of the coronavirus. He was not even the first that week. As the funeral director tucked blankets over the knees...
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