Chronicle: Living in a Pandemic

DANGEROUS DEADLY DISEASE THE COVID-19 HEALTH CRISIS THAT SPAN THE WORLD. WE WERE IN A FRENCH WARFARE. THE SPIKE IS FOR REAL. IT WAS CHAOTIC AND IT FELT LIKE JUST FALLING OFF OF A CLIFF THE DEVASTATING LOSS OF HUMAN LIFE, SINCE THERE’S NO ONE ELSE UNDERSTANDS KIND OF WHAT WE’RE GOING THROUGH THEY WOULD ACTUALLY A HUG SHUT DOWN. SALVATION SURE I MISSED YOU. OVERALL, YOU KNOW PEOPLE ARE STRESSED RIGHT NOW HOW FAR WE COME I THOUGHT IT WAS STILL JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER AND THEY’RE LIKE NO MR. BROWN. YOU’VE BEEN HERE FOR FIVE WEEKS. AND HOPE FOR THE FUTURE HAVE Y’ALL DONE THE VACCINE YET? I THINK OUR CARE OUR CONCERN OUR COMPASSION FOR ONE. ANOTHER HAS NOT CHANGED NOW ONE CHRONICLE LIVING IN A PANDEMIC. AND WELCOME TO CHRONICLE. I’M JANE ROBELOT AS A NEW DECADE DAWNED IN 2020 A DEADLY NEW VIRUS HAD BEGUN CREEPING ITS WAY INTO THE WORLD BY MARCH THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION DECLARED COVID-19 A PANDEMIC THE DEFINING GLOBAL HEALTH CRISIS OF OUR TIME TO DATE MORE THAN TWO MILLION PEOPLE HAVE DIED WITH THIS VIRUS BUT THROUGH IT ALL. THERE ARE INCREDIBLE STORIES OF KINDNESS AND HOPE AND PERSEVERANCE AS THE WHOLE WORLD. TO FIND A WHOLE NEW WAY OF LIVING IN A PANDEMIC. THIS IS A CRISIS. I’VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS. THE GOVERNOR’S EXECUTIVE ORDER TO STAY HOME GOES INTO EFFECT AT 5 PM TODAY. GOVERNOR MCMASTER URGING SOUTH CAROLINA TO STAY CALM AS THE STATE WAITS ON TWO TESTS FOR COVID-19. WE WILL GET THROUGH IT BY USING OUR HEADS. BEING SMART THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC USHERED IN A NEW LEXICON. ZOOM CALL MASK UP SOCIAL DISTANCING AND VIRTUAL EVERYTHING. IT’S JUST A WONDERFUL PLACE AND TO SEE IT GO QUIET WAS VERY DISHEARTENING. ONCE VIBRANT CITIES WENT SILENT THE NEW NORM WAS PLAYGROUND CLOSED BUSINESS CLOSED CURBSIDE PICKUP ONLY AN EFFORT TO STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE, BUT WHEN THINGS SHUT DOWN PEOPLE STEPPED UP. WITHOUT WE’VE GOT THE WE’VE GOT THE WOUNDS THERE, BUT WE ALSO HAVE AN AWFUL LOT OF SIGNS OF RESILIENCE AND NEW WAYS TO DO THINGS AND NEW APPRECIATION FOR FOR WHAT IT MEANS TO TO PULL TOGETHER WHEN WE HAVE TO THE VIRUS THAT STARTED IN CHINA QUICKLY MADE ITS WAY TO EUROPE AND BY MARCH OF 2020. IT WAS RIGHT HERE, MARCH 5TH 2020 WAS A HISTORIC DAY, EVEN THOUGH WE DIDN’T KNOW IT AT THE TIME. THAT’S THE LAST DAY SOUTH CAROLINA WOULD REPORT NO DEATHS OF PEOPLE WITH COVID-19. HE SAID LEAD YOU TO STOP TRYING TO. TO SAVE ME SELECT PUT THEM IN HOSPICE. THE VIRUS WAS BEGINNING TO OVERWHELM THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS. FAR THIS IS DEFINITELY WHILE WE WERE OVER CAPACITY AS WELL AS FUNERAL HOMES HOSPITAL SYSTEMS WERE GETTING OVER THEY WERE REACHING THEIR CAPACITY. WE HAD NOWHERE TO PUT THE SEAT. THERE WAS NO GATHERING FOR FUNERALS AND CHURCH BECAME MOSTLY VIRTUAL BUT AT NO POINT. OF WHICH I’M AWARE IN 2000 YEARS. WAS EVERY CATHOLIC CHURCH IN THE WORLD CLOSED? LOCKED ON EASTER SUNDAY UNTIL 2020 BUSINESSES SHUT DOWN AND UNEMPLOYMENT SOARED. THEY WERE DISRUPTIONS IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN FOOD AND EVEN TOILET PAPER BECAME SCARCE. I’M ACTUALLY I’M COMING TO GET FOOD FOR MY FAMILY MAN. THE REQUIRED SOCIAL DISTANCING ALSO TOOK AN EMOTIONAL TOLL, YOU KNOW HAVE SOME INCREASE IN ANXIETY, BUT MORE INCREASE IN DEPRESSION HOSPITALS SUSPENDED ELECTIVE SURGERIES TO HANDLE DEMANDS FROM THE VIRUS AND THERE WAS NO MORE IN-PERSON LEARNING. EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY. I’VE ORDERED THE CLOSING OF ALL SCHOOLS IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. HOW DO YOU TEACH THAT ONLINE OVER A WEEKEND? WE HAD TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE WERE GOING TO TEACH NINE MORE WEEKS OF SCHOOL THROUGH IT ALL RESILIENCE AND INNOVATION HEY, DAD, HOW YOU DOING TODAY? MAYBE WHAT BEST DESCRIBE OUR RESPONSE TO COVID-19 AND WHILE IN PERSON WE CANNOT COME TOGETHER. WE’RE STILL CHECKING ON ONE ANOTHER. WE’RE STILL CALLING ONE ANOTHER. WE’RE STILL DOING ZOOM CALLS OR STILL DOING FACEBOOK LIVE AND OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA. PARKS AND OUTDOOR SPACES FOUND A NEW WAY TO REOPEN RECONNECTING PEOPLE WITH NATURE. SO IT’S BEEN EXCITING TO GET OUT. I DON’T REMEMBER LAST TIME I PUT MY BACKPACK ON ME TOO. EVERYONE’S SACRIFICE TO FLATTEN THE CURVE OF NEW CASES, BUT IT WOULD ONLY GO SO FAR. I THINK THE BIGGEST THING IS IS THE VACCINATIONS WE KNOW FOR SURE. AT THESE VACCINES ARE HIGHLY EFFICACIOUS. WITH A GOOD SAFETY RECORD VACCINES DEVELOPED IN RECORD TIME WOULD HOLD THE GREATEST PROMISE FOR RETURNED TO LIFE AFTER COVID-19, AND I HOPE PEOPLE REFLECT ON THE FACT THAT WAS IT WAS GOOD SCIENCE. IN GOOD HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS WHO WORKED ON IT IT LED TO THE OF THREE DIFFERENT VACCINES. MAYBE WE NEED TO BE LISTENING TO THOSE PEOPLE. AND SO FAR ABOUT HALF OF AMERICAN ADULTS HAVE GOTTEN AT LEAST ONE DOSE OF THE COVID-19 VACCINE AND NEARLY 30% ARE FULLY VACCINATED IN SOUTH CAROLINA MORE THAN TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOSES HAVE BEEN ADMINISTERED SO FAR OVER 6.2 MILLION DOSES IN NORTH CAROLINA AND MORE THAN FIVE MILLION DOSES IN, GEORGIA. ONE OF THE TRAGEDIES OF THIS DISEASE IS SUFFERING IT ALONE. NO HOSPITAL VISITATIONS MEANT THAT MANY DIED WITHOUT A LOVED ONE PRESENT. KYLIE JONES INTRODUCES US TO A FAMILY WHO LOST BOTH PARENTS TO COVID-19 COMPLICATIONS. COUPLE WHO DID EVERYTHING TOGETHER RIGHT UP UNTIL THE END. YO WHEN MY HEART IS PAIN IN ORDER FOR THERE TO BE COMFORT. THERE MUST ALSO BE TROUBLE AND HEARTACHE. BURDENED PRESS WITHOUT THEM WITHOUT THEM MY PARENTS. I DON’T KNOW THAT. A GOODBYE TWICE AS HARD COMING TO TERMS WITH WITH THE LOSS AND THEM NOT BEING HERE AND GIVEN THAT THEY DIED. DON’T JUST JUST ABOUT THREE MONTHS AGO. I THINK WE’RE FEELING KIND OF THE BUILDUP OF. REALIZING THAT THIS IS WHERE ACTUALLY SAYING GOODBYE ALMOST 56 YEARS SPENT SIDE BY SIDE BONNIE AND HARTLEY KRUEGER LEFT THE WORLD TOGETHER. I THINK IT’S JUST A SUDDENNESS OF THEM BEING GONE WITHIN 48 HOURS. IT WAS A SHOCK. AND SO IT I DON’T KNOW WHERE EVER GET TOTALLY OVER THAT JUST BEFORE CHRISTMAS THE HUSBAND AND WIFE GOT COVID-19. EVENT S HE DIED ON JUST 48. HOURS MONEY DIED ON THE 6TH AND ONE CENSUS. NO ONE ELSE UNDERSTANDS KIND OF WHAT WE’RE GOING THROUGH BUT WE DO ALMOST THREE MONTHS LATER. THE LOSS DOESN’T GET EASIER. AUGUST 28TH SAME WEDDING DAY. HONESTLY NEVER OCCURRED TO ME. THAT THEY WOULD DIE JUST 48 HOURS APART YET THEIR SON. DAN SAYS IT JUST MADE SENSE FOR THEM TO LEAVE THE WORLD TOGETHER. AND WHAT BETTER DAY TO CELEBRATE THEM THAN WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THEIR? WEDDING ANNIVERS A SPECIAL DAY BUT THERE’S BOTH A HARD SIDE AND SWEET SIDE TO IT. TODAY THERE’S THIS. INTENSE UM FEELING OF GRIEF, THAT’S UNDER THE SURFACE THAT I KNOW IS GOING TO COME OUT A CELEBRATION. BUILT HEAR THEM PLAY WAS ONE OF THE FUNNEST THINGS OF THE CHILD. AND I THOUGHT IT WAS NORMAL THAT EVERYBODY ELSE HAD PARENTS THAT PLAYED MUSIC LIKE THEY DID REMEMBERING THEIR BOND OVER MUSIC THROUGH ONE OF THEIR FAVORITE SONGS. HEART IS TOUCHED WITH MORE IMPORTANTLY REMEMBERING THE BOND THE TWO INSTILLED IN THEIR THREE SONS. NEVER WE FOUGHT AS KIDS WHICH WE DID A LOT. HE’D ALWAYS TELL US. WELL THINGS DOWN AS YOU SAY SOMEDAY, YOU GUYS WILL BE ALL YOU HAVE. THAT MESSAGE FINALLY COMING TO FRUITION IT ALWAYS SAY YOU NEED TO LOVE EACH OTHER. SOMEDAY YOU’LL NEED EACH OTHER WHEN THEY’RE NOT HERE. MANY FAMILIES OF THOSE WHO PASS DURING THE PANDEMIC HAVE CHOSEN TO DELAY CELEBRATION OF LIFE SERVICES UNTIL LOVED ONES AND FRIENDS ARE ABLE TO SAFELY GATHER. FOR HOSPITALS THAT DIDN’T TAKE LONG TO BECOME OVERWHELMED FRONT-LINE HEALTH CARE WORKERS PULLING EXHAUSTING HOURS AS HOSPITALS SHIFTED AWAY FROM ELECTIVE SURGERIES TO DEDICATE THEIR WORKFORCE TO COVID-19 CASES AND AS ALAN DEVLIN TELLS US FOR SOME WHO BECAME ILL WITH COVID-19. IT MEANT MUCH MORE THAN A 10 OR 14-DAY QUARANTINE. I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL FOR 62 DAYS. SAYS HOW LONG I WAS THERE A JOURNEY THAT’S YET TO END FOR JERRY BROWN JR. MY FOOT FOR INSTANCE. AS I SAY 85% STILL HAVING SOME RESPIRATORY ISSUES. THAT’S WHY I’M ON THIS OXYGEN I CAN TOUCH IT AND I KNOW I’M TOUCHING IT. CAN’T FEEL IT DECEMBER 28TH. HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH COVID-19 A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER. HE FOUND IT HARD TO BREATHE. HE WAS RUSHED TO GREENVILLE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AND I’M THINKING WELL, I’M GONNA BE UP HERE A COUPLE OF DAYS AND THEY’LL PUMP ME FULL OF MEDICINE AND I’LL GET BETTER AND AND GO HOME YOU. THAT’LL BE THE END OF IT THE LAST THING HE REMEMBERS THE NIGHT OF JANUARY 5TH RIGHT BEFORE HE WAS PUT ON A VENTILATOR IN A MEDICALLY INDUCED COMA FOR FIVE WEEKS STRAIGHT. I DIDN’T KNOW I THOUGHT IT WAS STILL JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER AND AND THEY’RE LIKE NO MR. BROWN. YOU’VE BEEN HERE FOR FIVE WEEKS. OR SOMETHING WHAT THE DOCTOR ACTUALLY CALLED MY WIFE AT ONE PERIOD AND TOLD HER THAT YOU MIGHT NEED TO MAKE SOME HARD DECISIONS. DON’T KNOW THAT HE’S GOING TO SURVIVE OR NOT. HE’S IN THE VERY VERY BAD PLACE. IT FEELS LIKE WE WERE IN A TRENCH WARFARE. WE WERE ALL IN THE TRENCHES AND THAT’S A CALL DR. CIEN MALIK DIRECTOR OF THE ANT-MAN HEALTH ICU. HAD TO MAKE MANY TIMES OVER THE LAST YEAR. WE WEREN’T AVAILABLE ALREADY MENTALLY EMOTIONALLY TO DEAL WITH THE ANSWER OF SO MANY PATIENTS. SO MANY SICK PEOPLE SO MANY PEOPLE DYING FOR NEARLY 14 MONTHS INFECTED PATIENTS TERRIFIED THIS NEW VIRAL DISEASE DOCTORS FACING THE UNKNOWN RIGHT ALONG WITH THEM. THERE WERE SOME REALLY DIFFICULT AND DARK. WEEKS I WOULD SAY NOT JUST DAYS WEEKS. WHERE THINGS LOOK VERY VERY DIFFICULT. BUT WE GOT THROUGH IT BUT FOR BROWN I’LL JUST SAY IT THE BEST WAY I KNOW HOW TO SAY IT IN MY OWN WORDS. THE LORD WASN’T FINISHED WITH ME YET ON THIS EARTH FOR SOME REASON. HIS STORY NOT ONE OF SADNESS HIS STORY ONE OF HEALING ONE OF THE DOCTORS TOLD ME. HE SAID YOU HAD YOUR HAND ON DEATH’S DOORKNOB. YOU JUST DIDN’T TURN THE KNOB KNOB AND WALK THROUGH THE DOOR. HEALING AND RECOVERY STILL ON OXYGEN AND STILL WALKING WITH A CANE I GET AROUND FAIRLY WELL. YOU KNOW, WE JUST TIME WILL TELL LIVING PROOF OF THE TOLL OF THE CORONAVIRUS BUT LIVING PROOF OF POWER OF FAITH A SLOW JOURNEY FORWARD BUT A JOURNEY FORWARD NONETHELESS. I BELIEVE LORD JUST WASN’T FINISHED WITH ME. HE’S GOT SOMETHING FOR ME TO DO HERE. I DON’T KNOW WHAT IT IS, AND I’M SURE HE’LL SHOW ME IN HIS BUT HE LET ME LIVE AND HE KEPT ME AND HE SAVED ME. SO THAT’S THAT’S THE WAY I LOOK AT IT. HE DIDN’T HE WASN’T DONE WITH ME. SO HE LET ME LIVE. HE LET HE PULLED ME THROUGH THIS. AND JERRY BROWN IS CONTINUING WEEKLY THERAPY TREATMENTS. HE SAYS HE’S HAPPY TO BE HOME WITH HIS FAMILY. THOSE WHO SURVIVED THE DISEASE EACH DAY IS A BLESSING DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE SHUTDOWNS MANY PEOPLE HAD TO TURN TO ONE ANOTHER FOR FOR THEIR MOST BASIC OF NEEDS. ALL OF A SUDDEN I DON’T HAVE A PAYCHECK AND WHERE AM I GOING TO GO GET FOOD? STILL TO COME ON CHRONICLE LIVING IN A PANDEMIC WORKING TO KEEP FOOD ON TABLES AND HOPE IN HOMES OF THE UPSTATE. IT WAS TOUGH. BUT IT’S STILL TOUGH. OBVIOUSLY. AND SMALL BUSINESSES NAVIGATING THE COVID-19 CRISIS INNOVATION AND DETERMINATION ARE KEEPING THEIR DOORS OPEN. KEEPING EMPLOYEES IN THEIR JOBS. LIGHT CHLOE FABULOUS. WELCOME A NEW SEASON WITH NEW LOOKS. SPRING IS YOUR TIME TO SHINE WITH TRENDS FROM CATO. BE READY. EVERY WEEK AT PRICES FOR EVERYONE. CATO AND CATOFASHIONS.COM FOOD LION’S DOUBLE MONEY BACK GUARANTEE IF ANYTHING IS 100% FRESH. THEY’LL GIVE YOU DOUBLE MONEY BACK IN HERE IS AS COOL AS A CUCUMBER. TELL THEM WHY SWEETIE BECAUSE WHEN FOOD IS ALWAYS FRESH. THERE’S THIS. AT FRESH WHICH IS WHY WE GUARANTEE IT BECAUSE THIS IS OUR AND THAT’S OUR FOOD LION. WHEN WEATHER TURNS SEVERE YOU TRUST CHRIS, IT’S YOUR EXPERT CHIEF METEOROLOGISTS. CHRIS JUSTUS THE EXPERIENCE SPECIALIST WHO IS TRACKED IT ALL PACKING A PUNCH WITH GUSTY WINDS PROVIDING CLEAR INFORMATION WHEN IT’S NEEDED MOST TRACKING THIS LINE RIGHT HERE. HE’S GOT THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY AND KNOWS HOW TO USE IT TO KEEP YOU SAFE. CLICK TAP OR SWIPE OR PROVEN FORECASTING AGAIN AND AGAIN YOUR SEVERE WEATHER EXPERT CHIEF METEOROLOGIST CHRIS JUSTICE ONLY ON WYFF NEWS 4 WE GET THE IMPACT OF THIS PANDEMIC WHEN WE SEE IT THROUGH THE EYES OF THOSE WHO WENT HUNGRY BECAUSE OF IT AT HARVEST. HOPE FOOD BANK, MICHAEL COGDILL SHOWS US HOW THE LONG LINES OF 2020 HELP ILLUSTRATE THE STORY OF UNEMPLOYMENT AND VERY REAL VERY BASIC NEED. LONG TERM ECONOMIC AGENDA AGENCY SAYS THE AVERAGE SHOW THAT THE STATES ON EMPLOYMENT RATE WAS AT 5.2 PERCENT THAT CHANGED 733 IT IS. KINDNESS ON SOME DAYS. THE LINE IS COMPLETELY AROUND THE BUILDING. BY THE TIME JOHN NICKS KEEPS IT MOVING. THERE’S A CONSTANT PROCESS. BECAUSE THEY KEEP COMING. IT’S A NECESSITY AT THIS POINT. I’M COMING TO GET FOOD FOR MY FAMILY MAN. JOHN LANGLEY’S DISABLED MUSICIAN COVID-19 MADE THINGS WORSE FOR HIS HOUSEHOLD SIX. WE’RE STRUGGLING JUST TO FEED THE GROWL OF THAT FORKLIFT LIKE THE VERY SOUND OF SO MANY. WHO WOULD BE HUNGRY? SAVED OVER ABOUT 1.1 MILLION MEALS IN 2020. THIS WHOLE FOOD. BANKS TENS OF THOUSANDS EACH YEAR ABOUT ONE IN FIVE OR CHILDREN CHILDREN ARE AND SOMETIMES IN SCHOOL SINGLED OUT BECAUSE A BEHAVIOR ISSUE, BUT REALLY THE ISSUE IS FOOD INSECURITY. THEY’RE HUNGRY. THREE DAYS A WEEK NOW PEOPLE LINE UP. I’M SAYING LAND. AND VOLUNTEERS ALONGSIDE THE NATIONAL GUARD GIVE THEM FOOD. THE UPSTATE DIRECTOR DAN BOUDREAU WILL TELL YOU. THE PANDEMIC MADE THE GRIND OF MOVING IT ALL. ALL THE MORE VIOLENT THERE YOU GO MORNING. WE’VE SEEN AN 87% INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS SERVED FROM 2019 TO 2020 87% MORE PEOPLE STRUGGLING TO PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE. REMEMBER THAT IMPOSSIBLY LONG LINE. WE SHOWED YOU LAST YEAR OF THE PANDEMIC HIT THE ECONOMY. SO MANY SUDDENLY UNEMPLOYED NEVER EXPECTING TO NEED THIS. BUYING ON US TO SERVE THEM WEEK AFTER WEEK MONTH AFTER MONTH. I’VE NEVER BOUGHT A CHARITY OF MY LIFE AT THIS SOUTHERN ACTUALLY IS HELPING US TO SURVIVE AT THIS POINT. THE LINES ARE A LITTLE SHORTER NOW, BUT THE NEED RUNS DEEP FOR PEOPLE LIKE JOHN LANGLEY. HAVEN’T DONE THIS UP UNTIL ABOUT A YEAR AGO WHO SEE AND FEEL WHAT IT’S LIKE TO COME HERE. YOU KNOW, I DON’T FEEL SO BAD WHEN I SEE CARDS WRAPPED AROUND ABOUT A HALF A MILE THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE DOWN THE ROAD BEHIND ME. KNOWING THAT I’M YOU KNOW, NOT THE ONLY ONE OF THE SITUATION THEY COME HERE AND THEY SEE WHAT’S GOING ON. AND YOU ALMOST CAN’T BELIEVE THIS IS AMERICA, RIGHT? LIKE WHY? WHY DO WE HAVE SUCH A BIG PROBLEM? SO YES A YEAR LATER FEWER PEOPLE OUT FRONT LIONS A LITTLE SHORTER, BUT IS LESS ON THE SHELVES. SIMPLE ECONOMICS FOOD SELLS BETTER. THERE’S LESS TO DONATE AND SO CAN SEE THERE’S A LOT LESS TO GIVE. YOU CAN JUST SEE THE NEED AND HOW THANKFUL THEY ARE THAT THEY’RE GETTING YOU KNOW ANYTHING RIGHT? I’M GONNA KEEP DOING THIS UNTIL IT’S NOT NECESSARY AN AVERAGE YEAR. THEY STILL MOVE MEALS BY THE MILLIONS THROUGH HERE. I MEAN, I DON’T WANT TO TAKE SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY DON’T NEED. WHERE EVERY DAY DEBATING IT RIGHT NOW. CAN WE CONTINUE TO SERVE CAN WE ADD DAYS PERHAPS NOW WITH MORE GRATITUDE THAN EVER I’D LIKE THANK GOD EVERY DAY. THEY DO THIS UP HERE, YOU KNOW. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE KINDNESS AND THESE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN FANTASTIC FOR US HERE OF STRANGERS. THE CHILD WAS TREMENDOUSLY. I THE TIME. LAST APRIL OUR DAY FOR GIVING TELETHON RAISED MORE THAN 300,000 FOR HARVEST. HOPE FOOD BANK. THAT’S ALMOST ONE AND A HALF MILLION MEALS AND THAT’S THANKS TO YOU CARRYING SELFLESSLY FOR YOUR NEIGHBORS IN NEED. NOW WHILE UNEMPLOYMENT SKYROCKETED MANY SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS HAD TO SHUT DOWN COMPLETELY LAYING OFF THEIR WHOLE WORKFORCE. OTHERS COULD INNOVATE CHANGING THE WAY THEY SERVE THEIR CUSTOMERS OUR TAGGART HOUSE SHOWS US THE RESILIENCES OF THESE MEN AND WOMEN WHO EVEN NOW AREN’T SURE WHAT’S ON THE HORIZON. EARLY 2020 BUSINESSES AROUND THE NATION AND THE WORLD FACED UNEXPECTED CHALLENGES. IN THE UPSTATE THE CITY OF GREENVILLE IMPLEMENTED AN ORDINANCE RESTRICTING INDOOR DINING. WE FELT LIKE WE NEEDED TO MAKE A DECISION THAT WAS GOING TO BE EFFECTIVE AND THAT’S WHAT WE’RE TRYING TO TO DO NOW A STATEWIDE MANDATE FROM GOVERNOR HENRY MCMASTER WOULD FOLLOW IT IS NOW TIME. TO MAKE THESE RECOMMENDED ACTIONS REQUIRED PUTTING RESTAURANTS INTO NEW TERRITORY SOME SOLD TOILET PAPER. THANK YOU, SIR. DISTILLERIES REPURPOSED ALCOHOL CURBSIDE PICKUP THAT CAME THE NORM SELLING DIRECTLY FROM THE KITCHEN OR BETWEEN THAT GROCERY STORE AND A RESTAURANT RIGHT NOW AND AND THAT’S UNCHARTED AND WE DON’T HAVE ANY BOUNDARIES ON IT. CHAIRS ON TABLES AND AN EMPTY DINING ROOM THAT WEEK WAS AMONG THE TOUGHEST OF ADAM HAYES’S LIFE LAYING OFF MORE THAN 90% OF HIS STAFF. I WOULD SPEAK AND I JUST LOST AND THEN THAT’S LIKE A WATERFALL OF EMOTIONS FOR EVERYBODY BECAUSE EVEN NOW IT’S HARD TO LOOK BACK GLASSES ARE SET BUT THE FUTURE STILL ISN’T CLEAR WHAT WE’RE FINDING IS OUR TEAMS ARE SO SOME OF THEM ARE REALLY NEW SOME OF THEM ARE NEW TO THE BUSINESS ME. YOU KNOW ONE OF OUR RESTAURANTS FULL TURNOVER. EVERY POSITI ALI SAFI STAYED TRUE ON HIS PROMISE TO KEEP ALL EMPLOYEES ON THE PAYROLL. I SEE PEOPLE WORK HERE THEN THEN A FEW YEARS LATER THEIR BROTHER JOIN US. AND FEW YEARS AFTER THAT THE SISTER JOINS. THAT PUT TOGETHER DIDN’T EVEN ALLOW ME. TO LET MY MIND GO WHERE LONG, CAN I AFFORD THIS? I KNOW HOW MANY OF THESE RESTAURANT OWN. SUFFER YEAR, BUT THEY WERE ALL ABOARD IN TERMS OF HEY, WE WANT TO PUT OUR CUSTOMERS FIRST. PUT OUR EMPLOYEES FIRST. GREENVILLE AREA BUSINESSES TOOK A PLEDGE TO MASK UP AND PROMOTE SOCIAL DISTANCING. FEDERAL LOANS LIKE THE PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM BECAME A LIFELINE GREENVILLE COUNTY DISTRIBUTED MORE THAN 8 MILLION DOLLARS IN CARES ACT FUNDING TO SMALL AND MINORITY-OWNED BUSINESSES AND THE CITY OF GREENVILLE OFFERED PUBLIC-PRIVATE FUNDING FOR SMALL BUSINESSES UP TO 1,000 EACH. IT WAS A MORALE BOOSTER IT TELLS IT TELLS THEM WE CARE BUT BUT I HAD PLENTY OF BUSINESSES WHO SAID NO, ACTUALLY THAT REALLY HELPED ME THIS MONTH IN PAYING. MY BACK UTILITY BILLS. THERE WERE MANY HARDSHIPS IN DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE 13 BUSINESSES CLOSED, BUT THE CITY SAYS NINE NEW BUSINESSES OPEN DURING THE PANDEMIC OTHERS ON THE WAY A BIT OF AN ANOMALY HERE ONE FOOD TRUCK BUSINESS INVOLVED IN REALLY WASN’T MAKING ANY MONEY BECAUSE OF COVID-19 AND SO AT A TIME WHEN RESTRICTIONS WERE AT AN ALL-TIME HIGH THEY FOUND NEW HOPE IN BRICK AND MORTAR. THEY DIDN’T WANT TO DO IT JUST GONNA TAKE MY CHANCES WITH THE FOOD TRUCK. MY DAD WAS LIKE MAN. LISTEN WE WE CAN’T DO NOTHING BUT LOSE SOME MONEY AND BARBECUE INSIDE FOR JAMES HESTER OPENED UP NEW CLIENTELE. HE MOVED HERE DURING THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC COVID-19 PRECAUTIONS IN EFFECT AND WILL BE FOR A WHILE IS BECAUSE OF THE GRACE OF GOD. I’M A GOOD PEOPLE OF THE UPSTATE? THAT WE’VE BEEN ABLE TO SUSTAIN AND IT’S THAT WE’RE HERE AND THROUGH IT ALL LESSONS HAVE BEEN LEARNED UPSTATE BUSINESSES HAVE PROVEN THEY ARE RESILIENT EVEN IF THEY DON’T KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS IF ANYTHING IT PUT US CLOSER. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE’RE TIGHT KNIT GROUP AS IT IS, BUT WHEN YOU’RE WHEN YOU’RE FORCING THAT SITUATION WHERE YOU KNOW THAT THAT IS THE TEAM YOU GOT ALL DO WHAT YOU GOT TO DO. AND EVEN NOW AS PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS WORRY ABOUT A NEW SURGE OF CASES MANY BUSINESSES HAVE TO WORK AROUND DISTANCING MEASURES THAT KEEP THEM FROM OPERATING AT 100% BUT OTHERS TELL WYFF NEWS 4 THAT THEIR PRIMARY CONCERN IS THAT THEIR CUSTOMERS FEEL SAFE. THEY’RE COMFORTABLE WITH A SLOWER RETURN TO NORMAL AS LONG AS THAT MEANS GETTING BACK TO REAL BUSINESS. I HAD NO IDEA WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE TEACHING VIRTUALLY LIVE. STILL TO COME ON CHRONICLE LIVING IN A PANDEMIC TEACHERS PARENTS AND STUDENTS LEARNING A NEW LESSON IN BECOMING HOMESCHOOLERS IN AN INSTANT THE QUICK ADAPTATION TO LEARNING AND TEACHING REMOTELY. IT’S OKAY TO TALK OVER THE PHONE, BUT WHEN YOU CAN ACTUALLY FEEL SOMEBODY AND GET THEM A PAT ON THE BACK. IT’S A BIG DIFFERENCE. AND LATER A REUNION MORE THAN A YEAR IN THE MAKING OF FATHER AND SON CAN FINALLY EMBRACE THEIR FIRST TUG FIRST N-PERSON VISIT AFTER A LONG LONG LOCKDOWN. IF THIS IS YOUR KIND OF DAY AND THIS IS YOUR KIND OF SUV THEN THIS IS YOUR TIME TO BUY IT’S THE BUILT FOR SPRING SALES EVENT RIGHT NOW GET GREAT DEALS AND GREAT OFFERS ON A FORD SUV BUILT FOR LIFE IN MOTION BUILT FOR LIFE’S ADVENTURES AND BUILD FILE MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR SPRING IN A NEW FORD AMERICA’S BEST-SELLING BRAND HURRY. IT’S THE BUILT FOR SPRING SALES EVENT NOW GET ESCAPE WITH ZERO FOR 60 PLUS A NO CHARGE FIVE YEAR 100,000 MILE POWERTRAIN CARE PLAN ONLY AT CAROLINA FORD DEALER REALLY YFF NEWS 4 TAKES YOU STRAIGHT TO THE SCENE WITH SKY4 THE ONLY NEWS HELICOPTER IN SOUTH CAROLINA SKY4 LIVE OVER THE SCENE FROM THE AIR SKY4 KEEPS YOU ON TOP OF BREAKING NEWS. YOU ARE LOOKING AT LIVE PICTURES HERE FROM SKY4 COVERING THE BIG STORIES FROM ABOVE. THIS IS EXCLUSIVE SKY4 FOOTAGE AND LIVE TRAFFIC NEWS AS IT UNFOLDS SKY4. IS THERE YOUR TRUSTED SOURCE FOR LIVE LOCAL BREAKING NEWS WYFF NEWS 4 EVERY DAY YOU NEED NEWS YOU CAN TRUST INFORMATION THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTIONS WIFF NEWS 4 IS HERE THE ACCURATE LOCAL INFORMATION. YOU NEED AND NBC NIGHTLY NEWS IS HERE WITH THE LATEST FROM ACROSS AMERICA AND THE WORLD HERE PROVIDING CLARITY WHEN NEWS BREAKS HERE WITH FACTS SOLUTIONS AND ANSWERS HERE TO HELP YOU MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS FOR YOUR HEALTH AND YOUR FAMILY WYFF NEWS 4 AND NBC NIGHTLY NEWS YOUR SOURCE FOR LIVE LOCAL BREAK. TECHNOLOGY HAS NEVER PROVEN MORE IMPORTANT THAN IN THIS PANDEMIC SCHOOLS HAD TO WEIGH THE HEALTH RISK TO THEIR STUDENTS AND PERSONNEL AGAINST THE VOID OF ACADEMICS, BUT SOON ENOUGH VIRTUAL SCHOOL GREW INTO A REALITY THAT FILLED SOME OF THAT GAP KYLIE JONES GIVES US A GLIMPSE INTO WHAT IT TOOK TO GET THERE. THIS IS THE HARDEST JOB I’VE EVER HAD MY ENTIRE LIFE. IT WAS CHAOTIC AND IT FELT LIKE JUST FALLING OFF OF A CLIFF. THERE WAS NO TEXTBOOK. WE ARE REVIEWING TODAY BECAUSE WE HAVE A TEST COMING UP FOR THESE LESSONS. I HAD NO IDEA WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE TEACHING VIRTUALLY LIVE. THERE’S SOME READING PASSAGES ON THERE YOU HAD IDEAS. BUT IT’S IT’S KIND OF NERVE-RACKING WHEN IT’S LIKE SCHOOL STARTING NEXT WEEK, AND I LITERALLY HAVE NO IDEA HOW I’M PULLING THIS OFF TEACHERS. THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING HOME FOR THE WEEKEND. WE DID NOT REALLY GET TIME TO THINK EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY. IT WAS SO ABRUPT NEARLY OVERNIGHT. I’VE ORDERED THE CLOSING THAT TURNED INTO TEACHING FROM HOME ALL SCHOOLS IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA FOR MONTHS LITERALLY SET MY CAMERA UP HERE STARTING TOMORROW AND SET MY WELDER UP AND WELD SOMETHING MONDAY, MARCH 16TH. SHOW THEM HOW TO DO THAT WHATEVER POSITION I WAS DOING IT IN AND HOPE I COULD CAPTURE IT ALL AND GET IT ALL OUT PARENTS FEELING THE PAIN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CAMERA JUST THE AUDITORY STIMULATION AND BEING OVERWHELMED BY IT AND SEEING THE PICTURES PEOPLE FLASHING, YOU KNOW GOING AND HIDING UNDER A TABLE, YOU KNOW FROM IT AND NOT BEING ABLE TO COAX THEM OUT A NEW BATTLE SEEMINGLY EVERY DAY. DIFFERENT FOR EVERY FAMILY FOR MOST PEOPLE LOSING A YEAR OF QUALITY AND PERSON EDUCATION IS REALLY DIFFICULT AND BE A STRUGGLE BUT FOR A KID WITH SPECIAL NEEDS IT CAN BE DEVASTATING TO THE ENTIRE ROUTE OF THEIR LIFE TEACHERS. ALSO TRYING TO NAVIGATE THE VIRTUAL WORLD. WELCOME TO OTHERS SHOWING UP WELCOME HAROLD SHAMAR. KAMARIA OTHERS. HOW MANY OF YOU EAT HOW MANY OF YOU GOT BACK IN THE CLASSROOM, BUT THAT TOO WAS FAR FROM NORMAL. WE ARE TEACHING IN PODS AND THEY WE HAVE PHYSICAL BARRIERS WE HAD TO REINVENT LUNCH, YOU KNOW OUR CLASSROOMS TRANSITION. IT PUT TEACHERS TO THE TEST THAT RESPONSIBILITY THAT WE HAVE TO TEACH AND TO KEEP OUR STUDENTS WELL AND SAFE AND LEARNING. AND DOING THAT AMIDST A LOT OF FEAR REALLY SHOWS A TREMENDOUS COMMITMENT ON OUR TEACHERS’ BEHALF PARENTS LOOKING BACK. I CAN HONESTLY SAY THAT WE DID THE VERY BEST THAT WE COULD. AND THE KIDS, YOU KNOW, THERE’S THERE’S STRUGGLING EMOTIONALLY A LOT OF TIMES. YOU DON’T THINK THAT PEOPLE ARE TIRED. EVERYONE IS TIRED. BUT YET THEY KEEP ON GOING SO TODAY SUPER IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO REVIEW PERSEVERE DO WHAT YOU KNOW IS RIGHT AND KEEP DOING WHAT IS RIGHT AND IN THE END IT’S GOING TO TURN OUT. OKAY? THE SOUTH CAROLINA HOUSE HAS PASSED A RESOLUTION TO REQUIRE STUDENTS TO BE BACK FULLY IN PERSON FIVE DAYS A WEEK STARTING APRIL 26TH. THE SENATE WILL TAKE THAT UP NEXT WEEK. I WAS IN AN ABUSIVE SITUATION AND IT WAS BAD. IT WAS TERRIBLE. HAD HOW THE PANDEMIC LED TO AN INCREASE IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HERE FROM A SURVIVOR AND SEE HOW A COMMUNITY STEPPED UP TO HELP IN A TIME OF GREAT NEED. THAT’S NEXT ON CHRONICLE LIVING IN A PANDEMIC. I CAN’T THINK OF ANYTHING THAT MAKES YOU FEEL BETTER IN THAT MOMENT. THAN KNOWING THAT YOU’RE NOT ALONE. PLUS LIFE IN A PANDEMIC. IT TAKES A TOLL ON MENTAL HEALTH HOW LOSS OF WORK INCOME AND TIME WITH LOVED ONES HAS LEFT AN INDELIBLE MARK ON OUR WELL-BEING AND HOW SUMMER MAKING IT IT THROUGH TOGETHER WHILE PHYSICALLY APART. SOMETHING THAT I WORKED FOR YEARS TO PROTECT IS AT RISK REDINGTON. IT’S OVER WE’VE HEARD ABOUT THIS. MESS. WE’RE ENDING THIS TODAY. A DATE LINE FRIDAY PREMIERE. I JUST CRIME SCENE MIGHT TELL ONE STORY THE INVESTIGATION ADDS ANOTHER BUT ONLY ONE CASE HAS A TWIST THIS DARK THAT’S ARE EVIL DEADLINE TONIGHT? 9/8 CENTRAL SPRING IS YOUR TIME TO SHINE WITH TRENDS FROM CATO? 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HERE THE MANDATED QUARANTINE AT HOME PUT SOME STRAINS ON PEOPLE WHO LIVE UNDER THE SAME ROOF, BUT IN CASES WERE VIOLENCE WAS ALREADY A PART OF THE HOUSEHOLD THE PROBLEMS WERE COMPOUNDED SAFE HARBOR TELLS GABRIELLE KOMOROWSKI THAT THE NUMBER OF CALLS TO LAW ENFORCEMENT RELATED TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HAS GONE UP DRAMATICALLY DURING THE PANDEMIC. AND THAT HAPPENED JUST AS THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THAT SHELTER PLUNGED. THE RACKS OF GENTLY CLOTHING SHOES FURNITURE AT THE SAFE HARBOR RESALE SHOP ON WADE HAMPTON BOULEVARD IN GREENVILLE COUNTY COME FROM DONATIONS AND WHEN AN ITEM IS SOLD, THE MONEY MAKES A DIFFERENCE THE INCOME THAT WE MAKE AND THE RESALE STORE GOES DIRECTLY BACK INTO THE PROGRAMS OF SAFE HARBOR. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BECKY CALLAHAN SAYS THE RESALE SHOP HAD TO CLOSE FOR MONTHS AND FUNDRAISERS WERE CANCELED BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC THE MONEY STOPPED COMING IN THE NON-PROFIT ESTIMATES A LOSS OF $300,000 IN 2020 BY THE END OF THE YEAR. WE WERE FACED WITH AN ENORMOUS DECREASE IN FUNDING. AND AN ENORMOUS INCREASE IN NEED ACCORDING TO SAFE HARBOR GREENVILLE RANKS NUMBER ONE IN THE NUMBER OF INCIDENTS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN SOUTH CAROLINA. SOUTH CAROLINA IS NUMBER 11 IN THE COUNTRY IN THE NUMBER OF DEATHS OF WOMEN BY MEN. CALLAHAM SAYS THE PANDEMIC HAS MADE THINGS WORSE. IT CREATED THAT TIPPING POINT. OF ISOLATION UNEMPLOYMENT. WE’RE SEEING THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ASKING US FOR HELP THE TYPES OF ABUSE ARE MORE AND MORE VIOLENT AND MORE AND MORE DEGRADING. I WAS IN AN ABUSIVE SITUATION AND IT WAS BAD. IT WAS TERRIBLE. PUBERTIN SILCOTT SAYS SAFE HARBOR SAVED HER LIFE. DIDN’T KNOW WHERE I WAS GONNA GO AS A MATTER OF FACT. I WAS HIDING OUT AT A HOTEL UNTIL I COME TO BUT GOT INTO CONTACT WITH SAFE HARBOR THEY SENT THE POLICE. OUT TO A SQUAT ME THERE. SO FROM THE BEGINNING I WAS I FELT VERY SAFE. I THERE WITH NOTHING. NO CLOTHING. JUST WHAT WAS ON MY BACK. I HAD NO MONEY, BUT THE PANDEMIC HAS REDUCED HOW MANY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVORS SAVE HARBOR CAN HELP LAST YEAR WE TURNED AWAY 230 FAMILIES MICHELLE GILBERT THE DIRECTOR OF SHELTER. ADVOCACY SAYS SOCIAL DISTANCING AND CAPACITY REQUIREMENTS MEAN THESE SHELTERS CAN’T HOLD AS MANY PEOPLE ONE SHELTER WAS ABLE TO SERVE 30 PEOPLE AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR NOW. THEY CAN ONLY SERVE 11. THERE’S SO MANY BARRIERS THAT ARE PRESENT EVEN GIVE THEM TO THE POINT. EXCESS HELP AND THEN HELP NOT BE AVAILABLE IS ABSOLUTELY HEARTBREAKING AND SHOULD BE HEARTBREAKING FOR EVERYONE IN. BECAUSE IT’S A COMMUNITY PROBLEM. YOU CAN HELP BY SHOPPING AT THE RESALE STORE. MAKING A DONATION ANYBODY WHO’S RECEIVING SERVICES FROM SAFE HARBOR CAN GET A VOUCHER AND SHOP FOR FREE. WE’RE GIVING A FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION TO HELP SOMEONE WHO NEEDS IT. AND LAST MONTH WYFF NEWS 4 HELD A VIRTUAL TELEPHONE ON TO RAISE MONEY FOR SAFE HARBOR. THANKS TO YOUR GENEROSITY MORE THAN 126,000 WAS RAISED AND IF YOU’D LIKE TO CONTINUE TO HELP SAFE HARBOR THE WAYS TO GIVE HER ON YOUR SCREEN RIGHT THERE ALL OF US HERE AT WYFF 4. THANK YOU. FOR MANY PEOPLE STRESS DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY GREW IN A WORLD WHERE SIMPLE HUG COULD BE DANGEROUS. MANY WAYS THE PANDEMIC SHOOK US TO OUR CORE. WHOLE STORY CLARKE WITH ONE MAN’S STORY. YOU THE UPSTATE LIVE MUSIC SCENE PRE-PANDEMIC BANDS VENUES. EVEN AN UPSTATE MUSIC AWARDS TO HONOR THE BEST OF THE BEST THEN COVID-19 HIT. EVERYTHING SHUT DOWN PROFESSIONALLY. I MEAN I WRITE ABOUT LIVE SHOWS. ARE LIVING AND THEY WERE GONE. SO, YOU KNOW, IT WAS LIKE EVERYTHING WAS GONE IN A SNAP VINCENT HARRIS CONTRIBUTES TO NEWSPAPERS STATEWIDE. I DID SOME QUICK MATH AND BY THE END OF APRIL I REALIZED I HAD LOST ABOUT 75% OF MY INCOME. IN A MONTH AND A HALF SPAN PLANO FESTIVAL USA AS WE GOT WHEN HIS BIG YEARLY EVENT THE SPOLETO FESTIVAL IN CHARLESTON WAS CANCELED REALITY REALLY HIT THAT’S WHEN IT STARTED BECOMING VERY PRONOUNCED THAT I IT WAS CLEAR ME THAT I WAS HERE, YOU KNOW VERY DEPRESSED AND HE WASN’T ALONE IN HIS PANDEMIC REACTION. NOW, I’VE SEEN PEOPLE, YOU KNOW HAVE SOME INCREASE IN ANXIETY, BUT MORE INCREASE IN DEPRESSION A SURVEY BY THE US CENSUS BUREAU IN DECEMBER FOUND 42% OF THOSE ASKED, REPORTED SYMPTOMS OF EITHER ANXIETY OR DEPRESSION COMPARE THAT TO 11% THE YEAR BEFORE YOUNGER ADULTS HAD IT HARDER THAN OLDER PEOPLE OVER HALF OF ADULTS AGES 18 TO 24 REPORTED ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION. LESS THAN A THIRD OF ADULTS OVER 65 HAD THOSE SYMPTOMS. LACK INTO HISPANIC COMMUNITIES HAD HIGHER RATES OF COVID-19 AND COVID DEATHS. THEY REPORTED MORE ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION TOO WHAT I SEE IS THAT PEOPLE HAVE SORT OF THE NORMAL EXPECTED HEALTH CHALLENGES. AND THEN IT’S COMPOUNDED BY THE PANDEMIC AND HAVING TO STAY HOME AND HAVING FEAR ABOUT GOING OUT. GREENVILLE THERAPIST GINGER CULBERTSON SAYS SHE TOOK HER PRACTICE ONLINE WHEN THE PANDEMIC RAMPED UP LAST YEAR TALKING TO PEOPLE FOR YOU KNOW, FOUR TO SIX OR SEVEN HOURS EVERY DAY OVER THE INTERNET. THEY FOUND OUT WHAT THEIR LIMITS TO ISOLATION REALLY ARE. SO, WHAT DID WE TALK ABOUT LAST TIME? AND WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN WORKING WITH US SINCE SHE ENCOURAGES PEOPLE TO STAY UPDATED ON BEST PRECAUTIONS. USE GOOD JUDGMENT AND FIND A WAY TO REACH OUT TO OTHER PEOPLE. THAT’S WHAT VINCENT DID REACHING OUT VIRTUALLY. EVERY TIME I HAVE IT’S SOMETHING ON SOCIAL MEDIA ABOUT THE WAY I WAS FEELING IN A CERTAIN MOMENT DESPERATE OR DEPRESSED OR SAD OR LIKE I NEEDED HELP. SOMEONE HAS GOTTEN IN TOUCH WITH ME AND SAID I FEEL THE SAME WAY. I CAN’T THINK OF ANYTHING THAT MAKES YOU FEEL BETTER IN THAT MOMENT. THAN KNOWING THAT YOU’RE NOT ALONE. HE RECENTLY GOT VACCINATED. HE’S HOPEFUL ABOUT THE END OF THE PANDEMIC COMING SOON AND HE’S READY FOR THE MUSIC. AND VINCENT HARRIS SAYS THE FINALISTS HAVE BEEN CHOSEN FOR THE UPSTATE MUSIC AWARDS GINGER CULBERTSON TELLS US THAT SHE PLANS TO DO A MIX OF VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON COUNSELING AND AS FOR THE SPOLETTO FESTIVAL, WELL, IT WILL GO ON THIS YEAR, BUT ON THAT 25% CAPACITY EXTENDED CARE FACILITIES WERE GROUND ZERO FOR COVID-19 CASES AND DEATHS IN SOUTH CAROLINA THROUGH LAST WEEK MORE THAN ONE IN FIVE COVID-19 DEATHS IN THE STATE. WAS THAT A PATIENT AT AN EXTENDED CARE FACILITY? FOR MONTHS ON END ASSISTED LIVING CENTERS WERE CLOSED TO VISITORS ONE UPSTATEMAN TELLS US HE COUNTED THE DAYS UNTIL HE WAS ABLE TO SEE HIS FATHER AGAIN TO GIVE HIM A A HUG AND THE NURSING HOME. OUR ALAN DEVLIN WAS THERE TO CATCH THE MOMENT. THAT WAS ONE YEAR IN THE MAKING. I’M VERY THIS IS A DAY THAT I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR FOR QUITE A WHILE DAVID PARRIS IS TAKING THE FINAL STEPS OF WHAT HAS BEEN A YEAR-LONG JOURNEY OF LOST TIME. IS THIS WHERE I CHECK IN? BECAUSE OF COVID-19 NURSING HOME RESTRICTIONS. IT’S BEEN 368 DAYS SINCE THE LAST SAW HIS 88 YEAR OLD FATHER PAUL IN PERSON HEY, DAD, HOW YOU DOING TODAY? SINCE MARCH 13TH OF LAST YEAR THE EXTENT OF THEIR CONTACT FACETIMES IN ZOOM CALLS. MY DAD, BUT TODAY I’VE BEEN READY FOR A LONG TIME. YOU HAVE NO IDEA THAT LONG WAIT. COMING TO AN END. HEY. DAD HOW YOU DOING? I’M A SNEAK A HUG. I SURE MISSED YOU. NURSING HOMES AROUND THE STATE OPENED BACK UP REUNIONS JUST LIKE THIS ONE ARE MADE POSSIBLE. FATHER AND SON DISTANCE FOR SO LONG ABLE TO ONCE AGAIN SHARE SIMPLE MOMENTS. SECONDS OVERLOOKED THAT’S YOUR YOUNGEST GREAT-GRANDSON. YOU’VE NEVER MET HIM BEFORE TIME TO TO CATCH UP ON THINGS MISSED. WHAT ARE YOU A FAMILY REUNION OF SORTS AND SHARE A ROOM WITH SOMEONE SHARE SHARE THAT TOUCH WITH SOMEONE. LOVE THE MOST YEARS A LONG TIME, YOU KNOW TO TOUCH SOMEONE SO I KNOW THAT HE HAD TO MISS THE PERSONAL TOUCH. I MEAN IT. IT I’M SORRY. IT MEANS A LOT TO US. AND SO THERE THEY SAT IN AND OUT OF CONVERSATIONS AS THE CLOCK TICKED ON THEIR BEST ATTEMPT. WAKE UP. LOST WAS GREAT. WHY DID DAD? IT’S OKAY TO TALK OVER THE PHONE, BUT WHEN YOU CAN ACTUALLY FEEL SOMEBODY AND GET THEM A PAT ON THE BACK. IT’S A BIG DIFFERENCE, ISN’T IT? IT IS. IT’S GONNA BE GREAT TO WELCOME PEOPLE BACK THIS YEAR. NEXT A RETURN TO THE BALLPARK ATHLETES AND COACHES GETTING BACK IN THE GAME AS THEY REFLECT ON A LOST SEASON FOR SOME IN A VERY DIFFERENT ONE FOR OTHERS THAT’S AHEAD ON CHRONICLE LIVING IN A PANDEMIC. CHEVY IS AMERICA’S FASTEST GROWING FULL LINE BRAND AND PEOPLE ARE TAKING IT EVERYWHERE TAKING TRAILBLAZER OUTDOORS CONFIDENTLY TAKING ON NEW PLACES WITH EQUINOX AND TAKING ON MORE WITH SILVERADO. WHATEVER YOU DO. THERE’S A PERFECT CHEVY TO TAKE YOU ANYWHERE FIND YOUR PERFECT CHEVY AND GET UP TO 17% OF MSRP CASHBACK ON SELECT 2021 MODELS. THAT’S OVER 5400 CASH CASH BACK ON THIS EQUINOX. SEE YOUR CHEVY DEALER ARE YOU A LEPRECHAUN? HI? BEEN LEPRECHAUN IN FOR OVER 300 YEARS TILL THESE NEW SCRATCH-OFFS EASIER TO PLAY THAN CHASING THE RAINBOW AND THERE’S MILLIONS IN CASH PRIZES TO BE WON FOLKS BE SEEN THAT WHEN IN POTENTIAL SEEMS THEY DON’T BE NEEDING LEPRECHAUN SERVICES ANYMORE. RIGHT, RIGHT. YOU WANT THESE SCRATCH OFFS, DON’T YOU? YES. NEW SCRATCH OFFS WITH MILLIONS IN CASH PRIZES. THEY’RE ALL THE LUCK YOU NEED. FOR ENDLESS WAYS. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO ACTUALLY GETTING THERE. AND EXPERIENCING EVERY SOUL CHANGING CORNER OF IT. THERE’S ONLY ONE. CHEROKEE DURING THE JEEP CELEBRATION EVENT GETS 0% FINANCING FOR 84 MONTHS. 4,250 TOTAL CASH ALLOWANCE ON SELECT 2021 JEEP CHEROKEE MODELS HERE IN MANY WAYS THE SUDDEN SHUDDERING OF THE SPORTS WORLD SIGNIFIED JUST HOW QUICKLY THIS NEW VIRUS HAD INVADED OUR LIVES AFTER MONTHS OF NO TELEVISED COMPETITION SOME LEAGUES CONSIDERED BEST PRACTICES TO PLAY THROUGH A PANDEMIC OTHERS DIDN’T EVEN HAVE THE CHANCE. SPORTS DIRECTER MARK WHITEMAN ON A YEAR OF CANCELLATIONS AND CURVEBALLS ON THE FIELD OF PLAY FANS DO TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES. THE GAME TONIGHT HAS BEEN POSTPONED ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11TH, 2020 UTAH’S GAME IN OKLAHOMA CITY WAS POSTPONED WHEN RUDY GOBERT BECAME THE NBA’S FIRST KNOWN CASE OF COVID-19 BY THE END OF THE NIGHT THE NBA HAD SUSPENDED ITS SEASON BY THE END OF THE WEEK THE SPORTS WORLD HAD GROUND TO A HALT NCAA HAS MADE THE DECISION TO CANCEL THE MEN’S AND WOMEN’S TOURNAMENT THOSE FIRST FEW DAYS WHILE THINGS WERE BEING SHUT DOWN. I THINK WE LEARNED NOT ABOUT THE IDEA THAT WE DIDN’T KNOW VERY MUCH WHAT THAT FIRST PART TAUGHT US IS OUR NEED TO ADAPTABLE CARVING WINS, NAS. CARS RETURN TO ACTION BEGAN TO RETURN AND A COLLEGE FOOTBALL SEASON CAME INTO VIEW CLEMSON SPENT FOUR TO FIVE MONTHS BUILDING A DETAILED PLAN THAT LED TO 19,000 IN DEATH VALLEY. WE REALLY STARTED TO MODEL OUT OUR STADIUM AND STARTED AT WHAT IS SIX FEET OF SOCIAL DISTANCE YIELD IN TERMS OF A CAPACITY WHAT THAT CAME OUT TO. STADIUM IS BETWEEN 19 AND 21 PERCENT WITH LIMITED CAPACITY CROWDS AND SOCIALLY DISTANT SEATBACKS CLEMSON WAS AT LEAST ABLE TO APPROXIMATE A FULL ATHLETIC SEASON THROUGHOUT THE FALL WHILE SOME LIKE THE GREENVILLE DRIVE WERE FORCED TO GRAPPLE WITH NO SEASON AT ALL. YEAH NOT GONNA LIE. IT WAS PRETTY DEPRESSING TO COME IN HERE LAST SUMMER EVERY DAY WALKING AROUND THE BALLPARK SEEING A COMPLETELY EMPTY KNOWING THAT WE WEREN’T GOING TO HAVE A SEASON. INSTEAD THE DRIVE GOT CREATIVE PARTNERING WITH THE UNITED WAY AND DOING SOCIALLY DISTANCED EVENTS TRICK OR TREATING AT HALLOWEEN AND AN UPSTATE SALUTE VETERANS DAY CONCERT EARNING BASEBALL AMERICA’S COVETED FREE THIS AWARD FOR THEIR COMMUNITY SERVICE WHILE BASEBALL IS THE PRODUCT OUT ON THE FIELD. OUR BUSINESS IS REALLY ABOUT MAKING MEMORIES AND IMPACTING FOLKS IN THIS COMMUNITY. SEASONS WERE IMPACTED WERE PARTICIPANTS THE FIRST TIME. I DIDN’T PICK MY TAIL THE WAY THIS ONE KICKED MY TAIL SOUTH CAROLINA’S FRANK MARTIN TESTED POSITIVE TWICE AND CLEMSON DEFENSIVE. LINEMAN. JUSTIN FOSTER RETIRED DUE TO LONG-TERM COMPLICATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH HIS ASTHMA SOME THE DOCTORS HAD MENTIONED THAT YOU KNOW, THEY DON’T KNOW IF IT COULD BE A MONTH FROM NOW OR COULD BE A YEAR FROM NOW, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE IT’S GONNA BE A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME THAN WE WOULD LIKE FOSTER AT PEACE WITH HIS DECISION HIS ALMA MATER CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT A HEALTHY STADIUM FULL OF CHEERING. ENDS THIS FALL. I THINK WE WILL VIEW IT WITH A NEW APPRECIATION AND I THINK AT THAT POINT I THINK THERE’S A SYMBOLIC UNDERSTANDING THAT A LOT OF THE INDIVIDUALS IN THE STADIUM WILL HAVE DONE WHAT WAS REQUIRED TO OVERCOME. WHAT WAS A VERY DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCE. IT’S GONNA BE GREAT TO WELCOME PEOPLE BACK THIS YEAR AND SEE SOME FAMILIAR FACES THAT WE HAVEN’T SEEN SEEN IN CLOSE TO 20 MONTHS. INDEED IT. WELL THOUGH CLEMSON FOOTBALL FINISHED THIRD IN THE NATION AND NATIONAL ATTENDANCE LAST YEAR. THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT SAYS THEY STILL TOOK A HUGE FINANCIAL HIT THEY ESTIMATE THE DEFICIT FOR THEIR FISCAL YEAR WILL BE AS MUCH AS 25 MILLION DOLLARS. WE WENT FROM HAVING THREE SERVICES ON A SUNDAY MORNING TO NOW ONE VIRTUAL SERVICE. NEXT ON CHRONICLE LIVING IN A PANDEMIC KEEPING THE FAITH IN TIMES OF UTMOST UNCERTAINTY CHURCHES CHANGING THE WAY THEY MINISTER REACHING THEIR CONGREGATIONS THROUGH A VIRTUAL PATH. YOU’VE ALWAYS WANTED A LAWN THAT YOU COULD BE PROUD OF BUT DON’T HAVE THE TIME OR EXPERTISE TO MAKE IT HAPPEN AND PRECISION. WE ARE THE LOCAL EXPERTS WITH A PROVEN PLAN THAT FITS YOUR BUDGET AND GETS THE RESULTS YOU WANT. OUR TEAM KNOWS EVERY LAWN IS DIFFERENT AND HAS YEARS OF EXPERIENCE PROVIDING OUR CLIENTS WITH THE LAWN. THEY LOVE AND ARE PROUD OF WITH NO LONGTERM CONTRACT YOU ARE GUARANTEED TO LOVE IT WITHOUT BEING LOCKED INTO SOMETHING VISIT US AT LOOK AT MYLON.COM TODAY TO RECEIVE YOUR PROVEN LAWN CARE PLAN PRECISION LAWN CARE GIVING YOUR PRECISELY WHAT IT NEEDS. MY DAD IS AN EXPERT AT A LOT OF THINGS PLAY PLAYING BALL. WHOA. GOOD HIT THESE 10-15 MILES PER HOUR WINDS MASON THAT BALL WENT CHECK OUT THAT STRATUS CLOUD OVER THERE. THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT PRODUCE LIGHT RAIN FROST FORMS AT NIGHT WHEN WATER FREEZES ON PLANE AND MAKING NOW ADAM EVERYBODY ASK THEM ABOUT THE WEATHER. THESE STORMS ARE REALLY FIRING ENOUGH. I’M GONNA GO LIVE. HI EVERYBODY CHRIS JUSTICE HERE WITH TRACKING STRONG CHIEF METEOROLOGIST. CHRIS JUSTICE YOU’RE SO FEW WEATHER EXPERT ONLY ON WYFF NEWS. BEFORE THE SUN RISES BEFORE YOU GET OUT THE DOOR WAKE UP AND WATCH WYFF NEWS 4 TODAY. BREAKING NEWS AND LOCAL STORIES THAT MATTER TO YOU WAKE UP TO LIVE TRAFFIC UPDATES AND WEATHER CONDITIONS WAKE UP WITH THE INFORMATION YOU NEED FROM THE TEAM. YOU TRUST WAKE UP AND WATCH WYFF NEWS 4 TODAY. MOST AMERICANS SAY THEIR FAITH IS STRENGTHENED IN TIMES OF CRISIS. BUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A PANDEMIC CHANGES EVEN THE EXPRESSION OF THAT BELIEF? PAYROLL CLARK TALKED WITH THREE UPSTATE PASTORS AND FOUND WITH THIS PANDEMIC ALL THREE FACED THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES OF THEIR MINISTRIES. MARCH OF LAST YEAR IT HAPPENED VERY GRADUALLY UNTIL SUDDENLY. IT WAS WORSE SUDDENLY WORSE. MID-MONTH WHEN EVERYTHING SHUT DOWN WE DIDN’T REALIZE THAT THE WORLD WAS GOING TO SHUT DOWN AS QUICKLY AS IT DID BASED WITH FINDING NEW WAYS TO BE A CONGREGATION. I THINK OUR CARE OUR CONCERN OUR COMPASSION FOR ONE ANOTHER HAS NOT CHANGED BUT IN APRIL OF 2020 THE CELEBRATION OF EASTER HAD TO CHANGE. CHURCHES OFFERED FACEBOOK LIVE WHERE YOUTUBE SERVICES IF THEY COULD THEN ON SUNDAY, I NEVER IMAGINED EASTER WITH NO PEOPLE IN THE ROOM. NEITHER DID FATHER JAY SCOTT NEWMAN OF GREENVILLE SAINT MARY’S CATHOLIC CHURCH. EASTER SUNDAY WAS USUALLY STANDING ROOM ONLY IN 2020 THIS I STOOD THERE. BY MYSELF TO YOUR STREAMING DOWN MY CHEEKS. BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WHO SHOULD BE HERE WEREN’T THEY WEREN’T AT LONG BRANCH BAPTIST CHURCH EITHER THINGS HAVE CHANGED DRAMATICALLY. WE WENT FROM HAVING THREE SERVICES ON A SUNDAY MORNING TO NOW ONE. VIRTUAL SERVICE FOR MONTHS, ALL THREE PASTORS LOOKED FOR WAYS TO HOLD THEIR CONGREGATIONS TOGETHER. FOR MICHAEL TURNER AT ADVENT UNITED METHODIST. COVID WAS YET ONE MORE CHALLENGE. FIRE DESTROYED THE SANCTUARY IN 2017 THREE BUILDING FINISHED JUST MONTHS BEFORE THE PANDEMIC HIT TURN TO SOMEBODY NEXT TO YOU AND YOUR LIVING ROOM ON YOUR BACK PORCH VIRTUAL CHURCH BECAME THE NORM WITH OCCASIONAL OUTDOOR SERVICES FEATURING DISPOSABLE COMMUNION PACKETS OVER 2020 WITH PRECAUTIONS SOME CHURCHES SLOWLY RE TO IN PERSON WORSHIP SIX FOOT SPACERS FOR SEATING SOME HUES WERE CLOSED CLEANING ROUTINES STEPPED UP AT SAINT MARY’S EVEN THE HEATING AND COOLING SYSTEM WAS CHECKED. WE VERIFIED THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THE SYSTEM. AND WE’RE WELL PLEASED AT THE AT THE RATE OF EXCHANGE SO THAT NO AIR WAS LINGERING IN THE BUILDING FOR MORE THAN A MOMENT IF MASKS WEREN’T REQUIRED. THEY WERE STRONGLY SUGGESTED. HOW ARE YOU TODAY? GOOD. GOOD AT LONG BRANCH BAPTIST SERVICES CONTINUE VIRTUALLY YOU FOCUS ON GOD’S WORD BUT IN PERSON TOUCH THE IS STILL THERE. I’LL BE AT MASKED AND GLOVED AT EVENTS LIKE THE REGULAR FOOD DISTRIBUTION PICK UP. ALL THREE PASTORS PRAY THIS PANDEMIC END SOON, BUT THEY KNOW LESS. WILL LINGER I DON’T THINK WE’LL EVER GO BACK TO ALL IN PERSON GATHERINGS. I MEAN THERE WILL ALWAYS BE SOME SORT OF HYBRID. THEY HAVE BEEN CONVERSATIONS THAT WE’VE HAD IN THE LAST YEAR THAT WE’VE NOT HAD IN THE LAST DECADE. I BELIEVE CONVERSATION BRINGS ABOUT CONVICTION AND CONVICTION BRINGS ABOUT CHANGE. IT REMINDED US THAT NOTHING CAN BE TAKEN FOR GRANTED. AND IF WE CAN EMERGE FROM THE PANDEMIC WISER MORE COMPASSIONATE THAN AND GOOD THINGS CAN COME FROM THAT. ALL THREE PASTORS TELL CAROL THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO REACH OUT AND HELP OTHER CHURCHES GET THROUGH THE CRISIS THIS PAST YEAR. IT IS A HUGE HUGE. BLESSING THAT PEOPLE NOW ARE ABLE TO GET BACK IN START SEEING THEIR FOLKS FACE TO FACE. THE DISCOVERIES WE MADE IN THE YEAR OF SHUTDOWN AND ISOLATION AND HOW IT’S MAKING A STRONGER FOR THE YEARS TO COME. THAT’S NEXT ON CHRONICLE LIVING IN A PANDEMIC. CHEVY IS AMERICA’S FASTEST GROWING FULL LINE BRAND AND PEOPLE ARE TAKING IT EVERYWHERE TAKING TRAILBLAZER OUTDOORS CONFIDENTLY TAKING ON NEW PLACES WITH EQUINOX AND TAKING ON MORE WITH SILVERADO. WHATEVER YOU DO. THERE’S A PERFECT CHEVY TO TAKE YOU ANYWHERE. FIND YOUR PERFECT CHEVY AND GET UP TO 17% OF MSRP CASHBACK ON SELECT 2021 MODELS. THAT’S OVER 5400 5,400 CASH BACK ON THIS EQUINOX. SEE YOUR CHEVY DEALER WE KNOW YOU HAVE QUESTIONS YOU WANT TO KNOW WHEN YOUR LIFE WILL GET BACK TO NORMAL HOW TO HEAL OUR DIVISIONS IF ANYONE HEARS YOU. IF CONGRESS IS WORKING FOR YOU WE LISTEN. WE HEAR YOU. WE TELL YOUR STORIES. I’M SOLID AT O’BRIEN FOR THOUGHTFUL PERSPECTIVE FRESH IDEAS AND CONVERSATIONS AS DIVERSE AS AMERICA JOIN ME FOR MATTER OF FACT SATURDAY AT 7:00 ON WYFF 4. CHECK OUT THE TYPE OF CHILD. THAT WAS NOT OUTSPOKEN AT ALL BEFORE NC PRE-K. HE WAS SHUT DOWN HIS TEACHER HELPS HIM A LOT NOW. HE’S RAISING HIS HAND AND SOME QUESTIONS WHEN PEOPLE THINK ABOUT SCHOOLS THEY TEND TO THINK ABOUT JUST THE TEACHERS WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE BEHIND THE SCENES TO MAKE THE SCHOOL SAFE TO MAKE OUR STUDENTS HAPPY AND HEALTHY. I’M HAPPY TO THE NORTH CAROLINA EDUCATION LOTTERY FUNDS TO HELP PAY FOR OUR SUPPORT STAFF. MICHELLE CAN GO TO A AWESOME PROGRAM FOR FREE AND THAT’S A BIG. THE REAL VALUE AT LOOKING BACK OVER TOUGH TIMES IS IN FINDING THOSE LITTLE JEWELS THOSE LITTLE PEARLS OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE AND INNOVATION THAT WILL USE TO MAKE A STRONGER MOVING FORWARD. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. MICKEY RECTOR IS CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF LIFE IN 2021. THANK YOU. SOMEBODY WAS SAYING THIS WAS THE FIRST HUNDRED THAT BIRTHDAY. THEY’VE BEEN TO HIS FIRST ONE. I’VE BEEN TO TWO MICKEY SENSE OF HUMOR HAS GUIDED HER THROUGH SOME BIG EVENTS IN HER CENTURY HERE, YOU KNOW, SHE WENT THROUGH THE DEPRESSION SHE WENT THROUGH WORK TOO, BUT IN 2020 ON HER 99TH BIRTHDAY THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC PRESENTED HER WITH A WHOLE NEW CHALLENGE. YOU KNOW WE CELEBRATED LAST YEAR BUT SIGN A PICTURE WINDOW FOR 49 LONG WEEKS MICKEY’S VISITS WITH HER SON CHUCK COULD ONLY BE THROUGH THE GLASS AND OVER THE PHONE. IN MARCH OF 2020 THE VIRUS WAS ALREADY TAKING SUCH A DEEP TOLL ON NURSING HOME RESIDENTS. SO THE GOVERNOR IMPOSED VISITATION RESTRICTIONS. IT IS A HUGE HUGE. BLESSING THAT PEOPLE NOW ARE ABLE TO GET BACK IN START SEEING THEIR FOLKS FACE TO FACE. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU CHUCK AND MICKEY AND EVERYONE AT OUR NURSING HOME HAVE NOW BEEN VACCINATED AGAINST THE VIRUS IT SO NOT ONLY IS USED TO 100. SHE’S OUT SO YOU’RE OUT OF JAIL FOR THE DAY. IT’S REAL PRETTY DAY. THIS YEAR OF SOCIAL DISTANCING AND ISOLATION HEIGHTENED OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE DEPTH OF OUR NEED FOR HUMAN. THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH SAYS THAT GIVEN THEIR EXTENSIVE WORK IN CRISIS AND DISASTER RESPONSE. THEY EXPECT A HIGHER NEED FOR THEIR SERVICES POST-PANDEMIC. AND ANOTHER DEEP VULNERABILITY WAS EXPOSED INEQUALITY IN HEALTHCARE. I MEAN, WE SAW THE SAME IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND GREENVILLE COUNTY. WE SAW WHAT WE SAW ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHERE MINORITY GROUPS AND LOWER INCOME PEOPLE WHO CLEARLY DID NOT HAVE THE HEALTH CARE THAT THEY WERE MOST VULNERABLE TO THE COVID-19 EARLY ON. SOUTH CAROLINA DHEC REPORTS THAT ALTHOUGH THE BLACK COMMUNITY MAINTAINS HIGH RATES OF TESTING FOR COVID-19. THEY STILL SEE THE HIGHEST RATES OF CASES HOSPITALIZATIONS AND DEATHS IN THE STATE. THAT’S THAT’S A HUGE ISSUE. HAS TO BE ADDRESSED THE FOOD AND SECURITY OF EVEN THIS COMMUNITY IS STILL REAL. IT DOESN’T GO AWAY OF A PUBLIC PANDEMIC. AND GAPING HOLES OF COMMUNITY NEED WERE EXPOSED MANY OF THOSE WILL QUICKLY ADDRESSED THROUGH PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS. HAVE YOU ALL DONE THE VACCINE YET? YOU HAVE DONE BOTH OF THEM. ALL RIGHT WAY TO GO THOSE MISSIONS WILL GO ON. WE HAD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THOSE TYPE OF SERVICES TO OUR COMMUNITY STAYED PRETTY HEALTHY OVER THE YEARS. I GUESS ONE YEAR INTO THE PANDEMIC THERE’S A RENEWED. HOPE SEEN THROUGH THE LENS OF A CENTURION TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE IT THROUGH AND COME OUT EVEN STRONGER THIS. JUST A FABULOUS FABULOUS DAY. OVER THIS YEAR WE HAVE SEEN AND EXPERIENCED THE UNIMAGINABLE HARDSHIPS OF LIVING IN A PANDEMIC. WE WILL NEVER FORGET THE PRECIOUS LIVES THAT WERE LOST AND WE THANK THE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN WHO RISK THEIR OWN HEALTH WHILE WORKING ON THE FRONT LINES THE EDUCATORS WHO GUIDED OUR CHILDREN AND THE MANY GENEROUS PEOPLE WHO BROUGHT COMFORT TO THEIR NEIGHBORS AND NEED WE DON’T KNOW WHEN THIS HEALTH CRISIS WILL END, BUT WE DID WITNESS THE STRENGTH AND PERSEVERANCE OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT AND WE KNOW THAT WILL ENDURE EVEN AFTER THE PANDEMIC. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR CHRONICLE. LIVING IN A PANDEMIC. I’M JANE ROBELOT. GOOD NIGHT