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COVID and more

Jim Woster
Oct 10, 2022
Oct 10, 2022

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If you recall, and most do, it was early March 2020 that this region truly realized that Covid was not a mysterious virus, found pretty much on the East or West Coast and in foreign countries. Certainly, nothing to concern a person living in “fly over country.” Boy did that change and almost overnight.

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