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AP Photo/Steven Senne Two years ago this week, everything changed. We had heard the threats of COVID-19 for a couple of months by then, but by the middle of March, we were in full-blown pandemic mode.
I’ll never forget the phone call I received on March 13, 2020. At the time, I was communications director at the church where I’ve been a member since I was a teenager, and Friday was our off day. We had just heard the news that President Trump has ordered everything to shut down for two weeks to “slow the spread” of the coronavirus.
That meant we had to scramble. So my boss called me to work on a strategy to communicate the changes and what lay ahead. We had to announce that we wouldn’t be having in-person church services that Sunday — and little did we know that we would go online-only for three months. We also had to scramble to film an online service that evening.
At the same time, my dad had gone into the hospital with blood clots on his lungs. I went to see him Friday morning, but that was the last time any of the family would get to see him until he came home. His cancer had come back, and he came home with hospice care.
I know my story isn’t unique. Everyone’s lives changed when we shut down for “two weeks.” Some people’s lives haven’t changed back, and I know that some people have utterly heartbreaking stories.
When we initially banded together to defeat the pandemic, we never dreamed we would be talking about COVID two years later.
We went from wearing masks for a little while because we thought that’s what we had to do to people wearing masks by choice and judging those who don’t want to.
When the federal government […]
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Over the last several months, I’ve lost count of how many times the powers-that-be have tried to shut us down. They’ve sent hackers at us, forcing us to take extreme measures on web security. They sent attorneys after us, but thankfully we’re not easily intimidated by baseless accusations or threats. They’ve even gone so far as to make physical threats. Those can actually be a bit worrisome but Remington has me covered.
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JD Rucker