Here are the statistics for Jan. 22:
- 47,290 cases reported
- 37,474 hospitalized
- 489 deaths
Then there are the hospitalizations — we know hospitals continue to be maxed out with patients stacked in hallways and emergency rooms. It doesn’t seem “normal” there!
Lastly, deaths. That 400+ number has persisted for a long time as a daily death toll.
I hired Barb twice. Once when I was at Washington state emergency management and then again at King County emergency management. She worked in public education and had an emphasis on schools. Even in retirement she worked part time up until a couple of years ago on getting school participation in the “Great Washington ShakeOut” here in Washington state.
She was a giver and not a taker, volunteering her time and money, and she did not have much, in many good causes. She was very involved in helping what we might call at-risk kids graduate from an alternative high school in her home town. She worked to take care of their academic, mental and physical needs (many, if not most, were homeless).
If anything, she showed everyone how to live a life of service. She will be missed on many a front. God’s speed Barb!