National Public Health Week

It's National Public health week and we're highlighting Olmsted County public health workers who play important roles in our communities.

Forecast is coming up... it's national public health week and we're highlighting olmsted county public health workers who play important roles in our communities.

Kimt news 3's annalise johnson joins us live to introduce us to one of these people.

Annalise?

Amy ?

"* katie ?

"* public heal agencies work 365 days a year to keep our communities safe and healthy... but public health is sometimes invisible work ?

"* with many hands workig behind the scenes.

But when the pandemic hit the u?

"*s in march of 2020 ?

"* our eyes were opened to just how important public health is in our communities.

Im just excited post?

"*pandemic for this new world for public health as an epidiemiologist working during the pandemic ?

"* meaghan sherdn collects ?

"* records ?

"* sha* and analyzes covid?

"* 19 data.

Because of all the planning and training public health does for major health threats ?

"* she feels the transition into covid response has been pretty seamless.

She's excited the pandemic has created an awareness of just how prevalent public health work is in our communities... but while you may recognize public health's role in testing for ?*- vaccinating against ?

"* and collecting information on the coronavirus ?

"* emergency preparedness and response is just one facet of the job.

Public health has a hand in everything from food insecurity ?

"* to walkability n our cities ?

"* to environmental hazards ?

"* and it will be really interesting to see as we move through this, the more interest, the more understanding, and i think it just benefits our community that people know what public health is and what we're here to help with sherden has also had a lot of conversations with college students who are now interested in going into the public health field ?

"* because the pandemic made them aware of it as a career option.

Live in rochester?

"* annalise thank you annalise.

Still to come on kimt news 3 at 5 ?

"* *- and 10 ?

"* hear from more publc health workers who are helping our communities