Public health agencies work year-round every year to keep our communities safe and healthy.
But public health is sometimes invisible work, with many hands working behind the scenes.
Customer facing ?
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"* and hard to social it's national public health week and we've been introducing you to people working behind the scenes in the covid?
"*19 pandemic to keep our communities healthy.
We have one final person to introduce you to.
Abby tricker is one of the many olmsted county public health workers who had to shift their role during the pandemic.
She's a part of the health promotions team ?
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Answering calls and questions was at times stressful early on in the pandemic ?
"* because informatin was changing often.
Sometimes callers needed answers ?
"* and sometimes they just needed to feel heard.
She's proud of the work she and fellow public health employees have done over the last year.
Xxx i feel even more proud of the work we're doing throughout this response just knowing that we saved lives and that we're doing is making an impact and it's been recognized to hear from all of the featured public health workers ?
"* head to our website at kimt dot com and find this
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