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Thanks to the Snohomish Health Department for doing a great job battling the pandemic, most recently identifying the arrival of the new variant that was first discovered in the U.K. (New strain of COVID-19 found in Snohomish County - https://bit.ly/3ba7BGJ ) Our health department employees work long hours at a near impossible job, day after day, week after week. Another way to thank them is to encourage our senators and representatives to pass President Biden’s latest relief package, that will insure funding continues for our hard working health departments, along with state and local governments. In addition, it targets the economic problems of families and businesses.

At the same time it takes steps to narrow the income gap, striking a major blow to child poverty. Our calls, letters, and stories of our hardships during this pandemic give our members of Congress the grounds they need to pass this and other legislation to beat the pandemic and put America on the road to equity for all.

Willie Dickerson

Snohomish