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On Apr 12, 2021

♪ I TOOK HER TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM, AND THEY SAID THAT’S AS FAR AS YOU CAN GO AND THAT WAS PRETTY MUCH GOODBYE AT THAT POINT. THOUSANDS OF MARYLANDERS DYING IN HOSPITALS ALONE. FAMILIES FORCED OUT OF THE WAITING ROOMS AND FORCED TO SAY GOODBYE OVER THE PHONE. THE FINAL TOLL OF THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC, STILL YET TO BE SEEN. AND THEY WERE JUST THE SICKEST OF THE SICK. UM … IT REALLY FELT LIKE BEING THERE FOR PEOPLE MATTERED. THOSE LOVED ONES CARED FOR IN THEIR FINAL HOURS BY ICU NURSES WHO ARE RISKING IT ALL FOR STRANGERS. HOW THE FRONT LINES HAVE CHANGED IN A YEAR AND THE LONG-AWAITED HOPE A VACCINE IS GIVING MEDICAL WORKERS. [CHEERING AND APPLAUDING] BUT WE ALSO GOT TO WITNESS EMOTIONAL MOMENTS LIKE THESE – PATIENTS RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL AFTER WEEKS ISOLATED IN ROOMS ALONE. JOIN US OVER THE NEXT HOUR, AS WE SHARE STORIES OF SUFFERING, SURVIVAL AND HOPE. THE PANDEMIC ONE YEAR LATER: A JOURNEY FROM PAIN TO PROMISE ♪ ♪ GOOD EVENING, AND THANKS FOR JOINING US. STAN: IT’S HARD TO BELIEVE IT’S BEEN A YEAR, SINCE THE “WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION” DECLARED CORONAVIRUS, A “PANDEMIC”. AND WHILE THE PAST YEAR HAS BEEN EXTREMELY DIFFICULT ON VACCINES DO NOW OFFER “HOPE”. DEBORAH: OVER THE NEXT HOUR, YOU WON’T HEAR FROM A LOT OF OFFICIALS TALKING ABOUT WHAT YOU HAVE ALREADY HEARD OUR GOAL IS TO BRING YOU PERSONAL STORIES OF LOSS, YES, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY HOPE FOR A NEW SAFE, HEALTHY TOMORROW. STAN: WE BEGIN WITH I-TEAM LEAD INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER JAYNE MILLER. SHE SHOWS US WHERE WE STAND THE ONGOING STRUGGLES AND SHE OFFERS A GLIMPSE OF WHAT THE FUTURE MAY LOOK LIKE. REPORTER: LOCKERRED INTO OUR HOMES, THROWN OUT OF WORK, SICKENED AND MADE TO ENDURE TERRIBLE LOSS. SHE DIED APRIL 8th, 202. SHE WAS 51. BUT FOR CORONAVIRUS, HER HUSBAND SAID, SHE WOULD LIKELY BE WITH US TODAY. A MY WIFE WAS THE PICTURE OF HEALTH. NOT SICK. NOT FAILING. NO, NO, YOU KNOW, NOTHING WE WERE DEALING WITH. YEAH. IF NOT FOR THAT — REPORTER: KI THE FIRST WAVE WHEN TESTING WAS SCARCE AND MEDICINE UNFAMILIAR WITH THE NEW RESPIRATORY VIRUS. OH, YOU GOT PNEUMONIA. THEY GAVE HER ANTI-BAY DOTTICCANCE SAID GO HOME. COME BACK IN A WEEK. REPORTER: SHE HE TOOK HER TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AND NEVER WOULD LEAVE THE HOSPITAL. WE DONNED MASKS AND GLOVES AND TALK HER IN THE CAR AND MADE HER THEN IT BACKSEAT WHICH KNOW WAS PAINFUL, AND TOOK HER TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM, AND WE GOT HER TO THE FRONT DOOR AND THEY SAID THAT IS AS FAR Z YOU CAN GO. THAT WAS PRETTY MUCH GOOD-BYE AT THAT POINT. REPORTER: AS OF RAY DAY, MARCH 12th, 2021, 7848 PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN MARYLAND FROM CORONAVIRUS RELATED ILLNESS. 88% WERE 60 YEARS OR OLDER. BASED ON 2019. CORONAVIRUS WOULD BE THE THIRD LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH BEHIND HEART DISEASE AND CANCER. IN THE U.S., MORE THAN 500,000 PEOPLE HAVE DIED THE PANDEMIC AND MORE THAN 28 MILLION CASES HAVE BEEN REPORTED. THAT IS OBVIOUSLY AN ENORMOUS TRAGEDY ONE OF THE WORST PUBLIC HEALTH DAISES ON RECORD. WHEN WE TAKE A STEP BACK AND THINK ABOUT WHERE WE ARE. WHAM WE SUFFER INTERESTED OVER THE LAST YEAR, IT IS STRIKING. REPORTER: RIGHT NOW, NEW CORONAVIRUS CASES AVERAGE 831 PER DAY, A SHARP DROP FROM THE 3019 AVERAGE CASES PER DAY DIDN’T MID JANUARY. THIS WEEK, MARYLAND JOINS SOME OTHER STATES IN LIFTING SOME CORONAVIRUS RESTRICTIONS, PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERTS CAUTION, DON’T RUSH IT. I AM EXPECTING THAT IN THE SPRING, WE WILL CONTINUE TO NEED PUSH DOWN CASE COUNTS. RIGHT NOW, OUR CASELOADS ARE AROUND 20 CASE PER 100,000 PER DAY. THAT IS SHOW EPIDEEMOLOGIST THINK ABOUT IT IN THE U.S. I WOULD LIKE TO GET BELOW 10 AS GEL AND PREFERABLY LOWER. REPORTER: THE ECONOMIC IMPACT HAS BEEN HARSH AND MAY LAST SEVERAL YEARS. DONALD ROSS HAS BEEN ABLE TO KEEP THE CATERING BUSINESS GOING ONLY BY PIVOTING TO A MEAL DELIVERY BUSINESS. HI. HELLO. RIGHT ON TIME. I AM SURPRISED HOW MANY PEOPLE, SINGLE, FAMILIES, THAT THEN NEED OF COOKED MEAL, HEALTHY COOKED MEALS DELIVERED TO THEIR HOMES AND DAILY BASIS. SO I HAVE V BEEN DOING THREE-DAY, FOUR-DAY, FIVE-DAY MEAL PREP PLAN THAT HAS TAKEN OFF AND SUPPLEMENTED OUR INCOME BECAUSE ALL THE CATERING EVENTS HAVE BEEN CANCEL GOING INTO THIS YEAR. REPORTER: DONALD’S RIFE IS ALSO HAVE SMALLING BUSINESS OWNER LIKE MANY OTHER RETAIL AND PERSONAL SERVICE BUSINESSES? HEA HAD TO SHUT DOWN LAST MARCH AND ROPED IN MAY TO LIMITED CAPACITY RULES THAT CONTINUE. YOU MAKE ENOUGH TO PAY THE BILLS, BUT WE USED TO NORMAL ROTATION, WHERE YOU ARE DOING MORE THAN EIGHT PEOPLE A DAY. YOU ARE DOING UP TO 15 POPE, KNOW, THE INCOME CUT WAS CUT DRASTICALLY, BUT AS LONG AS WE CAN STILL WORK. I AM FINE. REPORTER: DECEMBER 2019, MARLEI REPORTED 2. 8 MILLION JOBS. IN DECEMBER 2020. THE STATE REPORTED ABOUT 2.6 MILLION. 124, 700 THROWS PANDEMIC. RY WAS A MEDICAL AUDITOR. REPORTER: AMANDA EDWARD HAS WITNESS OUT OF WORK FOR THERE LAMB FULL YEAR SHE IS NOW BATTLING THE STATE’S UNEMPLOYMENT SYSTEM TO COLLECT BENEFITS. HER NEXT JOB UNCERTAIN. HAS BEEN A HUGE STRUGGLE. I DON’T KNEE TO DO. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?…