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In Our View: Woman’s story brings home reality of COVID-19

The Columbian
Published: January 11, 2021, 6:03am

About 10 months after COVID-19 upended American life, doubters persist. Many people decline to wear masks in public, questioning the impact of the disease or even calling it a hoax.

We hope those people will read the story of Ashley Dumont. The 21-year-old Vancouver woman contracted coronavirus in mid-June, and she still is feeling its effects.

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