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Wilma J. Wooten | Public Health Officer

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Special | 3m 36s | Wilma J. Wooten's job is to protect the health of the public. (3m 36s)

Stephanie Zimmerman | Flight Nurse

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Special | 4m 12s | Stephanie Zimmerman provides remote support for medical personnel. (4m 12s)

Shelley Sherman | Clinical Nurse Specialist

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Special | 4m 33s | Shelley Sherman is a nurse and loves what she does. (4m 33s)

Shawn Evans | Emergency Department Physician

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Special | 4m 38s | Shawn Evans first encountered COVID-19 in a 6-year-old patient. (4m 38s)

Shannon Oriola | Epidemiologist

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Special | 3m 45s | Shannon Oriola has been an epidemiologist for twenty-five years. (3m 45s)

Sandhya Bangaru | Vaccine Research Scientist

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Special | 4m 19s | Sandhya Bangaru's vaccine research is part of a larger effort to combat the virus. (4m 19s)

Omar Passons | Integrative Services

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Special | 4m 14s | Omar Passons wants to know what's most important to the residents of San Diego. (4m 14s)

Nick Macchione | Health & Human Services Director

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Special | 5m 5s | Nick Macchione hopes that future generations will be better prepared as a result of today. (5m 5s)

Melanie Gawlik | Trauma Services Director

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Special | 4m 18s | Melanie Gawlik's staff cares for patients afflicted by the virus. (4m 18s)

Louis Maletz | Primary Care Physician

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Special | 3m 36s | Louis Maletz recalls the time when a close friend had COVID-19. (3m 36s)

Leo Uzcategui | Respiratory Care Practitioner

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Special | 2m 52s | It took Leo Uzcategui one young patient to open his eyes to the severity of the pandemic. (2m 52s)

Jakub Jagielinski | Battalion Chief

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Special | 4m 16s | Jakub talks about the emotional toll on his teams and the community. (4m 16s)

Ennis C. Jackson | Paramedic

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Special | 3m 31s | Ennis Jackson says there was a lack of awareness about safety precautions early on. (3m 31s)

Elizabeth Bustos | Community Developmet Liaison

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Special | 4m 5s | Elizabeth Bustos remembers the moment when COVID-19 upturned her daily life. (4m 5s)

Dori Mancuso | Emergency Department Nurse

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Special | 4m 19s | Dori Mancuso has witnessed first hand the devastation caused by COVID on patients. (4m 19s)

Alexandra Rose | Critical Care Physician

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Special | 4m 19s | Alexandra has worked with COVID patients since the very beginning of the pandemic. (4m 19s)

Denise Foster | Chief Nursing Officer

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Special | 4m 27s | Denise Foster's team responded swiftly to the needs of the homeless when COVID hit. (4m 27s)

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