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Now here's today's news, discerned differently.

Today is Memorial Day, an observance held annually in the United States on the last Monday

in May.

On this day, we especially remember more than 1.3 million Americans who have died in our nation's

wars.

As the son and grandson of soldiers and a proud and grateful American, I want to honor this day

each year in the daily article, and each day in my heart. However, there is a companion theme

on this Memorial Day I'd like us to consider as well. I had minor outpatient surgery

last week. I say that only to say I interacted with several medical staff in the days leading up to

and through the procedure.

Each of them was wearing a mask and gloves.

Several were wearing protective gowns as well.

That's because, so far as they knew, I was infected with COVID-19 and capable of spreading

the infection to them. One nurse with whom I spoke

had an especially touching story. When she and her colleagues were cleared to return to work several

weeks ago, her daughter moved out of their house. This daughter had been living with her older brother

because her mother could become infected with SARS-CoV-2 at work and bring the infection

home to her. As a result, this nurse has not been in the physical presence of her daughter for

two months. They speak over Skype or Zoom every day, but it's not the same. I will never forget her,

or the tears in her eyes as she told me her story. Thousands of health care workers have been infected with COVID-19 so far.

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