A community pioneer lost, and remembered
BELLE GLADE, Fla. — It was the first day of the new year when Angela Moodie noticed that her 80-year-old mother seemed to be short of breath on their daily phone call. Her mom, Daisy Pace, had always been healthy and taken care of herself, so she immediately knew something was wrong. Without hesitation, she jumped in her car and drove around the block to find her mom ashen and gasping. She raced her to nearby Lakeside Medical Center in Belle Glade, where she was diagnosed with Covid-19 and quickly admitted.
The pandemic has hammered Florida, leaving families and communities reeling. The state has been slow to embrace masking, lockdowns, and other preventive measures that could protect people from the virus. Throughout the pandemic, Florida has recorded consistently high rates of transmission and deaths.
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