Mask defiance remains strong in Big Sky Country, even as the pandemic rages
A cancer survivor vulnerable to serious illness, Chany Reon worried as the coronavirus swept through China and then northern Italy last winter. When, she wondered, would it reach her remote corner of the United States.
Now it has, with the force of a hurricane. Reon lives in Flathead County in northwestern Montana, home to Glacier National Park and one of the worst-hit parts of the state. Montana did well early on, preventing spread of the virus with lockdowns and travel restrictions, but precautions were loosened in June and it now has one of the worst Covid-19 rates in the country.
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