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Rick Breuer is the CEO of Community Memorial Hospital in Cloquet and wrote this for the Pine Knot News.

This is a hard time for all of us. Last spring, many of us prepared for what we thought would be massive numbers of Covid patients. That never came to pass, and we have all begun to enjoy some of the “normal” activities of life as we used to know it. But we can see that we will be dealing with this virus for some time, and it can be difficult for us personally and professionally to keep up our spirits and not let our guard down.

The prevalence of Covid has never been higher in our com...