COVID in WV: Mother carries on son’s legacy in Charleston community

In this first episode of COVID in WV, we spoke with LaKeisha Barron-Brown of Charleston, West Virginia. LaKeisha lost her 21-year-old son, Jon’Tavese O’mari Brown in October 2021 to COVID-19. Lakeisha spoke with us a few weeks ago to share his story and her own story.COVID in WV is a podcast series by Quality Insights for Project WAVE: West Virginians Advocating for Vaccination Empowerment. Project WAVE is funded through the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources Bureau for Public Health. Learn more at qualityinsights.org/wave. The music in this episode is "Paper Feather" by Blue Dot Sessions, which is licensed for free usage under an Attribution-NonCommercial License. This program is being presented with financial assistance as a grant from the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources. Publication No. WVCOVID-093022-CC.