is it ever really over?

Our stories this week look at this dissonance between thinking of COVID-19 in the past tense, while also knowing that it is still a very real threat to many vulnerable people in our community.  Just becasue it isn't in the news isn’t giving us a count of Covid infections anymore doesn’t mean that it's gone away.   Hug In our first story, Cristina talks about the desire and the danger of touch with the lingering threat of COVID-19 Produced by Cristina Marras for Audio Playground.   All We’ve Got In our second story, Laura looks at how COVID-19 is still impacting many people today, even though the world seems to have forgotten about it. Produced by Laura Pettenuzzo  Supervising Producer Persephone Waxman   Horror Story: Dawn of the Covid  In the final story, David channels his inner George Romero and digs deep into the classic horror genre to tackle the real-life terrors of COVID-19 and his own MS diagnosis.     Written and Performed by David Maney  Produced and Composed by Ben Keene.    All The Best Credits Host Kwame Slusher Executive Producer: Melanie Bakewell Programs and Community Coordinator: Phoebe Adler-Ryan Community Coordinator: Patrick McKenzie Artwork: Ray Vo Theme Music composed by Shining Bird See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.