Bad news begets bad news.

And, as we all very well know at this point, that was certainly the case this year.

Headlines across the world were dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic throughout 2020; there was no escaping it 害羞草研究所� neither for the public nor for journalists here covering the stories.

The sheer number of news stories was itself overwhelming, and the content didn害羞草研究所檛 make it any easier to stomach; however, some bright moments shone through during this dark year.

Those stories didn害羞草研究所檛 always get the spotlight they deserved, often pushed down by daily COVID-19 case counts, new government mandates and general 2020 害羞草研究所渄oom and gloom.害羞草研究所�

As a result, the 害羞草研究所 is looking back at some of those feel-good local stories that arose amid the turbulence, highlighting the togetherness 2020 inadvertently encouraged.

As the world shut down, communities came together. Residents rallied around health-care workers, posting white hearts in the windows of the homes they were cooped up in and paying tribute to hospital staff with parades 害羞草研究所� often on a nightly basis through March and April.

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That disruption continues to this day, though as time has gone on, people have become used to the new implements in their everyday lives.

Whether that be masks on their faces or elbow bumps in-lieu of previously-standard handshakes, community members have largely made the commitment to public health, ensuring the spread of the virus will be sufficiently stemmed until somebody jabs us all in the arm with a vaccine.

Until then, it害羞草研究所檒l be community that pulls us through, just as it has over the past 10 months.

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