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WICHITA MATTERS: The Coronavirus in Kansas: The First 100 Days
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This past Saturday was more than just the summer solstice, the longest day of the year and the official start of summer (astronomically speaking, if not calendrically). It also marked the 100th day since the coronavirus pandemic formally began in Kansas, with Governor Kelly having issued her state of emergency order, in response to the first Covid-19 death in the state, on March 12. Wichita and Sedgwick County began to follow suit the same day, and just as USD 259 students were beginning their spring break, our long Covid Spring started. Now, our Covid Spring has become a Covid Summer. What’s different, what’s the same and what, if anything, has been learned?