This week ‘In Conversation’: The toll of COVID grief

By Michelle Tyrene Johnson

Published July 1, 2022 at 9:53 PM EDT

First Lady Britainy Beshear and Gov. Andy Beshear walk through a "sea" of more than 3,000 flags on the State Capitol Building grounds Jan. 22, 2021. Each flag represents a Kentuckian who died from COVID-19.

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The world is in year three of a pandemic that has taken over one million lives in this country alone. Countless families and friends are grieving the loss of loved ones to COVID-19.

This week on “In Conversation,” we talked to grief counselors and other experts about the unique aspects of grieving amid the pandemic and beyond.

We also heard from journalists about the local impact of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, the decision that made abortion a federal constitutional right.

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Michelle Tyrene Johnson

Michelle Tyrene Johnson is the lead producer of LPM’s talk shows, and she is also the host and producer of LPM’s podcast Race Unwrapped. Email Michelle at mjohnson@lpm.org.

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