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Jen Solomon: When personal freedom infringes on the health of others

What happened to Americans’ willingness to sacrifice for the common good?

(Trent Nelson  |  The Salt Lake Tribune) Annice Sterling, one of a group of ICU nurses from Northwell Health who will support ICU teams at Intermountain Healthcare in Utah, expresses her thanks at a news conference in Murray on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020. Last April, Intermountain deployed two COVID-19 Response Teams totaling 100 caregivers to assist New York City-area hospitals during that state’s major surge of COVID-19 cases. Those hospitals planned to return the favor when their surge subsided, which it now has.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Annice Sterling, one of a group of ICU nurses from Northwell Health who will support ICU teams at Intermountain Healthcare in Utah, expresses her thanks at a news conference in Murray on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020. Last April, Intermountain deployed two COVID-19 Response Teams totaling 100 caregivers to assist New York City-area hospitals during that state’s major surge of COVID-19 cases. Those hospitals planned to return the favor when their surge subsided, which it now has.