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Health and Medicine

Rogue Valley Seniors Reflect On Society, Family and Life, Five Months Into The Pandemic

Jefferson Public Radio | By Erik Neumann

Published August 23, 2020 at 5:11 PM PDT

Augusta Lucas Andrea is a Rogue Valley senior. She spoke with JPR's Erik Neumann about life during the pandemic.

In March, JPR’s Erik Neumann spoke with four Rogue Valley seniors about how they were coping with the isolation of the coronavirus pandemic. Now, five months later, he checks back in to hear how the virus has changed their thoughts about society, family, and their own lives.

JPR’s Erik Neumann spoke with Larry Hunter, Andrea Gay, Augusta Lucas Andrea, and Elisabeth Zinser.

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Erik Neumann

Erik Neumann is OPB’s Southwest Washington Bureau Chief. He has more than a decade of experience as a radio reporter, writer and editor. Before working at OPB, he was JPR's news director and a health care reporter at KUER in Salt Lake City, Utah. Erik has a master’s degree from the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.

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