The COVID-19 Pandemic: Changing, but Echoes of the Past Still Haunt

Sunday, April 2, 2023 at 12:00 AM

By JonChristopher Collins

The COVID-19 levels for Missouri counties Taney and Greene have plummeted, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports.

This is welcome news for health care providers. Local mental health professional Thuy Rudy, owner of Alliance Counseling Associates, has practiced counseling for 20 years. She described what she observed during the pandemic when those rates were higher. 

“It was awful. It was just plain awful because everybody was freaked out, and nobody knew exactly what COVID was. Everyone was dying right and left, and so, people were afraid, just generally afraid,” Rudy said. She explained that this fear of catching COVID-19 led to a fear of being around people.

The article was originally published and is available to read in full on Ozarks DynaCom’s websites.