ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — When COVID-19 hit, Jakira Lewis put her academics into practice. A second-year student at the University of South Florida`s College of Public Health, Lewis dove into working as a case investigator and contact tracer. “It was really exciting at first getting that firsthand experience,” she said. But, after working 12-hour days, coping with the emotions of people infected with the virus, and seeing exhausted frontline workers, “it starts to feel a little hopeless.” Still, the experience inspired her career path. “It has really pushed my drive for researching health disparities, especially the disparities we`ve seen within the Black community,” said Lewis. Once she...
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