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Lauren is the Director of Health and Human Services for Rio Arriba County in Northern New Mexico. View the website of the Rio Arriba Community Health Council here: http://www.rachc.org/ My opinions are my own!
Real Name: Lauren Reichelt
Location: Espanola, New Mexico
Occupation: Health and Human Services Director
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Twitter: @laurenreichelt
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/lauren-reichelt/9/7b4/b1
Diaries published: 171 (6 days since last diary on Tue May 05, 2020 at 07:01 AM PDT)
Comments posted: 8703 (1 day since last comment on Sun May 10, 2020 at 01:00 PM PDT)
Diary frequency: often
Comment frequency: frequent
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Most Recommended Diary: Kossack Barbwire has Passed Away, 96 comments, 434 recommends
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Rio Arriba County in northern NM led the nation in heroin overdose deaths for two decades while its sister county, McKinley, struggled with alarming rates of alcoholism. Both counties developed unique responses to the non-infectious epidemics ravaging...
by TheFatLadySings
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on Tue May 05, 2020 at 07:01 AM PDT
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Today was an exciting day for Rosie the Respirators and their collaborators in Rio Arriba County. We loaded fifteen beds, one hundred twenty-three gowns, and sixty 3-D printed N95 masks on a truck bound for Rehoboth McKinley Christian Hospital (RMCH)...
by TheFatLadySings
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on Thu Apr 23, 2020 at 07:59 AM PDT
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Gene Grant invited me, TheFatLadySings, of Rosie the Respirators, and Emma Landry of the Merry Mask Makers of Albuquerque, NM to talk about community mask-making efforts on New Mexico In Focus. It was a fun discussion. And as we talked, personal...
by TheFatLadySings
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on Wed Apr 22, 2020 at 07:39 AM PDT
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Today was a busy day in Rio Arriba County. Despite great leadership by Governor Lujan Grisham, New Mexico has seen a rapid jump in new Covid cases in the past two days with 71 yesterday, and 124 today. Many of these are appearing in the northwest...
by TheFatLadySings
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on Fri Apr 10, 2020 at 07:00 AM PDT
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The US Census is a forgotten casualty of the current federal war on state, county and municipal government, and in fact on community. The census count will determine the shape of Congress, and thus the federal budget for a decade from 2021 through...
by TheFatLadySings
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on Tue Apr 07, 2020 at 07:00 AM PDT
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While New Mexico is geographically the fifth largest state in the US, it is also one of the most rural, with a population of just over 2 million; it is ranked 47th in income out of 50 states and the District of Columbia. And yet, thanks to exceptional...
by TheFatLadySings
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on Sat Apr 04, 2020 at 02:53 PM PDT
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