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This letter brought a Publix employee to tears -- the happy kind

A resident of Vero Beach, Florida, who is also an employee at a local Publix supermarket, Asli Knowles initially found it to be a struggle to communicate with customers when employees started having to wear face coverings in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Coronavirus DIY: Local artist Soir shares instructions on how to make face masks

Jacqueline “Soir” Rios was terrified. Her one-year-old daughter, Coraline, had difficulty breathing. She was at the West Boca Medical Center when nurses told her her husband wasn’t allowed inside. That was the moment, she said, the coronavirus pandemic felt real.