Guest Opinion: Hope of deliverance
Looking back at the last two years, it feels like an eternity. I remember it feeling like the first part of "Avengers Endgame" when the pandemic hit: the news would show the freeway with hardly any cars on the road, businesses were closed, and you would go on social media and the events you were following were all saying CANCELED.
The only time that you would see a crowd would be at five in the morning with people waiting in line at the local market, hoping that you can get at least a four-pack of toilet paper.
The major rough part of all of this was the daily broadcast from your local news station of the many new cases of COVID, and how many of those have died, hoping that you, your family, your friends won't become a statistic.
It really did feel like the sun wasn't shining and everything just felt so blue and gray, but in 2021, hope was on the way — literally.Funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and run by the California Department of Health Care Services, California Hope, or CalHOPE, provides free outreach, crisis counseling, and support services to Californians who have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
