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Douglas County Health Department Director Adi Pour said she is taking heat from both sides during the coronavirus pandemic: those who say the restriction she has imposed are too harsh and those who say they arne’t tough enough. “Sometimes that weighs on you, and then you just need to step back and say, ‘I need to do what is right for this community and what is right for public health,’” she said.
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Adi Pour, Douglas County health director, with Mayor Jean Stothert. Omahans need to be vigilant, Stothert said, to stave off a virus resurgence.
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