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January 6, 2021, Pandemic? What pandemic?

I went an entire day without seeing one mention of the coronavirus.

(Wednesday, January 6)

It goes to show how "one big story of the day" can shove all other stories off the front page of every newspaper and evening television news.

I did not see anything in the media on the coronavirus all day on Wednesday, January 6th because of the riots and turmoil at the Capital. 

Today it is all reaction to yesterday, and what went down and what needs to be done. COVID may come back into the news on Friday--maybe. 

Eric Holdeman is a contributing writer for Emergency Management magazine and is the former director of the King County, Wash., Office of Emergency Management.