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Joe Courtney: “This Saturday in New London, Connecticut, there is going to be a memorial service for Elva Graveline, who was a…”

On the recordMay 27, 2020
This Saturday in New London, Connecticut, there is going to be a memorial service for Elva Graveline, who was a certified nurse's aide who worked at a local hospital there, 52 years old, mother of two, grandmother of three, who succumbed to COVID a couple of weeks ago.
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Joe Courtney
Democratic · Connecticut

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Courtney discusses a memorial for a nurse who died from COVID-19, highlighting the human impact of the pandemic.

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