You hear the numbers, you hear the thousands of people and hundreds of thousands of people and millions of people, but until you can put a face on it so people can recognize it is their neighbors, it is their community that has been impacted, it makes it difficult.
Emphasizing the importance of personal stories in understanding economic impacts.
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