As part of the company’s continued efforts to keep our employee-partners and customers safe, Brookshire Grocery Co. provides enough face masks for their more than 15,000 employee-partners to wear while serving their communities.
Tyler, Texas (April 27, 2020) — A survey of nine major hospitals reported earlier this month in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC) that the number of severe heart attacks being treated in U.S. hospitals had dropped by nearly 40% since the advent of COVID-19 in March. Cardiologists are worried about a second wave of deaths caused indirectly by COVID-19: patients so afraid to enter hospitals that they are dying at home or waiting so long to seek care that they’re going to suffer massive damage to their hearts or brains. Some call it “a virus of fear.”
Now that most of the country is working from home and employees are physically separated, businesses are more exposed than ever. BBB reminds businesses to be on the lookout for scams and ensure employees are trained to handle some of the challenges they will face while working from home.
The 2020 All-District Soccer picks were announced last week, and the Pirates were notably outstanding on the list. These Pirates took top honors as player of the year categories: District Most Valuable Player - Senior #13 Marco Trejo; Offensive player of the year - Sr. #22 Kevin Ramirez; Midfield player of the year - Jr., #5 Giovanny Rojas; Defensive player of the year - Sr. #15 Sammy Ramirez: Goalkeeper of the year -Sr. #0 Marc Germilus; All Academic player: Sr. #9 Kevin Avila.
