Did you know that between 150 and 300 people died weekly from COVID during the summer of 2025 in the U.S.? If you were watching the mainstream media or getting news from the White House, this data may surprise you. According to them, COVID is old news and in the rearview mirror of history.

However, today’s guest and disability advocate Polly Garcia is committed to educating their community about the virus. In the interview, she will address how the disability community has been impacted by COVID and the steps organizations can take to begin to address the community trauma that came with the pandemic. Polly has worked at the Centers for Disease Control and with various communities throughout the United States on issues related to public health. She is also an artist and mindfulness practitioner, who is getting her master’s in Negotiation, Conflict Resolution, & Peacebuilding.

Plus, stick around to the end to hear published poetry from M. S. Marquart.

This episode of Pushing Limits is produced by Jacob Lesner-Buxton and hosted and edited by Dominick Trevethan.

Links to information about today’s guests, information about COVID, and other public health issues created by Polly:

https://new.express.adobe.com/webpage/i8rSk4bmpsY6E

Polly’s company – Cosmovisión LLC

https://www.pollygarcia.com/

Poems by M. S. Marquart

https://sites.google.com/view/msmarquart

If you’d like to join Jacob’s monthly zoom meeting, Nothing Without Us, please reach out to him at jakeoaktown@gmail.com

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