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Conversations Beyond the Courtroom.

Returning to Normal: COVID, Vaccines, and Community

Almost a year to the day since COVID arrived in our region and it’s finally looking like there’s a light at the end of the tunnel. A return to normal seems imminent – but how are we really going to get there? To give us some insight, Deputy County Administrator and Director of Public Safety for Orange County, Danny Banks joined Chief Judge Don Myers on our latest episode of Open Ninth. Listen in as they talk about COVID, vaccines, and getting the community to the other side of the pandemic.

Time Stamps

  • 0:26 - Introduction to Danny Banks
  • 3:50 - Role of the Public Safety Director
  • 7:55 - Current COVID statistics for Orange County
  • 10:03 - Vaccination information and statistics
  • 14:50 - Returning to normal
  • 19:27 - A look back to the start of the pandemic

 

Open Ninth
Episode 121

Conversations Beyond the Courtroom.

Run time 23:55
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In this episode

Circuit Judge Donald A. Myers, Jr.
Donald A. Myers, Jr.

Senior Judge

Senior Judge Donald A. Myers, Jr. served as a Circuit Judge from 2011-2021. He was elected as Chief Judge and started his 2-year term on July 1, 2019.

Danny Banks

Director of Public Safety, Orange County, Florida

Danny Banks is the Deputy County Administrator and Director of Public Safety for Orange County, Florida