Dying to Be Wrong: The Price of COVID Misinformation

Social media changed how some residents perceived medical advice and created a divide among the close-knit community of San Angelo, recently the fastest growing Texas city for COVID-19 cases

Stories of faith and fear—from a vaccinated preacher’s death to the stress funeral homes and priests have suffered after a rise in cases—from San Angelo, which was considered the fastest growing Texas city for COVID-19 cases

How we went from parking lot prayers for healthcare heroes to accusations and hostility toward local health officials.

What does it mean to take responsibility for yourself, your family and your community and how does that change when faced with a deadly threat you can’t see but you can spread?

Examining an America divided by COVID-19 through the lens of San Angelo, a small Texas city that gained the unwanted distinction of being the fastest-growing city in the state for new COVID-19 cases