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Lehi speaker shares family COVID-19 impacts, urges residents to follow county and state guidance
Summary
An unidentified speaker addressing Lehi residents described how COVID-19 has affected multiple family members — including a son awaiting a heart transplant — and urged adherence to county and state recommendations as local businesses and events are shuttered under a state mandate.
An unidentified speaker addressing residents of Lehi recounted how the coronavirus outbreak has affected several members of their family and urged people to follow county and state public-health recommendations to "flatten the curve." The speaker said hospital transplant listings have been paused and that local businesses and events have closed under a state mandate.
The speaker said one son, Nathan, a member of the Sky Ridge class of 2020, is in the process of being listed for a heart transplant but that "they are not doing any transplants" during the COVID-19 outbreak, so he will not be officially listed unless his condition worsens. The speaker described having parents who will be 89 this year and called them part of the more vulnerable age group, saying this personal risk motivates the family to follow official guidance.
The speaker outlined economic impacts on family members: they said they can work from home but that their oldest son, Jacob, a trainee with Valley West, was sent home after operations were shut down and that Jacob’s contract with Ballet West 2 for next year could be uncertain. Another son, Michael, also in the Sky Ridge class of 2020, was described as still working at a Burger King where "the lobby has been shut down as part of the state mandate," the speaker said. The speaker also said their daughter’s dance trip to New York City was canceled and that the twins will not have traditional commencement activities this year.
The speaker gave household examples of precautions and coping strategies. A nephew who had been serving in the Guam Micronesia Mission returned early and began a 14-day self-quarantine at home, the speaker said. Offering practical advice, the speaker said "social distancing does not mean you can't go outside," noting a recent three-hour hike in the Traverse Mountain foothills. They recommended family activities — nightly games such as Mario Kart and others — and described holding an extended-family Zoom meeting.
The address closed with an invitation to residents to share ideas on how the city can help, and the speaker offered a blessing: "May God bless you and your families during this trying time." The date of the address is not specified in the transcript provided. The speaker did not identify themselves by name in the remarks recorded here.
