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What a year this has been. From a global pandemic to protests for racial justice, devastating wildfires, and a tumultuous presidential election, our nation has found itself drawn into several crisis whose underlying causes threatened its health, economy, and forced every one of us to live in a world almost unrecognizable from what we’ve grown to expect.

What a year this has been. From a global pandemic to protests for racial justice, devastating wildfires, and a tumultuous presidential election, our nation has found itself drawn into several crisis whose underlying causes threatened its health, economy, and forced every one of us to live in a world almost unrecognizable from what we’ve grown to expect.

October marks the beginning of my favorite time of year, Fall. I hope everyone is enjoying their pumpkin and apple spiced desserts and treats as the weather starts to cool down in San Diego. 

The San Diego County Optometric Society is one of the largest and most active societies in the state of California, although we’ve had to keep our activity mostly virtual this year.

It’s hard to believe that we’re more than half-way through the year, in the heat of summer, and many of us are still learning to cope with our “new normal” in response to this global pandemic. 

As the weather heats up and summer approaches, reality sets in that life isn’t quite the same as it was this time last year.

After weeks of shutdown, the nation is beginning to slowly and cautiously re-emerge.  Like the decisions to shut down and shelter in place, the plans to reopen have come state by state or region by region.

As I write to you today, we are all in the midst of a rapidly evolving situation and historic public health emergency.

On February 21st and 22nd, the 2020 COA House of Delegates met for its annual meeting in Los Angeles, California and our society showed strong representation.  

As the new SDCOS president, I am committed to making sure our society continues to be a strong presence at the local, state, and national levels.