Mayor Norton Reflects on Pandemic

July 30, 2020 marks six months since the WHO declared the coronavirus outbreak a public health emergency.

Rochester's mayor shared with KIMT what she's learned during the pandemic

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This thursday marks six months since the world health organization declared the coronavirus a public health emergency.

Since then the city of rochester has taken steps to stop the spread of the virus: shutting down buildings... passing a face mask mandate and canceling big events.

Rochester's mayor kim norton has led the med city through all of these changes.

Kimt news 3's isabella basco caught up with the mayor today.

She joins us now live.

Xxx when talking to mayor kim norton... she describes this pandemic as "unpredictable" to say the least.

She calls that unpredictabilit y the most difficult thing to manage.

Norton has only been the mayor for more than a year and admits she faces backlash from a small minority of people who are against ordinances like the face mask mandate.

Through all of it ?

"* including the hardships ?

"* she says she has learned a valuable lesson about leadership.

Xxx "it does take stepping out of your comfort zone and making decisions you know everybody isn't going to like.

But making those decisions because they are the best thing for your community and facing the backlash from sometimes a very small minority ?

"* 5?

"*10 per of people who are right now completely against masking."

Norton says another lesson she's learned is to trust her gut and the science.

Live in rochester ib kimt news 3.

/// thank you isabella.

Norton tells kimt she is also continuing to work on paying out cares act funding and partnering with