At the start of each shift Navajo Nation officer Carolyn Tallsalt thinks the same thing: I hope I am not exposed to the coronavirus today. Column One from kurtisalee
The Navajo Nation patrol car pulled up to the jail near the center of town and Officer Carolyn Tallsalt stepped out.
Navajo Nation Officers Sheyenne Soriano, left, and Carolyn Tallsalt, right, stop two men for violating a weekend curfew in Tuba City, Ariz. So far, about 5,400 people have tested positive and nearly 250 people have died from COVID-19 on a reservation with roughly 175,000 residents. Thein desolate Kayenta, Ariz., about 75 miles northeast of Tuba City, was recently higher than some areas of hard-hit New York City.
A sign featuring Navajo turquoise jewelry has a message for motorists on Highway 98 on the Navajo Nation in Kaibito, Ariz. “It’s for their safety,” he said, stressing that he’s also asked residents to leave home during the day only for essential trips. “We have to remain vigilant.”In Tuba City, a town in the western stretch of the Navajo Nation surrounded by red-rock desert, the Regional Health Care Center has seen a surge in patients in recent months, at times operating at capacity.
These days, while she drives her Chevy Tahoe through town on her 10-hour shifts, she worries about her relatives and neighbors. She thinks about the people she’s known since she was a little girl — about the women she watched sell jewelry to tourists passing through town. These days, Bergen said, the only things that distract her from grief are bouts of concern about the pandemic.Among the things that have helped temper her own fears, Tallsalt said, are the coronavirus tests that she and her fellow officers have taken regularly.
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