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WELLNESS ON THE MENU
For Conshohocken’s Jessica DeLuise, food is medicine— and good TV.
BY MELISSA JACOBS
Jessica DeLuise can’t remember
a time when she hasn’t been tired.
A physician assistant at a Conshohocken urgent care facility, she may not be working with patients
in critical condition, but COVID-19
has dramatically changed her life, nonetheless. DeLuise was a PA at Einstein Healthcare in the early days of the pandemic, with its PPE shortages, lack of clinical data and fears of mass infection. She quarantined, terrified of contracting the virus and transmitting
to her family. “We were scared for ourselves,” she says. “But that took a back seat to how motivated we were to save people.” continued on page 9
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