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There are so many people we should be thanking in these trying days of the coronavirus.First of all, our first responders. The men and women of Manatee and Sarasota County’s sheriff’s offices, police departments, emergency services and fire departments, who put themselves in harm’s way during the best of days.Now, these same men and women are walking into environments where they could face danger not only from the situation they are called to contend