KENS 5: Mayor mentions Mil Gracias educational effort on nightly coronavirus briefing

On the Jan. 12 briefing, Mayor Ron Nirenberg mentioned the Mil Gracias (A Thousand Thanks) educational effort championed by UT Health San Antonio faculty and staff including Dr. Amelie Ramirez, Dr. Claudia Miller and Dr. Mandie Svatek.Mil Gracias is a thank you to smokers who go outside to light up or quit altogether, an important consideration during the current perfect storm of respiratory distress caused by COVID-19, mountain cedar and smoking. Forward to the 7:25 mark for the Mil Gracias mention.

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