(Photos courtesy of Jennifer Draney) Spencer Knecht waits by a monitor at McKay Dee Hospital in Ogden, where he was admitted for diabetic ketoacidosis in December 2020. His blood sugar has been unstable since he contracted COVID-19 in September 2020, his family says, and they want federal health officials to recognize type 1 diabetes as one of the highest risk factors for serious illness related to the coronavirus.
Erin is a reporter who has previously been an outdoor columnist and worked the crime beat. She was the lead reporter on The Tribune's Pulitzer-winning coverage of campus sexual assault. She has worked at newspapers in Michigan and Iowa and taught English for two years at teacher-training colleges in China.