California s Nurses Fear What s to Come: ‘Walk Down Our Unit for a Day Close to 19,000 people were hospitalized in the nation s most populous state. Models project the number could top a once-unthinkable 100,000 in a month.
Published December 24, 2020 •
Updated on December 27, 2020 at 11:56 am
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The nurses of California are afraid.
It’s Christmas Eve, and they aren’t home with their families. They are working, always working, completely gowned up and worn down.
They’re frightened by what people are doing, or not doing, during a coronavirus pandemic that has already killed more than 320,000 nationwide and shows no signs of slowing down.
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A man in a mask walks past a mural of frontline workers in Mumbai. (Reuters)
A charge nurse at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Los Angeles San Fernando Valley, Carrillo is haunted by the daily counts of COVID-19 patients. Dark shadows circle her eyes.
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The nurses of California are afraid. Its Christmas Eve, and they arent home with their families. They are working, always working, completely gowned up and worn down.
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Updated on: December 24, 2020 / 7:27 PM / AP California surpasses 2 million COVID-19 cases
Los Angeles The nurses of California are afraid. It s Christmas Eve, and they aren t home with their families. They are working, always working, completely gowned up and worn down.
They re frightened by what people are doing, or not doing, during a coronavirus pandemic that has already killed more than 320,000 nationwide and shows no signs of slowing down.
They re even more terrified of what s next. Every day, I look into the eyes of someone who is struggling to breathe, said nurse Jenny Carrillo, her voice breaking.