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In December 2020, as daily nationwide death tolls from COVID-19 reached new peaks, social media users shared a photograph that appeared to provide a stark illustration of the emotional devastation wrought by the virus.
On Dec. 3, Arkansas family care doctor Ken Starnes posted a photograph that showed a room full of iPads attached to tripods. He described it in the following way:
How Bay Area hospitals are coping with a surge of ICU patients and nursing shortages
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Chief Medical Officer Chad Krilich and Chief Nursing Officer Vicki White in the healing garden at Santa Rosa Memorial.Yalonda M. James / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Leigh Witherspoon, clinical pharmacist at St. Joseph Health, opens the So-Low Ultra-Low freezer at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital that will hold 250,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine.Yalonda M. James / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Chief Medical Officer Chad Krilich poses for a portrait in the healing garden at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital on Wednesday, December 9, 2020, in Santa Rosa, Calif. (Yalonda M. James / The Chronicle)Yalonda M. James / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less