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January 1, 2021: New Year s Day.What s happening:
Transmission in the US is still high. Deaths continue. Hospitals are reeling from gatherings over Thanksgiving and Christmas.Who s getting their shots:
Twenty million Americans including healthcare workers and nursing home residents have begun their vaccination course.What the experts are saying:
They re still hunkering down at home, wearing masks for essential errands, and keeping contacts to a minimum.
Scientists will be watching closely for signs that the very first vaccine distributions, which have been reserved for some of the most essential workers and vulnerable elderly adults, might have an impact on blunting the spread of the virus more broadly in communities around the country.
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Business Insider tapped eight leading COVID-19 experts across the US to make a best guess at what 2021 will be like.
The good news is that life with the virus is almost certain to get better in 2021.
But you will still need to wear a mask, social distance, and take other precautions as it becomes safer to gather again.
Here s Business Insider s timeline for the year ahead.
No one knows exactly what life will look like in 2021. But we can be pretty sure things won t be as bleak as they were this year.
After reporting on the coronavirus pandemic throughout 2020 and asking leading infectious-disease experts to peer into their crystal balls to make conjectures about the year ahead, Business Insider s health and science reporters Hilary Brueck, Andrew Dunn, and Aria Bendix mapped out a best guess at what the next 12 months may look like in the US.
Valley nurse hoping to raise awareness after experiencing long-term side effects from COVID-19
Arizona nurse unable to return to work.
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PHOENIX â A Phoenix nurse, who took care of COVID patients and contracted the virus herself, is still experiencing symptoms six months later.
Sandy Iskandar hasn t been able to go back to work at Banner University Medical Center in Phoenix since she got COVID in June.
She was never hospitalized, but she s been dealing with a series of symptoms ever since. I have this feeling inside like my body is vibrating, she said. Most recently, I ve had cognitive issues where I have a very bad short-term memory, I lose words to finish a sentence, I have a hard time focusing and concentrating at times.
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TUCSON, Ariz., Dec. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ Chadi Berjaoui MD is being recognized by Continental Who s Who as a Top Family Practitioner in the field of Medicine for his exceptional contributions as a Physician with Carondelet Medical Group.
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