Dec 24, 2020 Kathleen Schallus, left, and Suzanne Marino, right, sort through holiday cards sent to Shore Medical Center in Somers Point, N.J. on Dec. 8, 2020. Because most hospitals won't allow visitors during the coronavirus pandemic, hospitals across the country are asking people to make or buy cards to be given to patients as the holidays approach. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry) SOMERS POINT, N.J. (AP) — Joseph Johnson was going about his life, getting ready for the holidays at the Jersey Shore, when he started to feel ill and wound up in a hospital. It turned out he had diabetes, and it was threatening his life.