Chula Vista ER nurse who 'should have died' makes vaccine plea An ER nurse is making a vaccine plea months after surviving a harrowing COVID battle in the ICU. and last updated 2021-07-26 20:54:54-04 CHULA VISTA, Calif. (KGTV) - An ER nurse is making a vaccine plea months after surviving a harrowing COVID battle in the ICU. âI have good days and bad days,â said Danny Plata, 38. Plata's recovery is slow going, but he is grateful. âMy odds were really bad. Iâm a walking miracle, literally,â said Plata. Plata was all too familiar with the tragic impact of COVID. The single father of two worked on the frontlines when the pandemic started, as an ER nurse at Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center.