'This is our generation's D-Day': As US nears 500,000 COVID-19 deaths, weary health care workers fight on amid the heartbreak
'This is our generation’s D-Day': As US surpasses 500,000 COVID-19 deaths, weary health care workers fight on amid the heartbreak Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY Experts say COVID-19 vaccines may be less effective on some variants Replay Video UP NEXT SAN FRANCISCO – Nearly a year into a life-altering pandemic, many Americans are fed up with wearing masks, desperate for a return to normalcy and numb to the relentless stream of grim numbers, such as the 500,000 COVID-19 deaths the USA surpassed Monday. Health care workers don’t want to hear any of that. They have been working ...