Doctors know more about COVID-19 treatment, but Florida recording highest case numbers
Published: January 8, 2021 5:53 PM EST
Updated: January 11, 2021 10:20 AM EST
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When doctors first began to respond to the coronavirus, they had a hard time identifying it, let alone treating people who had contracted COVID-19.
“We saw so many hospitals that were absolutely packed and couldn’t even keep up with the number of COVID patients that were coming in,” said Liz Chandler, the pharmacy and clinical specialist for infectious diseases at Lee Health.
The unknowns in the beginning left health care providers with an uncertain path forward, with high hospitalizations and death rates.