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Staff at a Florida hospital say they are hearing panic, fear and regret from unvaccinated Covid-19 patients
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By Madeline Holcombe and Randi Kaye, CNN
Health care workers at Jacksonville’s Baptist Medical Center in Florida are hearing panic, fear and regret from many of their patients as an increasing number are admitted for Covid-19 complications and as many need to be put on ventilators.
“We’re getting ready to intubate the patient, which means putting them on a ventilator, and they said, ‘If I get the vaccine now, could I not go on the ventilator?’ So, they’re begging for it,” Chief Nursing Officer Tammy Daniel told CNN. “They’re desperate because they are gasping for air, they can’t breathe, they are scared, they feel like they’re going to pass away. “
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