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Alice Wong, a San Francisco disabled activist, said she was “completely thrown” by the new emphasis on age. Under previous criteria, Wong, who is 46, would have been eligible shortly after health care workers and nursing home residents.
“With high-risk people like me deprioritized, I will be part of a huge cohort and may have to wait longer or face more difficulty getting an appointment,” said Wong, who has a progressive neuromuscular disability that requires the use of a wheelchair and ventilator. “It’s very painful, especially with new variants of the virus emerging and knowing the pandemic won’t end anytime soon.”
tonight, there are only three icu beds available. if we exceed capacity, something has to give, and really then the quality starts to suffer. reporter: and that breaking point is close. it is very close. reporter: and covid unit nurse shannon aschom says the pace is grueling. they come in faster than we re able to discharge, and unfortunately these patients turn very quickly. reporter: do you think there will come a time where you will have to turn covid patients away? that s what we re desperately trying to avoid. reporter: and tonight a team of 20 active duty military medical personnel are on its way to help at eisenhower hospital. they re running out of beds and as you heard from that nurse, the staff is strained. they need reinforcements. there was nowhere else to turn. david? kaylee hartung in palm desert. we thank all of those first responders. in the meantime, another attack on dr. anthony fauci tonight. the second top adviser to president trump to take aim,
seen their own families for days say, believe the warnings. take precautions, that this is getting worse. abc s kaylee hartung riding along with them in riverside county, california, tonight. [ sirens ] reporter: paramedic bill titov is the first one through the door, armed in ppe, when cal fire station 71 gets a call. often keep in mind, in the back of your mind that you have a family that you want to go home to and friends you want to go home to. reporter: he hasn t seen his family in ten days. his station here in palm desert, california, one of the busiest in the country. in the extreme heat fire captain pete tierney says the n95 masks make it even harder to breathe. the guys are getting tired, physically tired and mentally tired. reporter: and there s no end in sight? not as of right now, no. reporter: every day there are about a dozen scenes like this. we just pulled up to this elderly care facility where a woman has signs and symptoms of covid. we accompanied their