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A man in a mask walks past a mural of frontline workers in Mumbai. (Reuters)
A charge nurse at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Los Angeles San Fernando Valley, Carrillo is haunted by the daily counts of COVID-19 patients. Dark shadows circle her eyes.
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The nurses of California are afraid. Its Christmas Eve, and they arent home with their families. They are working, always working, completely gowned up and worn down.
Hard-hit California has eclipsed 2 million coronavirus cases as the U.S. heads into a Christmas travel surge that could fuel the deadly crisis across the nation.
Nurses fear what s to come in COVID crisis: Walk down our unit for a day
Updated on: December 24, 2020 / 7:27 PM / AP California surpasses 2 million COVID-19 cases
Los Angeles The nurses of California are afraid. It s Christmas Eve, and they aren t home with their families. They are working, always working, completely gowned up and worn down.
They re frightened by what people are doing, or not doing, during a coronavirus pandemic that has already killed more than 320,000 nationwide and shows no signs of slowing down.
They re even more terrified of what s next. Every day, I look into the eyes of someone who is struggling to breathe, said nurse Jenny Carrillo, her voice breaking.
Nurses fear whatâs to come with coronavirus: âWalk down our unit for a dayâ
Despite health officialsâ pleas that people stay home, millions of Americans are traveling ahead of Christmas and New Yearâs.
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Registered nurse Nicole Grecco works in a COVID-19 unit at Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo, Calif. [ JAE C. HONG | AP ]
LOS ANGELES â The nurses of California are afraid.
Itâs Christmas Eve, and they arenât home with their families. They are working, always working, completely gowned up â and worn down.
Theyâre frightened by what people are doing, or not doing, during a coronavirus pandemic that has already killed more than 320,000 nationwide and shows no signs of slowing down.