First published on Thu 4 Feb 2021 06.00 EST
California officials have signaled optimism that the latest, most deadly wave of the pandemic is starting to abate as the most populous US state doles out vaccinations. But healthcare workers in Fresno county said their emergency rooms and intensive care departments are still inundated with patients.
âSure, if your hospital goes from 200% capacity to 150%, of course theyâll say itâs looking better,â said Amy Arlund, an ICU nurse at the Kaiser Fresno hospital. âBut in my entire 20-year career, Iâve not seen this many people, this sick.â
Amy Arlund, an ICU nurse at Kaiser medical center in Fresno, California. Photograph: Courtesy Amy Arlund
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Easiest and most painless : UCSF Fresno doctor describes receiving COVID-19 vaccine shot
On Monday, some frontline workers with UCSF Fresno were allowed to get the vaccine as well.
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On Monday, some frontline workers with UCSF Fresno were allowed to get the vaccine as well.
Dr. Kenny Banh is an emergency medicine physician at UCSF Fresno. On Monday, he received his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Honestly it s the best Christmas present I could ever have. Super excited to be getting it, he said. This is the easiest and most painless vaccine I ever got. If I wasn t staring at it with a needle in my arm I wouldn t have known the needle was going in.