COVID-19 surge taking a toll on frontline workers
LOS ANGELES - Doctors call it the third surge of COVID-19 infections and plenty admit they’re tired. Healthcare workers on the frontlines are working overtime or without days off and it’s having a major strain on them and their teams.
One infectious disease doctor shared with FOX 11 the feeling of losing a patient to COVID-19.
The day in day out for healthcare workers on the frontlines of COVID-19 means they see the worst every day.
Infectious disease specialist Dr. Alejandro Sanchez admits that it can take a toll.
“Physicians, healthcare workers, we all went in to save lives or improve people’s lives. We do accept we’re not going to save everybody’s lives but when we have this conversation of death on daily basis it does get overwhelming and old very quick,” said Dr. Sanchez an MD at Kaiser Permanente.
regarding north korea. and the other thing that s a little bit, you know, still unclear is how america is going to keep its dominant role in the pacific asian region. because pulling back, in other words, pulling out of the tpp, doing all that kind of stuff, leaves the space open for china to assert its dominance, which it wants to now. and i was actually struck by the president of the philippines who announced that, yes, we want a good relationship with the united states but we also want our on own relationship with china. so the leaders around there are seeing a potential american pullback and they are doing their own thing. china is the one who is going to be taking advantage of if america doesn t keep its multilateral trade agreements. president trump has also said he has dealt isis one crushing defeat after another. has isis been significantly weakened since president trump came to office? okay. so here s the thing.
joining us now is cnn chief international correspondent christiane amanpour. great to have you here. we rely on you for the international perspective. there president trump talking about what he thinks he accomplished on the asian trip. maybe too soon to tell what he actually accomplish stpwhrd the president, when he goes abroad, represents the united states and the most powerful country in the world. all that was done was done for the president and for the united states. the red carpet in china, the ceremonial, all the things happened were because that is the way the u.s. was viewed around the world. that is what people do. but did he get the, you know, he touted he was going to get so many bilateral trade agreements. he didn t. was there a real idea about how to confront north korea? no. but very importantly the chinese have sent an envoy for the first time in a while and we ll see what exactly comes out of that
kelly ayotte the new freshman senator from the state of new hampshire will be appearing with mitt romney in portsmith in a few minutes from now. this is part of the veep stakes. she s one of the potential running mates that the romney campaign will be taking a good long hard look at. that vet progress sees, that selection process is just getting under way. there s a throat be said for kelly ayotte and why she s being considered. she has a lot of tea party support up in new hampshire. she was endorsed by sarah palin. she has a tough on crime background. she was the attorney general in her state. she is also anti-abortion rights so she has that pro life boxing checked that a lot of republicans will be looking at as they go about selecting a running mate and there s a lot of upsides here. actually had a chance to see her speak in front of one of those rubber chicken dinners here in washington, d.c. she s pretty engaging in front of a podium, in front of a crowd. i think you re g
i did. welcome to american morning. first, let s get started. could be a tipping point in the wall street movement. patience with the protests wearing thin and more and more cities grown tired of the headaches associated with the protests. in portland, oregon, a standoff on the city streets overnight. more than a dozen arrested as police cleared the city parks of makeshift camps. the mayor of portland telling cnn the every campments are now public health hazards. and two policemen arrested when police tried to remove furniture and tents set up in a park. and in philadelphia, the city s mayor telling reporters what started out as a peaceful protest is now threatening public safety. occupy philly has changed. we re seeing serious health and safety issues playing out on almost a daily basis. occupy philly is fractured with internal disagreement and disputes. the people of occupy philly have also changed, and their intentions have changed. and all of this is not good fo