you sit here and you feel like you re going to die. reporter: in the hospital 19 days now, he is not sure how he picked up the virus. he toughed it out at home for eight days before being admitted. how serious is covid? it is bad to the bone. i recommend everybody wash their hands, do what they got to do, stay home, stay social distanced because it is bad. trust me, it is bad. reporter: until you had it, did you think it was bad? no, i didn t pay no attention. but i do now. get your shots. reporter: and wanda combs manages the nursing staff in hazard, kentucky. a nurse for 30 years, the job never tougher. it has been very, very hard and i get emotional because it is our community. i see our nurses work very hard every day. but you can usually see a difference so you work hard and you see a difference and that is
A Kentucky man says he paid Covid-19 no attention Now he has it and he wants you to know it s no joke
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was? i didn t pay it no attention to be honest, but i do now. and get your shots. reporter: wanda combs manages the nursing staff in the covid icu at appalachian regional health care s largest facility. a nurse for 30 years, the job never tougher. it s been very, very hard, and i get emotional because it is our community. icu nurses work very hard. they work very hard every day. but you can usually see a difference, so you work hard and you see a difference, and that s okay. you don t care that you re tired. you ve made a difference. so with this, they still work just as hard, harder, and it really hurts when you don t see a difference. reporter: just when they thought they were through the worst of the pandemic, it s come roaring back. patients younger, sicker, harder to treat. the family, you know, it s hard for them to realize, oh, you mean this is the end? you really mean this is the end? it is our community. it s people that we know, or we know people they re related to.