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When the coronavirus pandemic caused life to grind to a halt last March, many men and women opted to temporarily delay routine medical procedures and preventive health screenings to limit their exposure to the virus.
Now that activities are beginning to resume, and as more Orange County residents receive COVID-19 vaccinations, it seems patients may finally be willing to pick up where they left off a year ago.
But a new confusion is arising as physicians are learning one possible side effect of the vaccine enlarged lymph nodes may interfere with the reading of mammograms and other radiologic imaging.
FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA
‘Light at the end of tunnel’ or a small blip? Flattening COVID-19 numbers bring hope in California [Los Angeles Times :: BC-CORONAVIRUS-CALIF-:LA]
Despite hospitals overflowing with patients, heartbreaking numbers of deaths and COVID-19 infection rates hovering at dangerous levels, there are some signs that the daily increase in the number of coronavirus cases is beginning to flatten in California.
It may take a few more days or weeks to be assured of the trend and the flattening could be reversed if people ease up further on mask wearing and social distancing. But a number of state and local officials are voicing cautious optimism that the unrestrained, exponential daily worsening of the pandemic has slowed.
Despite hospitals overflowing with patients, heartbreaking numbers of deaths and COVID-19 infection rates hovering at dangerous levels, there are some signs that the daily increase in the number of coronavirus