Dinh Kozuki holds the photograph of her father, Thong Nguyen, that was displayed during his memorial in August.
Photograph: Heidi de Marco/Kaiser Health News
Workers at Garfield medical center in suburban Los Angeles were on edge as the pandemic ramped up in March and April. Staffers in a 30-patient unit were rationing a single tub of sanitizing wipes all day. A May memo from the chief executive said N95 masks could be cleaned up to 20 times before replacement.
Patients showed up Covid-negative but some still developed symptoms a few days later. Contact tracing took the form of texts and whispers about exposures.