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The virus has become the country s leading cause of death.
It s just the beginning of the effects of Thanksgiving travel and gatherings, one epidemiologist said. The rate of death probably won t slow anytime soon.
At some hospitals, staff can t keep up, and they say patients are falling through the cracks.
In August, Stacey Singer DeLoye was finally allowed to visit her mother, Marilyn, at her Minnesota nursing home as long as they were outdoors, masked, and distant. She was totally cheerful, Stacey told Business Insider. I was astonished at how happy she was in that place, and I was impressed with how well they did at keeping the pandemic out.
The Thanksgiving surge in coronavirus deaths is here. It s horrifically awful, a hospital chaplain said.
The Thanksgiving surge in coronavirus deaths is here. It s horrifically awful, a hospital chaplain said.
Morgan McFall-JohnsenDec 19, 2020, 17:50 IST
Dr. Joseph Varon hugs and comforts a patient in the COVID-19 ICU during Thanksgiving at the United Memorial Medical Center in Houston, Texas.Go Nakamura/Getty Images
More than 47,000 people in the US have died from
COVID-19 since Thanksgiving.
The virus has become the country s leading cause of death.
It s just the beginning of the effects of Thanksgiving travel and gatherings, one epidemiologist said. The rate of death probably won t slow anytime soon.