The Enraging Deja Vu of a Third Coronavirus Wave

From The Enraging Deja Vu of a Third Coronavirus Wave:

“You watch patients who are young and who should have had good lives die without their families by them, and their families being distraught, and then you go out through your community and you see people partying and going to bars.”
[Dr. Gregory Schmidt, associate chief medical officer at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics] paused, then added. “We can do anything for two months,” he said. “But surge after surge, it’s hard for everybody.”


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