As critical care nurse John Haacke drove past reopened churches on Sunday, he figured Easter would prove to be yet another holiday followed by a surge in COVID-19: “It’s not like a guessing game” trib.al/9ICEae2
COVID-19 cases were already on the rise in recent days at the hospital in Eastern Maryland where Haacke works in the ICU.
“Things are picking up again. It seems like it won’t stop.” trib.al/9ICEae2
“Things are picking up again. It seems like it won’t stop.” trib.al/9ICEae2
None of the patients had been vaccinated. They either had not yet been able to get a shot or they had declined the opportunity.
One clerical worker in her 50s had been given the chance but refused and ended up in the ICU with COVID-19 trib.al/9ICEae2
One clerical worker in her 50s had been given the chance but refused and ended up in the ICU with COVID-19 trib.al/9ICEae2
The woman’s chest x-ray looked like a white sheet of paper, something increasingly common among recent patients. “Some of these x-rays, with an untrained eye you wouldn’t know there’s a lung that exists in there," said Haacke trib.al/9ICEae2
"Jesus Christ, this is awful.”
Haacke's other patients with white-out x-rays include a patient in his mid-30s. And even if such a patient does survive, his lungs may be hopelessly scarred and damaged trib.al/9ICEae2
Haacke's other patients with white-out x-rays include a patient in his mid-30s. And even if such a patient does survive, his lungs may be hopelessly scarred and damaged trib.al/9ICEae2
"No matter what state you live in, nobody is forcing you to go out for dinner or attend a game or take a fitness class. We all know what the CDC says, and it is our individual responsibility to do our part to curb the virus," writes @MichaelDalynyc
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