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For nurses, California's virus outbreak has a personal toll - Black News Channel

By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — For Caroline Brandenburger, the coronavirus outbreak that has overwhelmed California hospitals comes with a very personal toll. 'Just today we had two deaths on this unit. And that's pretty much the norm,' said Brandenburger, who works on the COVID-19 unit at St. Joseph Hospital in Orange, south of Los Angeles. 'I usually see one to two every shift. Super sad.' 'They fight every day, and they struggle to breathe every day even with tons of oxygen. And then you just see them die,' Brandenburger said. 'They just die.' California avoided surging […]

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