According to data from Johns Hopkins University, more than 800,000 Americans have died from complications from the virus since the pandemic began, with more than 50 million reported U.S. cases — more cases and deaths than in any other country in the world.
, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The reason: the emergence of the more contagious Delta variant, and the refusal of many Americans to get inoculated against COVID-19. Add to that the more than 60 million Americans who are eligible to be vaccinated but have not done so.Soon after a deceased patient was removed from this ICU room at Three Rivers Asante Medical Center in Grants Pass, Ore., a nurse waits for her next COVID-19 case to be brought from the emergency room on Sept. 9.
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