Dr. John Murray, a Seminole County EMS Medical Director, spent three weeks in California serving on the COVID-19 front lines treating hundreds of patients from the Grand Princess cruise ship.
Murray lived and worked on a military base treating passengers who were sick and quarantined after leaving the ship last month.
At first Murray said he did not believe the coronavirus was a big deal. "I had my real doubts, like a lot of people do. I get it.
How is this different than the flu?" he said. But he quickly changed his mind after treating sick patients. Murray is a member of one of Florida’s Disaster Medical Assistance Teams which responds to disasters across the country.