The U.S. registered more COVID-19 deaths in a single day than ever before -- nearly 3,900 -- on the very day the mob attack on the Capitol laid bare some of the same, deep political divisions that have hampered the battle against the pandemic.The virus is surging in virtually every state, with California particularly hard hit.
Skyrocketing deaths and infections there are threatening to force hospitals to ration care and essentially decide who lives and who dies.“Folks are gasping for breath.
Folks look like they’re drowning when they are in bed right in front of us,” said Dr. Jeffrey Chien, an emergency room physician at Santa Clara Valley Regional Medical Center, urging people to do their part to help slow the spread. “I’m begging everyone.