Last July, a tearful Felicia Croft sat in her car after a long shift in the COVID-19 intensive care unit, and expressed her deep despair about watching young patients die of the virus. They're never gonna meet their grandkids," the nurse from Willis-Knighton Medical Center, in Louisiana, told ABC News at the time. MORE: 'Unthinkable tragedy': U.S. COVID-19 death toll surpasses 1 millionWith vaccination rates lagging in Louisiana — fewer than 40% then — Croft said she was frustrated to see preventable deaths occurring. When you do everything you pour everything into a patient and it's not enough,” Croft explained. COVID-19 nurse reflects on 1 million American virus deaths: 'We are still mourning losses' originally appeared on abcnews.go.com

Source: ABC News May 13, 2022 02:12 UTC