Experts say it typically takes two to three weeks for a person who contracts the coronavirus to become sick enough to require hospital care. The nursing staff is stretched extremely thin due to the huge influx of patients, Mahajan said. “We are bearing witness every day to the terrible suffering caused by a virus that is spreading out of control throughout the county,” county Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said in a statement. has decried this move, saying it will degrade the quality of care patients receive. has dismissed the nurses union’s opposition to the waiver, pointing to a statewide shortage of critical care nurses.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 19, 2020 19:13 UTC