Gov. Gavin Newsom of California heralded the arrival of the coronavirus vaccine in his state, but he underscored the danger the state faces in the next few weeks.
Gov. Gavin Newsom of California heralded the arrival of the coronavirus vaccine in his state, but he underscored the danger the state faces in the next few weeks.
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‘We Are Not at the Finish Line,’ Newsom Says Despite Virus Vaccine
Gov. Gavin Newsom of California heralded the arrival of the coronavirus vaccine in his state, but he underscored the danger the state faces in the next few weeks.
We’re finally seeing the vaccine being utilized. We’re finally seeing those we value the most — we’ve celebrated since the beginning of this pandemic — get that support. Those emergency room docs and nurses, folks there on the front lines of this pandemic, and have been from the beginning, that are weary, worn out, worn thin. I was having these conversations about some of the work we’re doing, our mutual aid for morgues and working with coroners just a couple of days ago. And some hesitated to want to share that publicly. But I think I have an obligation to share publicly what we are doing on this issue. Here’s the numbers: 163 people we’ve lost on an average, every single day — 142 yesterday. We just had to order 5,000 additional body bags. They just purchased for the state. And we just distributed them down to San Diego, Los Angeles, Inyo counties. That should be sobering. I don’t say that, you know, I don’t want people to run with that. I don’t want people to scare folks. But, but this is a deadly disease, and we need to be mindful of where we are in this current journey together to the vaccine. We are not at the finish line yet.
‘We Are Not at the Finish Line,’ Newsom Says Despite Virus Vaccine
Gov. Gavin Newsom of California heralded the arrival of the coronavirus vaccine in his state, but he underscored the danger the state faces in the next few weeks.
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