“It’s easy to get a vaccine, but it’s not easy to forget the picture of your grandmother on a respirator,” Marine nurse Kennedy Garcia, who treats patients in the city of Farmington, told Reuters.
For Garcia speaks from experience. She has lost four family members to Covid-19.
The intensive care unit in northwestern New Mexico is the fourth coronary ward she has been sent to assist. For several weeks, the capacity of the hospital in Farmington has been completely blown up.
“I do not see many vaccinated people here,” Navy Lieutenant Commander Charles Volk told Reuters.
– ASSISTANT: Lieutenant Kennedy Garcia is also a nurse. She helps 61-year-old Larry Goff, who is admitted to the intensive care unit with covid-19. Photo: SHANNON STAPLETON / REUTERS
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61-year-old Larry Goff was diagnosed with covid-19 at the same time as his pregnant daughter. The daughter was hospitalized last week and lost the child.
– I was one of those who waited a long time to take the vaccine, but I am very glad I did it in the end, says the 61-year-old from the hospital bed.
Assistance from the military
The Delta variant is increasing sharply in New Mexico, and personnel from the US Navy have been deployed to assist. They are part of a larger military operation, consisting of 20 different teams that will be deployed to struggling hospitals.
According to a statement from the US Army, Navy personnel will be deployed in at least seven states.
15 million have received the third vaccine dose
New Mexico was one of the states in the United States, which early achieved a high vaccine coverage. However, now more and more residents are infected with covid-19.
According to US President Joe Biden, 15 million Americans have received a third dose of vaccine.
“Every day, about one million people receive the refresher dose,” Biden said at a press conference on Thursday.
200 million Americans have received two doses of covid-19 vaccine.
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