The frontlines of the pandemic

1 big thing

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🗓️ 23 December 2020

⏱️ 10 minutes

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As we head into the holidays, more than 315,000 Americans have died, cases nationwide are nearing 18 million and over 600,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine have been administered in the U.S. Doctors, nurses, and public health officials have seen this virus up close and have worked nonstop to fight it. Today, we revisit some of the people we talked to this year who are on the frontlines of the pandemic. Guests: Providence Holy Cross Medical Center chaplain Kevin Deegan, registered nurse Arianna Lucio from Del Sol Medical Center, and Alabama state health officer Dr. Scott Harris. Credits: "Axios Today" is produced in partnership with Pushkin Industries. The team includes Niala Boodhoo, Erica Pandey, Carol Wu, Cara Shillenn, Nuria Marquez Martinez, Dan Bobkoff, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Alex Sugiura and Naomi Shavin. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at podcasts@axios.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Twas a night in November at your pal's Christmas party when an elf arrives.
0:08.0	Oh, with a toffee night latte!
0:10.0	Hey everyone, who wants a Starbucks? Ooy! Same one for me!
0:16.0	Get the group together for Starbucks festive favorites.
0:19.0	It's IRL season.
0:21.0	At a Starbucks near you.
0:25.0	Ahem.
0:26.0	Subject of aid with tea while stocks last. Good morning. Welcome to Axios today. It's Wednesday, December 23rd. I'm Erica Pandey filling in for Nylaboodoo. We spent a lot of time this past year talking about how the
0:45.7	coronavirus pandemic has upended almost every aspect of our lives. Doctors, nurses,
0:51.9	and public health officials have seen this virus up close.
0:55.0	Today we wanted to revisit some of the conversations Niala had this year
0:59.0	with the people who are fighting this pandemic.
1:02.0	The health care workers on the front line are today's
1:04.4	one big thing. Here's where things stand as we head into the holidays. More than
1:12.4	315,000 Americans have died. Cases
1:16.1	nationwide are nearing 18 million. And over 600,000 doses of the Pfizer
1:21.5	vaccine have been administered in the U.S.
1:24.1	Los Angeles County is leading the country in both cases and deaths as numbers continue to
1:28.5	skyrocket. There have been zero ICU beds available in Southern California since Thursday.
1:34.9	Kevin Degan is a chaplain at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in LA.
1:39.5	He's Niles brother-in-law and spoke with her in July.
1:43.0	We wanted to start by revisiting their conversation because it focuses on a crisis that we don't
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