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A Medical Worker Describes Terrifying Lung Failure From COVID-19 — Even in His Young Patients

By Lizzie Presser (Pro Publica) | March 22, 2020

“It first struck me how different it was when I saw my first coronavirus patient go bad. I was like, Holy shit, this is not the flu. Watching this relatively young guy, gasping for air, pink frothy secretions coming out of his tube.”

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