is about alonzo because one of his news is she does a little deletion town veron and is the protagonist of his latest art project. hello what are you doing up there. oh my god. it's mary i really like it a lot. i'm better looking in the mural than in real life is really. the. this a balance it all began from work at an early age she was 15 or mother died and she had to take care of 5 siblings she worked in the fields all her life. i was always busy doing something when you're working in the fields you still need to keep an eye on household chores if only there had been a gas heater are washing dishes but they didn't exist back then. isabel transfer is the 16th grandmother to have been painted by joseph and he created his 1st large scale superhero grandma back in 2016 this mural on town of junior glacier shows how to be expert. and it. is a strong performer. as photos of these murals travelled the world became an inspiration for younger generations who started sharing photos of themselves on social media just as the grandma's. going. back in there and he was a bought in piece and your ho

verone.ng in sicker, having waited longer before seeking medical care. >> our average patient has spent about 20 days with symptoms before they come to us. so, i mean, even if i give them holy water, after 20 days of symptoms, it's going to be difficult for them to get better. >> reporter: richard gonzalez has a wife and five kids. he works two jobs and isn't sure how he got it. he thought he could tough it out. >> i kind of like messed up from those symptoms that i got when i got it. i should have went to the e.r. room or the hospital right away, but i didn't. i laid in bed, thinking it was going to go away. >> reporter: for how long? >> for about a week. >> reporter: luis martinez's father, uncle, and cousin died of covid-19. the last thing he wanted to do was go to a hospital. >> i didn't want to do it because you know how it is whenever they put you in a hospital, sometimes you never make it. >> reporter: to listen t

verone to nurses who those who clean up are tired and stressed. what has 2020 been like for you? like hell and back. it's hard. i'm stressed. >> reporter: we met icu nurse tana ingham in june. then she was a patient having picked up covid-19 she thinks while performing cpr on a patient. she got covid a second time. she's not sure how. after nine months of dealing with sickness and death, she's back at work with a message. >> it's like we're nonexistent and it's like you do realize that we're still here taking care of these people, putting high life at risk, putting my kids' life at risk, my mom's life. i think we've -- we've been forgotten truly. >> reporter: something else new from june says dr. verone, patients are coming in sicker, having waited longer before seeking medical care. >> the average patient has spent about 20 days with symptoms before they come to us. so, i mean, even if i give them holy water after 20 days of symptoms it's going to be difficult for them to get better. >> reporter: richard gonzalez has a wife and five kids, he works two jobs and isn't sure how he

verone.ker, waiting longer than before. >> our average patient has spent about 20 days with symptoms before they come to us so, i mean, even if i give them water, it will be difficult to get better. >> he has a wife, four kids and has two jobs. he thought he could tough it out. isn't sure where he got it. >> i messed up. i should have went to the e.r. room or the hospital right away but i didn't. i laid in bed thinking it was going to go away. >> reporter: for how long? >> for about a week. >> reporter: louis martinez's father, uncle and cousin died from covid 189. the last thing he wanted to do is go to the hospital. >> i don't want to do it because, you know, it is, they put you in the hospital, sometimes you never make it. >> reporter: to listen to anna corona trying to breathe is to understand everything one needs to know about covid-19. she's pretty certain she got it from her daughter at a birthday party. several other family members got it. her 26-year-old niece died. she says she's sc

verone, thank you as well. for everybody in line, it's incredible to see. i want to bring in sara murray from washington with more on the vaccine. it's just a monumental day for the continued rollout. >> reporter: it is a monumental day. we now have two coronavirus vaccines circulating, and moderna is making it possible to go out to 2,000 locations starting today. the first shots of the moderna vaccine are expected to go into americans' arms today. >> we're heading into a big week. >> reporter: as moderna's easier storage requirements allow more corners of the u.s. to begin accessing life-saving coronavirus vaccines. >> over 4,000 locations will be receiving vaccines between today and tomorrow. >> reporter: but concerns are growing about a new variant of covid-19 in the u.k. that reportedly spreads faster than others. >> it does mean that we have to work a little bit harder about preventing the spread. but, again, these viruses mutate all the time. >> reporter: as researchers across the globe scramble to study the new variant, a growing number of countries

verone to nurses to those who clean up are tired and stressed. >> reporter: what has 2020 been like for you? >> like hell and back. it's hard. i'm stressed. >> reporter: we met her in june, then she was a patient having picked up covid-19, she thinks while performing cpr on a patient. she got covid a second time. she's not sure how. after nine months of dealing with sickness and death, she's back at work with a message. >> it's like we're nonexistent and it's like you do realize that we're still here taking care of these people putting my life at risk, putting my kids' life at risk, my mom's life. i think we've been forgotten, truly. >> reporter: something else new from june. patients are coming in sicker, having waited longer before seeking medical care. >> our average patient has spent about 20 days with symptoms before they come to us so, i mean, even if i give them assistance. >> he has a wife and two kids and isn't sure how he got it. he thought he could tough it out. >> i messed up from those symptoms that i got when i got it. i should have went to the er room or the hospital righ

joseph verone, his 277th day straight, the chief medical officer who runs this hospital, and for him to open this box. medium-sized box. smaller box inside of that and then two small boxes of the actual vaccine. he has about 300 doses. it comes super cold, almost frozen if not frozen. they are putting it into a refrigerator to bring it up to 2 or 3 degrees celsius, that's 34, 35 degrees fahrenheit and then down this hallway in about an hour or so they're going to start injecting it into the first arms. he will get it, members of staff will get it and it will begin a long process. that light at the end of the tunnel, he said, of getting beyond this coronavirus pandemic. >> incredible. that box may look boring but it's anything but. it is a miracle. miguel marquez, thank you so much. >> thank you. >>> the cdc board has added two new lists of recipients for the covid vaccine. after front line medical workers, next in line are what's called front line essential workers like grocery clerks, teachers, meat plant employees. anyone abled 75 or older is in this category. the next level involv

joseph verone found that empathy on thanksgiving day at his houston hospital.his photo of him comforting an elderly patient who was crying because he couldn't see his wife went viral. >> some of my nurses will start crying in the middle of the day. i mean they see one patient die and then soon thereafter we see another one and the problem is we don't see an end in sight. >> there are serious concerns tonight about the long term effect this pandemic will have on health care in america decades from now because my cnn colleagues and i have spoken to two hospital executives in recent days who say they are really worried about doctors and nurses leaving the profession because they're so burned out and they're worried about the difficulty they may have in recruiting people to come into the profession in the future. wolf? >> so sad indeed. brian todd, thank you very, very much. there is more breaking news here in "the situation room" with record numbers of cases, hospitalizations, and deaths as the coronavirus crisis reaches alarming new levels across the u.s. look, t

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joseph veron, the chief of critical care at houston united medical -- memorial medical center told npr that half of his nurses won't take the covid vaccine for political reasons. >> i had a friendly argument with more than 50% of my nurses in my unit telling me that they will not get the vaccine. and you know, of course i pushed the concept that people should get vaccinated. and i asked, why not? and you know, at the end of the day, like i have said before, coronavirus has become a political toy, and most of the reasons why most of my people don't want to get the vaccine are politically motivated." >> this is not america. in kansas dodge city mayor joyce warshaw, a republican, decided to resign this week after receiving threats for supporting a mask mandate following a spike of covid cases in her area. in her letter of resignation joyce warshaw said, "life has dealt out many challenges in our world that have perhaps caused many people to act inappropriately, but i do not feel safe in this position anymore and am hopeful in removing myself this anger, accusations and abuse will not fall

verone to nurses to those who clean up are tired and stressed. >> reporter: what has 2020 been like for hard. i'm stressed. >> reporter: we met icu news tanayaj in june, then she was a patient having picked up covid-19 she thinks while performing cpr on a patient. she got covid a second time, she is not sure how. after nine months of dealing with sickness and death she's back at work with a message. >> it's like we're nonexistent and it's like you do realize that we're still here taking care of these people, putting my life at risk, putting my kids' life at risk, into i mom's life. i think we've -- we've been forgotten truly. >> reporter: something else new from june says the doctor, patients are coming in sicker, having waited longer before seeking medical care. >> our average patient has spent about 20 days with symptoms before they come to us. so, i mean, even if i give them holy water after 20 days of symptoms it's going to be difficult for them to get better. >> reporter: richard gonzalez has a wife and five kids, he works two jobs and isn't sure how he got it. he thought he could