merlin, at times near death, placed on a ventilator.or the greatest gift of all. >> i'm thankful that this is my second life. i've been here for nine months. the experience that i'm the one taking care of difficult patients, stuff like that, and now they're taking care of me. >> good-bye! >> bye! >> see ya! >> welcome home, merlin. that's "nightline" for tonight. watch our full episodes on hulu. see you back here same time tomorrow. thanks for staying up with us. good night, america.

. >> merlin! merlin! >> reporter: icu nurse merlin pambuan fought the virus for eight months. now finally going home just in time for the holiday. >> don't lose hope. just fight. fight. because look at me. you know, i'm going home and i'm walking. >> we do love to see those stories of hope and recovery. kaylee hartung joining us from a hospital in santa monica. and kaylee, this current surge in california, if it continues here, health officials already making painful decisions. >> reporter: yeah, whit. hospitals just like this one will be completely overwhelmed if this surge continues, and one doctor here just telling me, they are already rationing care. officials warn that in as little as two weeks, doctors could be making even more dramatic decisions about who lives and who dies. whit? >> all right, kaylee, our thanks to you tonight. >>> next tonight, a reality check on the vaccine rollout. operation warp speed hoping that 20 million americans would be vaccinated by the end of the month, but so far, just 1 million people have received the vaccine. so, what's behind the delay

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merlin raye allen was part of the insure generals, they brought the battlefielddate dead from the war and back home. took me a while to appreciate that's wasn't one off. that's was building and there was a cultural sensibility and then tactical rational aspects howl the u.s. fighting force and then you have the scientific advance of dna testing. that story didn't -- wasn't immediately attire me. now if if can circle back to world war i. so much of jay winter's writing and tom, they helped me' understand the democratizing on the naming of the grunt, the naming of the lowest on the military hierarchy, that person's body needed tools be recovered to be marked. in jay winter's work he spends time thinking about what memorials and monuments do. as these spaces of bereavement and of mourning that helped a community whose fabric has been tomorrow asunder, to begin to stitch it back together and appeal to one another. he talked about the mon immigrant is inscribing in a validation in the village, inscribing the name of those who died and also pointing to the families who will need help, who w

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despite that grim forecast, there are stories of triumph. ( cheers and applause ) this is merlin pambuanrse in southern california who treated covid patients-- then became one. four months on a ventilator, eight months fighting the virus, inside the same hospital where she has worked for 40 years. her message tonight, to those who treated her and those now battling for their lives? >> don't lose hope. just fight. fight. ( cheers and applause ) >> reporter: here at l.a.x., up to three nonstop flights still arrive every day from the u.k. it's still unclear how effective the vaccines are to this new strain. and, tonight, we're learning about the first severe allergic reaction to the moderna vaccine, it's a doctor from boston. major? >> garrett: lilia luciano, thank you. utilility crews s spent chririss day scrambmbling to rerestore pr to more ththan 200,00000 homes d businesssses in the e northeast. a a powerful c christmas e eve m dumped snonow across the midwes, causing numerous accidents on icy roads. pittsburgh broke its christmas day record, with nearly four inches of snow on the groun

applause this is merlin pambuan walking out of the hospital where she's worked for a0 years, and wastors say she came close to death on several occasions. she's faced months of physical therapy to regain her mobility. i'm thankful this is my second life. i've been here for nine months. the experience that i'm the one taking care of cricket patients and stuff like that, and now they are taking care of me, and it's just hard, very hard, but they are very professional. they really care about me. i like those people that have covid or something that don't lose hope, just fight, fight. because, look at me, you know? i'm going home, and i'm 0k. church services will be much quieter than usual this christmas — not just because of restrictions on movement —— but also because worshippers of all religions have been asked not to sing —— to reduce the risk of spreading the virus. now scientists from university college london are trying to find ways of making singing safer. 0ur health correspondent catherine burns has more. singing. a sign of the times. the words are more than a thousand years old

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