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Even individuals who lost their beloved ones initially of the pandemic are nonetheless hurting. Jeannina Smith, a doctor at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, cares for organ-transplant recipients, who are on immunosuppressive medication and are subsequently notably susceptible to illness; she told me that she lost extra patients within the Omicron surge than at any earlier level in the pandemic. Cleavon Gilman, the ER doctor, instructed me that many health-care employees are traumatized after two years of repeatedly telling families that their beloved one has died, "hearing that shrill cry on the phone over and over, after which going exterior to see a world that’s appearing like we’re mendacity in regards to the numbers." (Gilman additionally lost three colleagues to the pandemic: two nurses who died of COVID and a mentor who died of suicide after witnessing the first surge.) Alanna Badgley, the EMT, felt like something broke after Omicron arrived. Come see the whole lot we've got to offer! People have told her that Mark deserved what he got. "My dad never, ever hesitated together with his words, but there was simply this lengthy pause, and he quietly stated sure," she instructed me.