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Hospitals Can’t Go On Like This

Twenty-two percent of American hospitals don’t have enough workers right now.
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The reports have come in from all across the country: Hospitals are filling up, especially in the Midwest, and they are running out of the staff they need to take care of patients.

Last week, the United States from April for the number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients, blowing past 60,000 all the way to 73,000, according to data compiled by the.

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