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US coronavirus surge pushing California health care to the brink, says Australian doctor
An Australian doctor working in Los Angeles fears medical care will not be provided to sick Americans if the coronavirus modelling is accurate.
Key points:
- Emergency doctor Mel Herbert says California’s health care is on the brink of “collapse”
- COVID-19 cases have surged across the United States since September
- Modelling suggests new infections will rise after the Christmas season
Mel Herbert, a professor of emergency medicine at the University of Southern California who has lived in the United States for the past three decades, came out of retirement to work as a frontline doctor against the COVID-19 pandemic.
Southern California has borne the brunt of the virus, with the county of Los Angeles having recorded 719,833 infections since the…
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