Sarvnaz Michel, a 28-year-old nurse who works in St. Jude Medical Center's COVID-19 unit, video chats with her grandmother, Acar Sharifi, in her home July 14, 2020, in Garden Grove, Calif. Michel's career has forced her to blur and blend her two lives. She juggles decisions like breastfeeding during a pandemic and whether she should move out of her home to keep her son and husband safe. "The thought of infecting either of them or my family," she said. Her voice breaks and he…
August 17, 2020
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August 17, 2020 12:37 p.m.
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