With an indentation visible on his face, nurse Spencer Cushing, 29, leans on a desk briefly after assisting a COVID-19 patient at St. Jude Medical Center in Fullerton, Calif., Tuesday, July 7, 2020. For the month of April, the Cushing family lived apart. Cushing spent his days and some of his nights at St. Jude's, as a nurse caring for "step-down" patients recovering from the most serious COVID-19 symptoms.(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
August 17, 2020
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August 17, 2020 12:37 p.m.
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