Michele Younkin, a 28-year-old nurse who works in a COVID-19 unit at St. Jude Medical Center, kisses her 7-month-old son, Jackson, in a park on her day off in Garden Grove, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020. On the fifth day after her patient died of the coronavirus, Younkin's voice breaks as she sits cross-legged on a blanket during a sunny day in the park with her husband and giggling infant son. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
August 17, 2020
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