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Last August the intensive care unit at Oregon Health and Science University was filled to capacity.
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IN THIS YOUTUBE SCREENSHOT, AN UNVACCINATED, COVID POSITIVE PATIENT LIES ON HER SIDE TO MAKE BREATHING EASIER IN AN AUG. 31, 2021 VIDEO PRODUCED AND PUBLISHED BY ST. CHARLES HEALTH SYSTEM./PHOTO COURTESY OF OPB
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Many COVID-19 patients at OHSU are in their 20s and 30s./Kristyna Wentz-Graff/OPB
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National Guard members wait for training before the start of the vaccination clinic being held at the Oregon Convention Center, Jan. 27, 2021./Kristyna Wentz-Graff/OPB
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A COVID-19 VACCINE IS ADMINISTERED AT THE DESCHUTES COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT IN BEND, JANUARY 2021./BRADLEY W. PARKS/OPB
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