As Dr. Rishi Seth rolled up his left sleeve on Monday to receive one of the United States\u2019 first Covid-19 vaccines, he thought of his patients back in the Special Care Unit.<\/p>\n
There was the Uber driver who had walked out of the hospital after being on a ventilator. The dying father who said goodbye to his two college-age daughters on a video chat. The four coronavirus patients Dr. Seth had treated just on Monday morning, checking their oxygen levels and reviewing treatment plans before he stripped off his protective gear and joined a first wave of health care workers to get vaccinated in hospitals across the country.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s why today is so emotional,\u201d said Dr. Seth, an internal-medicine physician with Sanford Health in North Dakota, a state that has been ravaged by the virus. \u201cYou\u2019re still fighting a battle, but you\u2019re starting to see the horizon.\u201d<\/p>\n
Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s why today is so emotional,\u201d said Dr. Rishi Seth, a physician in North Dakota, a state that has been ravaged by the coronavirus. \u201cYou\u2019re still fighting a battle, but you\u2019re starting to see the horizon.\u201d https:\/\/t.co\/uWM5VMHsds<\/a><\/p>\n — The New York Times (@nytimes) December 15, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \n