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Hear Me Now PodcastAnger and the Delta WaveWe return to two caregivers who poignantly described the Winter Surge in Southern California in our episode "COVID-19 Realities," in January 2021. Listener advisory: The effects on these caregivers of treating unvaccinated patients is startling..Zahra Esmail, DOPalliative Care PhysicianProvidence Little Company of Mary Medical CenterTorrance, Calif..Christina Rothans, LCSWPalliative Care Social WorkerProvidence Little Company of Mary Medical CenterTorrance, Calif...We discuss the challenge of getting public health...2021-08-1244 minHear Me Now PodcastCOVID-19 RealitiesAgainst a backdrop of COVID-19 denialism and super-spreader events, Dr. Zahra Esmail and social worker Christina Rothans have been treating a recent surge of patients with their colleagues in the South Bay of Los Angeles.��The two serve on one of the in-house palliative care teams at the Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center in Torrance, Calif. They are responsible for the care of the very sickest patients.The hospital's census of COVID-19-positive patients has climbed steadily for the past two months to heretofore unseen levels. All of the COVID-19 patients have been isol...2021-01-2839 min