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"Give it to the crowd!," yells Jen Maddock as she raises her fist in celebration with son Will, 23 months, after the youngster received his COVID-19 vaccination at Southwest Pediatrics on Wednesday, June 22, 2022, in St. Louis. Will and his brother Jack, 3, waiting his turn at left, wore superhero capes for the occasion. Will was born with a heart defect during the pandemic and his family has remained isolated, with his mother quitting her job. "He hasn't even met all of our family," said Maddock. (Robert Cohen/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)

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This May 2022 photo provided by Pfizer shows production of the Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for children under 5 in Puurs, Belgium. U.S. regulators on Friday, June 17, authorized the first COVID-19 shots for infants and preschoolers, paving the way for vaccinations to begin next week. (Pfizer via AP)

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Kruti Pandya of Auburn says that she lives with in-laws in their 80′s, so she is very careful about weaing a mask. Pandya has lost a few members of her extended family to COVID. (Natrice Miller / natrice.miller@ajc.com)

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Savana Jordan, Kennedi Hill, Ms. Micahiah Drake and Reign Smith work on their art projects about autumn at Liberty Point Elementary School in Union City, Georgia, on Friday, October 16, 2020. Ms. Micahiah Drake is a first-year Pre-K techer at Liberty Point Elementary School and has had to adjust her teaching style because of the coronavirus pandemic. (Rebecca Wright for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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Mary Ann Neilsen holds her last Paxlovid pills while recovering from COVID-19 in Santa Barara, Calif., on Jan. 6, 2022. (Alex Welsh/The New York Times)

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Elizabeth and Nick Woodruff of Binghamton, New York, were sued for nearly $10,000 by the hospital where Nick’s infected leg was amputated. (Heather Ainsworth for KHN and NPR)

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November 30, 2018 Atlanta - Amanda Marmins, a volunteer at Souper Jenny, finishes the preparation for one box of soup that will help feed kids in the metro area. RYON HORNE / RHORNE@AJC.COM

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July 2, 2020 Atlanta - Travelers wearing face masks make their way at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on Thursday, July 2, 2020. As passenger traffic begins to increase for the Fourth of July holiday weekend, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) officials hosted an informational media briefing to highlight new COVID-19 safety measures. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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In this file photo, Grady Hospital healthcare workers arrive for work. Grady reports, 99% of its staff is vaccinated. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)

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January 25, 2022 Braselton - Registered nurse Jordan Davis puts on PPE before she enters to see her patient at the Intensive Care Unit of Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Braselton on Tuesday, January 25, 2022. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

Inside a Georgia hospital’s ICU, medical staff wages war against omicron

At the Northeast Georgia Medical Center’s Braselton hospital, all 24 hospital beds in the intensive care unit are filled, 18 of them with COVID-19 patients. The hospital granted an AJC photographer access to the ICU to witness how COVID-19 is still battering hospital systems and health care workers. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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COVID-19 is causing the worst worker shortage in a generation in Georgia's nursing homes, and the shortages are sending waves of disruption throughout the state’s health system. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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People wait outside of the emergency room at Grady Memorial Hospital. Officials with the Georgia Department of Public Health stressed to the public that hospital emergency rooms should not be used to seek COVID-19 testing unless people are experiencing severe COVID-19 symptoms.
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People wait outside of the emergency room at Grady Memorial Hospital. Officials with the Georgia Department of Public Health stressed to the public that hospital emergency rooms should not be used to seek COVID-19 testing unless people are experiencing severe COVID-19 symptoms.
Thursday, December 30, 2021. Miguel Martinez for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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Shawn Kuhn, a University of Georgia senior, died Monday from complications from COVID-19. A family member said he was fully vaccinated for COVID-19. PHOTO CREDIT: Watson & Hunt Funeral Home.

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