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VALDOSTA, GA. 7/23/22-Edson Sebastian Ordonez Guzman, age 13, left, awaits his COVID-19 vaccine from Chequella Sharper, a licensed practical nurse with Mobile Vax, right, during a Latino Community Fund Georgia vaccination and community outreach event held outside a store Saturday in Valdosta, Ga.

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Jejna Mujkic, school staff, greets students arriving for the first day of school at Seckinger High School in Buford on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022. All Gwinnett County employees were required to wear masks in school buildings to start the year. The requirement was lifted the second week of classes. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@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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Nursing home administrators say that they've learned important lessons over the past two years about dealing with coronavirus, and say that their facilities are much better prepared for future outbreaks. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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Emily Stevens, a nurse, on her day off in Gainesville. Stevens left her previous job as a staff ER nurse in Gainesville, where she worked some of the worst shifts in the pandemic. She joined an agency as a "traveler," or contract nurse, and is now an ER nurse in Duluth. She is run less ragged by her shifts, and feels she can work on restoring her health now on her days off. (PHOTO by Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@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)

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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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