A COVID-19 ward
Registered Nurse Chris Murphy walks 31-year-old Daryl Barker through breathing techniques inside Lake Regional Hospital's Intensive Care Unit in Osage Beach, Mo. Murphy, an Army veteran who served as a Combat Medic in Iraq often leans on the resiliency he learned in the military to fight off mental fatigue. Credit: AP

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