10 Pics That Show The Reality Of COVID-19 At Hospitals, Captured By This Photographer

For so many of us isolated in our homes, the fight at the Covid-19 frontlines remains a mystery. We're unaware of the energy and sacrifice the medical staff devote to combating the pandemic as well as all the suffering it has demanded from the ill.

Go Nakamura, however, is here to give us a better understanding of the situation. The Houston-based photojournalist who relocated to Texas just over a year ago has visited the United Memorial Medical Center more than 20 times since May, documenting everything that goes on in the COVID ward.

As the coronavirus death toll in the United States on Monday surpassed 300,000 people, let's hope that these images will raise our collective sense of responsibility and remind us to do everything in our power to stay safe.

(h/t buzzfeed)

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Nov. 26. Dr Joseph Varon Comforts A Patient With Coronavirus Disease. I Am Grateful To Witness A Wonderful Moment And I Thank All The Medical Staffs For Their Hard Work Even During The Holiday Season

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Dilly Millandry 5 years ago

Well, picture one and I've already teared-up! So heartbreaking.

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A Medical Staff Member Rests In Front Of A Fan In The Covid-19 Intensive Care Unit On June 30 In Houston

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Serial pacifist 5 years ago

My wife is a medical worker. I love my wife. I love her more for what she does, not ashamed to admit it.

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A Medical Staff Member Grabs A Hand Of A Patient To Reposition The Bed In The Covid-19 Intensive Care Unit On Oct. 31 In Houston

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Who? Me? 5 years ago

This is powerful. Its a better version of God reaching out to man painting. I salute all frontline workers

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Members Of The Medical Staff Rest In The Covid-19 Intensive Care Unit At The United Memorial Medical Center On July 2 In Houston

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Linda Williams 5 years ago

This is a very powerful image. I can't even imagine how some people can still say it's just a flu...

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Medical Staff Member Jaqoues Bistre Varon Flips A Patient In The Prone Position In The Covid-19 Intensive Care Unit On Dec. 7

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Donna Webber 5 years ago

Prone position is best for Covid patients

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Iv Pumps And Electrocardiogram Machines Are Seen In A Patient's Room In The Covid-19 Intensive Care Unit On Dec. 7 In Houston

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Teresa Thomas 5 years ago

And we can thank the NURSES for the care they are receiving, because a doctor truly could not rig this up

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Medical Staff Wearing Full Ppe Push A Stretcher With The Body Of A Patient Who Died Of The Coronavirus To A Car Outside Of The Covid-19 Intensive Care Unit On June 30 In Houston

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Beebs 5 years ago

That's really sad.

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Members Of The Medical Staff Treat A Patient Who Is Wearing A Helmet-Based Ventilator In The Covid-19 Intensive Care Unit On July 28 In Houston

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Louloubelle 5 years ago

This is frightening. God, I hope I never get this awful disease.

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Medical Staff Member Gabriel Cervera Rodriguez Closes His Eyes While Taking A Short Break In The Covid-19 Intensive Care Unit On Dec. 2

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David K 5 years ago

3 members of my family acquired severe coronavirus and only made it alive because of the great, great help of all the doctors and nurses at the hospital. I cannot emphasize enough just how much we owe the medical workers. THANK YOU!!!

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Medical Staff Members Treat A Patient In The Covid-19 Intensive Care Unit On Nov. 10 In Houston

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Teresa Thomas 5 years ago

Is the photo on their back the nurse/doctor?

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What do you think ?

Liam Walsh 5 years ago

Bumped into an old friend while walking my dog (we stayed at a distance) and he said 'I still think this Covid thing is some kind of hoax'... Sorry, meant to say 'bumped into an ex-friend and covidiot'.

61points

This is sad. But it does make one question their values when it comes to choosing friends.

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giovanna 5 years ago

I hear you. I'm no longer friends with some people because of this reason. Good riddance, honestly.

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Parmeisan 5 years ago

One of my husband's friends - let's call him Jeff - has had heart issues since the day he was born, with many other issues stemming from that and is on a host of medications, in the hospital monthly... about the most vulnerable you can get. And on Facebook when Jeff talks about his fears some of his "friends" will reply and talk about how it "only affects people with pre-existing conditions". Like, good god, can you hear yourself? Do you not understand, or do you just not care? Jeff's reaction is "at least I won't have to send out as many Christmas cards this year". Because how else can you react when someone you thought was a friend literally tells you that you're expendable? Some people are unimaginably ugly inside and we never knew until they were asked to slightly inconvenience themselves to save other people's lives... :(

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Courtney Christelle 5 years ago

Oh good, it's all a hoax. That means my 85 year old grandmother didn't actually contract covid from some dumbass who refused to wear a mask or end up in the hospital twice with breathing problems. Some freaking people! She's fine now, recovered and back at work.

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Sprinkled Donut 5 years ago (edited)

It really is sad, how are you going to say covid is fake? What about all the families who lost love ones and how they feel when they're told that the illness is made up and doesn't exist!

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cybermerlin2000 5 years ago

I lost a friend to covid. He said it was no more than the flu so I punched him in the throat and shouted "THATS HOW HARD IT IS TO BREATH WITH COVID!" He is not my friend anymore

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jes2011 5 years ago

Liam Walsh lol

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Chelsea Corkum 5 years ago

Look what these folks are wearing day in, day out for long shifts, in hot rooms, doing physical work. Now tell me how much your cute little fabric masks makes you uncomfortable for your 30 minutes in the grocery store.

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Freya the Wanderer 5 years ago

COVID deniers and anti-maskers should be forced to listen to these people, to see first hand what is going on at hospitals.

sbecky990 5 years ago

Chelsea Corkum love

ruchiverma 5 years ago

Chelsea Corkum Good response!

Jayne Kyra 5 years ago

Covid deniers should deny gravity and jump off a cliff.

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Randolph Croft 5 years ago (edited)

Well, it's just a 'theory', after all.... /gentle snark

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Leo Domitrix 5 years ago

Don't tempt us (meaning those working at hospitals). ...

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10 Pics That Show The Reality Of COVID-19 At Hospitals, Captured By This Photographer

Nov. 26. Dr Joseph Varon Comforts A Patient With Coronavirus Disease. I Am Grateful To Witness A Wonderful Moment And I Thank All The Medical Staffs For Their Hard Work Even During The Holiday Season

A Medical Staff Member Rests In Front Of A Fan In The Covid-19 Intensive Care Unit On June 30 In Houston

A Medical Staff Member Grabs A Hand Of A Patient To Reposition The Bed In The Covid-19 Intensive Care Unit On Oct. 31 In Houston

Members Of The Medical Staff Rest In The Covid-19 Intensive Care Unit At The United Memorial Medical Center On July 2 In Houston

Medical Staff Member Jaqoues Bistre Varon Flips A Patient In The Prone Position In The Covid-19 Intensive Care Unit On Dec. 7

Iv Pumps And Electrocardiogram Machines Are Seen In A Patient's Room In The Covid-19 Intensive Care Unit On Dec. 7 In Houston

Medical Staff Wearing Full Ppe Push A Stretcher With The Body Of A Patient Who Died Of The Coronavirus To A Car Outside Of The Covid-19 Intensive Care Unit On June 30 In Houston

Members Of The Medical Staff Treat A Patient Who Is Wearing A Helmet-Based Ventilator In The Covid-19 Intensive Care Unit On July 28 In Houston

Medical Staff Member Gabriel Cervera Rodriguez Closes His Eyes While Taking A Short Break In The Covid-19 Intensive Care Unit On Dec. 2

Medical Staff Members Treat A Patient In The Covid-19 Intensive Care Unit On Nov. 10 In Houston

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