As Delta drives a hospitalization increase, a view from the ICU.

As part of their ongoing coverage of the spike in COVID cases and hospitalizations in SoCal, KCRW interviewed Riverside Community Hospital ICU Nurse Erin McIntosh, as well as an LAUSD teacher. Erin compared what she’s seen to the worst days of the pandemic, but offered a glimpse of hope in the power of the vaccine to mitigate the worst illness. Listen below or read the story at KCRW.