Alberta critical care doctor stresses importance of vaccines as COVID-19 long-term impacts begin to emerge

Dr. Peter Brindley, a critical care doctor at the University of Alberta Hospital, says now that health care workers are seeing the disturbing long range impacts of COVID-19 in recovering patients, he hopes people will get immunized when a vaccine is available.

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