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It could also worsen the shortage of physicians in the state, adding yet another strain on the state’s healthcare system.

“Even if these things stop tomorrow, you’ve got a pretty demoralized physician and scientific workforce. What this administration has done has given being a scientist an unsavory element — it’s no longer a noble profession.”

Dr. Elizabeth E. Hudson, regional physician chief of infectious diseases for Kaiser Permanente Southern California, said people 65 and older, and those who are immunocompromised should get vaccinated.

After an intensive care physician failed to revive her, Frédéric Péchier gave her an injection and the patient went into a coma and survived.

“People with blood pressure of 145 over 95 might be told by their primary care physician … that’s fine … just exercise more.”