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Kirkland, Washington The veteran registered nurse started her own mental checklist: cough, rapid breathing and the red eyes -- all the sickest patients seemed to have the red eyes. For Chelsey Earnest it was the eyes that became the single most important sign as she and other staff at the Life Care Center in Kirkland, Washington, struggled with the new coronavirus that was sweeping the nursing home even before it became feared across the country.Chelsey Earnest says she has never experienced anything like the outbreak in Kirkland in 20 years as a registered nurse."It's something that I witnessed in all of them . They have, like ... allergy eyes.
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