Dr. Joseph Varon, left, medical staff members Gabriel Cervera Rodriguez, center back, Stephanie, center front, and Elizabeth Gamboa, right, watch a monitor screen for an endoscope while performing tracheostomy procedure on a patient in the COVID-19 intensive care unit (ICU) at the United Memorial Medical Center on December 14, 2020 in Houston, Texas. According to reports, Texas has reached over 1,480,000 cases, including over 24,500 deaths. (Photo by Go Nakamura/Getty Images)
