U.S. COVID-19 death toll set to surpass half a million

U.S. COVID-19 death toll set to surpass half a million

As the nation approaches 500,000 lives lost to COVID-19, Dr. Ron Elfenbien, medical director and owner of First Call Medical Center, joined CBSN to discuss the grim milestone.

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