AdvertisementAdvertisementDr. Scott Kobner outside L.A. County-USC Medical Center in Boyle Heights. When the COVID-19 pandemic began last spring, devastating Kobner’s home state of New York before surging in California, he knew history was unfolding. When the COVID-19 pandemic began last spring, devastating Kobner’s home state of New York before surging in California, he knew history was unfolding. Clinical photos from World War I that showed parts of soldiers’ faces blown off by machine guns became invaluable for surgeons learning how to literally reconstruct faces. Polaroids of L.A. County-USC Medical Center staff hang next to boxes of gloves and masks in the room just outside the COVID-19 unit.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 15, 2021 12:56 UTC