NEW YORK, March 30 (Xinhua) -- During the past two years, Americans chronically ill have become hostages to supply chain disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and worsened by the demand for these same materials by busy hospitals, reported The Washington Post on Tuesday.
In contrast with COVID-19 patients, these people desperately stay out of the hospital, where they fear they could be infected with the coronavirus or other pathogens and suffer severe complications, only to make their ongoing plight more difficult, said the report.