Lieutenant firefighter and PIO Jonathan Baxter administers emergency aid to save man named Ryan during a fentanyl overdose on Olive Street in San Francisco, California, USA on Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021. The deaths from fentanyl in San Francisco have doubled since 2019 and tripled since 2017. There are projected to be over 700 deaths in San Francisco by the end of the year.

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Caregivers Jose Rodriguez (left) and Nancy Rubio Campos (right) lift Pat Michelin, 93, out of her wheelchair and back into her bed moments after receiving the second dose of her COVID-19 shot at Gordon Manor assisted living facility on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021 in Redwood City, California. Pat requires a lot of assistance because she broke her hip during the pandemic and can no longer walk. Before the pandemic she could have a conversation with her daughter. Now, she doesn’t know who her daughter is.


During a recent visit to Gordon Manor, her daughter Sue Anne Michelin took a seat across from her mom Pat, who was resting in her wheelchair.

“You have gotten smaller,” Sue Anne said to her mother.

“Who?” Pat Michelin asked.

“You,” Sue Anne said, staring into her mother’s eyes.

Her mother looked away and muttered, “I don’t know who that is.”
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Firefighters prepare for a backburn on the North Complex Fire in Butte County, California on Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020. Valley View inmate firefighters participated in the blackburn operation.

Firefighters walk through brush as they prepare for a backburn operation on the North Complex Fire in Butte County, California, U.S.A. on Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020. A series of approximately 12,000 lighting strikes hit the Bay Area causing over 350 fires including the North Complex Fire.


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Clarice Patterson (right) gives her great- grandaughter Kaliyah Guillory, 9, (left) a taste of salad as they eat lunch at Patterson's home in Pacifica, Calif., on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016.

Clarice Patterson (right) gives her great- grandaughter Kaliyah Guillory, 9, (left) a taste of salad as they eat lunch at Patterson's home in Pacifica, Calif., on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016.

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Estrella Burch, 9, (center) held a candle during a multi-faith vigil, where community members discussed Islamophobia and denounced violence, in Berkeley, California on Thursday, December 17, 2015.

Estrella Burch, 9, (center) held a candle during a multi-faith vigil, where community members discussed Islamophobia and denounced violence, in Berkeley, California on Thursday, December 17, 2015.

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Dancer Joshua Webb ties Grace Rosendin's tutu right before she gets on stage during the final performance of the Nutcracker at the State Street Theater in Oroville, California on Sunday January 20, 2019. Grace lost her home in Paradise during the Camp Fir

Dancer Joshua Webb ties Grace Rosendin's tutu right before she gets on stage during the final performance of the Nutcracker at the State Street Theater in Oroville, California on Sunday January 20, 2019. Grace lost her home in Paradise during the Camp Fire. The ballet school was also destroyed.

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Bayview Station Capt. Steven Ford (left) comforts Sarah Inez Thomas-Cael,  the wife of Jevon Cael who was killed last Monday in the Bayview during a prayer service in the Bayview in San Francisco, California, on Monday, June 11, 2018.


Bayview Station Capt. Steven Ford (left) and Pastor Jeffrey Branner (right) comfort Sarah Inez Thomas-Cael (center), the wife of Jevon Cael who was killed last Monday in the Bayview during a prayer service in the Bayview in San Francisco, California, on Monday, June 11, 2018. 
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Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden takes a selfie with a patron at Buttercup diner during a campaign stop on March 03, 2020 in Oakland, California.

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Displaced resident Kim Usher gets emotional while talking to a housing counselor with the city of Oakland at a local assistance center regarding her options for housing after losing her home in a fire on San Pablo Avenue last week in Oakland, California,

Displaced resident Kim Usher gets emotional while talking to a housing counselor with the city of Oakland at a local assistance center regarding her options for housing after losing her home in a fire on San Pablo Avenue last week in Oakland, California, on Tuesday, April 4, 2017. Usher lives with her mother and three sons and has one more night to stay at the West Oakland Youth Center. 

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A woman is arrested at Martin Luther King Jr. Way and Allston Way during a clash between Trump supporters and anti-Trump supporters in Berkeley, Calif., on August 27, 2017.

A woman is arrested on the corner of Martin Luther King Jr. Way and Allston Way during a clash between protesters in Berkeley, Calif., on Sunday, August 27th, 2017.

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People wait for the bus on Market Street between 7th and 8th Streets in San Francisco, California, on Monday, Oct. 7, 2019.

People wait for the bus on Market Street between 7th and 8th Streets in San Francisco, California, on Monday, Oct. 7, 2019.

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Jorgito, 5, and his cousin and caretaker Margarita (left) share a moment together in their bedroom after taking a portrait in San Mateo, California, on Thursday, July 5, 2018. Jorgito was separated from his mother at the Texas border and she was since dep

Jorgito, 5, and his cousin and caretaker Margarita (left) share a moment together in their bedroom after taking a portrait in San Mateo, California, on Thursday, July 5, 2018. Jorgito was separated from his mother at the Texas border and she was since deported back to Guatemala.

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Monique Webb, a woman who frequents the Civic Center Hotel, has a beer in the parking lot on May 16, 2015 in San Francisco, California.There is a major plan to redevelop the Civic Center property on Market Street, the site of the run down Civic Center Hot

Monique Webb drinks a beer on the West side of the Civic Center Hotel, an SRO that is slated to be demolished and rebuilt in San Francisco, CA.

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Firefighters John Waybright (left), Pedro Rios (center) and Brent Panos (second from right) and Mike Leslie take a lunch break from traversing a forested area while looking for hot spots caused by the Soberanes Fire, in Monterey, California, on Thursday,

(l-r)Firefighters John Waybright, Pedro Rios and Brent Panos  and Mike Leslie take a lunch break from traversing a forested area while looking for hot spots caused by the Soberanes Fire, in Monterey, California, on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016.

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A woman gets emotional while firefighters battle a four-alarm fire in an apartment building on San Pablo Ave. on Monday, March 27, 2017, in Oakland, Califoria in the United States of America. Four people were found dead in the building and several people

A woman gets emotional while firefighters battle an apartment building fire on San Pablo Ave. on Monday, March 27, 2017, in Oakland, Calif.

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President Joe Biden is embraced by his family moments after being sworn in during the Presidential Inauguration on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021 in Washington, D.C. During the inauguration ceremony Joe Biden becomes the 46th President of the United States and Kamala Harris becomes the Vice President.
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David Scronce and Bill Lies embrace as they stand for a portrait before getting married at San Francisco's City Hall on May 13, 2016, in San Francisco, California.

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Husband and wife Henry Granger and Astrid Granger sit for a portrait on the stump of the Redwood tree that used to be part of their backyard before the Tubbs Fire destroyed their home in Santa Rosa, California, on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018.

Husband and wife Henry Granger and Astrid Granger sit for a portrait on the stump of the Redwood tree that used to be part of their backyard before the Tubbs Fire destroyed their home in Santa Rosa, California, on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018.

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Hog Island Oyster Company employee Wilber Mejia pushes a bag of farmed oysters onto a boat during a morning of harvesting in Marshall, California, on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016. The bags are taken back to the company's Marshall headquarters, where the oyste

Hog Island Oyster Company employee Wilber Mejia pushes a bag of farmed oysters onto a boat during a morning of harvesting in Marshall, California, on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016. The bags are taken back to the company's Marshall headquarters, where the oysters are processed and prepared for sale.

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Honey Mahogany fixes her hair backstage as she gets ready to perform, at The Stud Bar in San Francisco, California, on Friday, July 8, 2016.

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A woman jogs along the Embarcadero passing the Bay Bridge as an orange haze hangs in the sky due to multiple wildfires burning across California and Oregon in San Francisco, Calif. Wednesday, September 9, 2020. 


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Jie Chang Chen (left) prepares pork while Rong Jian Guan (right) prepares duck while working at Hing Lung meat shop in Chinatown in San Francisco, Calif., on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017.

Jie Chang Chen salts a pig at Hing Lung meat shop in Chinatown in San Francisco, Calif., on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017.

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Diana Fernanda, 17 (second from left) is comforted by Cesar Becerra, 17 (left) during the campfire and final evening of Camp Everytown, an immersive program for high school students in Santa Cruz, California, on Friday, Oct. 13, 2017.

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Alexandra Mroz (center) rests her head as she rides the N Muni train during rush hour in San Francisco, California, on Wednesday, April 19, 2017. Since 2013, switchbacks have more than doubled on every Metro line of the San Francisco railway despite voter

Alexandra Mroz (center) rests her head as she rides the N Muni train during rush hour in San Francisco, California, on Wednesday, April 19, 2017.

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Charles Darius applies makeup before performing with his band the Church of the Sacred Silversexual as part of a David Bowie tribute, at Slim's in San Francisco, California on Wednesday, January 13, 2016.

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Harm reduction specialist Alsane Mezon (right) embraces client Yedidiah Ysrael (left) with a cake on his birthday at OnPoint NYC, a supervised drug injection site in Harlem on Thursday, March 24, 2022 in New York, New York.

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Golden State Warriors fans cheer as they watch Game 5 of the NBA Championships between the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers at Era Bar and Lounge in Oakland, California, on Monday, June 12, 2017.

Golden State Warriors fans cheer as they watch Game 5 of the NBA Championships between the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers at Era Bar and Lounge in Oakland, California, on Monday, June 12, 2017.

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Kalani Ben (left) and wife Megan Barton wore matching red sneakers to their wedding, on Friday May 13, 2016.

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Cassie Hausauer, 95 (left) and her daughter Heidi Hausauer were excited to get out of the house as they waited for the start of The Shining at the Drive In theater at the San Mateo County Event Center on Saturday, July 18, 2020 in San Mateo, California.

Cassie Hausauer, 95 (left) and her daughter Heidi Hausauer were excited to get out of the house as they waited for the start of The Shining at the Drive In theater at the San Mateo County Event Center on Saturday, July 18, 2020 in San Mateo, California.

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