Last night, a cable news host raised an anguished alarm about the crisis of the pandemic in America’s nursing homes.   It resonated.  As a physician, I have worked in those places across the U.S.  From the pastoral rural to the gritty inner city.  Faces of people and scenes inside those walls flashed before my eyes.

Caregivers. They are the ones who ride the buses and subways or drive their decades-old vehicles …

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On a Sunday, it started with a text to an old residency buddy. It started with a text to an old colleague. It started with a text to a current work friend. How are you? Thinking about you. How are you handling this volatile time? Are you ready to jump in where needed? Then came the responses. Quickly. Maybe quickly because we were all stuck at home. It was a …

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