COVID-19 pandemic

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How COVID changed this physician forever [PODCAST]

March 19, 2021Mar 19, 2021

"As a professional woman who most identifies as a physician more than any other title, I know that I run the risk of losing myself to this disease. I am not ignorant to the risk. I understand that my identity…

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“As a professional woman who most identifies as a physician more than any other title, I know that I run the risk of losing myself to this disease. I am not ignorant to the risk. I understand that my identity is supposed to be separate from my achievements and that my …

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A year into the pandemic, nurses are exhausted and angry

Linda Silas, RN

March 19, 2021Mar 19, 2021

As the anniversary for March 11 anniversary of the World Health Organization declaring COVID-19 a global pandemic has come and gone, nurses across Canada are at their breaking point. We are exhausted, burned out – and angry. Nurses are on…

Nurses are on the frontlines of the pandemic and our health-care system every day. We see its problems in brutal detail, and we have the experience to know what’s needed to

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As the world creates a new normal, we must do the same in medicine

Stephanie Wellington, MD

March 18, 2021Mar 18, 2021

Abundance is defined as "the state or condition of having a copious quantity of something" or "plentifulness of the good things of life: prosperity." The massive havoc of the pandemic causes us to shrink in the face of human frailty,…

Abundance is defined as “the state or condition of having a copious quantity of something” or “plentifulness of the good things of life: prosperity.”

The massive havoc of the pandemic causes us to shrink in the face of human frailty, morbidity, and mortality rather than feel expansive and abundant. Even the vaccine efforts are enveloped in distrust and scarcity.

As I sit to write this article, I dance between medicine’s possibilities and …

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Life in a rural emergency department during COVID [PODCAST]

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March 17, 2021Mar 17, 2021

"I am grateful that I work in a small rural hospital that is like a family. I am grateful that my organization has done everything in its power to protect us… but I hope we can do better. I hope…

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“I am grateful that I work in a small rural hospital that is like a family. I am grateful that my organization has done everything in its power to protect us… but I hope we can do better. I hope medical workers have enough left within them to give their all …

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Reflections on a year of COVID

Manya J. Gupta, MD

March 16, 2021Mar 16, 2021

One year ago, on March 14, I worked my first of many COVID shifts as a hospitalist at a large academic teaching institution in Chicago. In the beginning, I think most of us on the front lines felt a strange combination of duty, fear, and exhilaration. There was this novel virus, the world was shutting down because of it, and while the rest of society was stocking up on toilet …

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One year into the COVID-19 pandemic

Maria Sheikh, MD, MPH

March 15, 2021Mar 15, 2021

“Come to triage right now, and wear your N95. A patient going straight to OR and she’s having fever and chills.” I was summoned to the triage area of labor and delivery for a patient brought in from the ultrasound…

“Come to triage right now, and wear your N95. A patient going straight to OR and she’s having fever and chills.”

I was summoned to the triage area of labor and delivery for a patient brought in from the ultrasound clinic and found to have absent fetal heart tones. One of my colleagues started an IV, and I ran to the OR to set up for emergency general anesthesia. The patient …

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One year into the COVID-19 pandemic

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Where does science end and where do politics begin?

John Connolly

March 15, 2021Mar 15, 2021

In the past 12 months, as the coronavirus swept from coast to coast and back again, scientific knowledge and inquiry have been thrust to the forefront of American political consciousness. With science’s newfound centrality to our public life has come increased respect and admiration for health care professionals and medical researchers. But as science has risen in national importance, so too have its detractors. As we round the …

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A physician deals with uncertainty during the pandemic [PODCAST]

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March 14, 2021Mar 14, 2021

"Despite forces not within our control, namely the thoughts and actions of others, headway has been made in my local practice area: the decline in mortality, the advances in clinical knowledge about the pathophysiology, more efficient testing, more PPE, an…

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“Despite forces not within our control, namely the thoughts and actions of others, headway has been made in my local practice area: the decline in mortality, the advances in clinical knowledge about the pathophysiology, more efficient testing, more PPE, an uprooting and great revealing of the need for prioritization of health …

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Cartoons that explain how the COVID vaccines work

Emily Watters, MD

March 14, 2021Mar 14, 2021

Emily Watters is a physician who shares how the mRNA COVID vaccines -- known as the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines -- work. (Click to enlarge.) The other option, the single-dose vaccine created by Johnson & Johnson, is explained here (click…

Emily Watters is a physician who shares how the mRNA COVID vaccines — known as the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines — work. (Click to enlarge.)

The other option, the single-dose vaccine created by Johnson & Johnson, is explained here (click to enlarge):

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End the draconian hospital visitation policies during COVID-19 [PODCAST]

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March 13, 2021Mar 13, 2021

"At the start of the pandemic when hospitals were overrun, testing and PPE were scarce, and unknowns about COVID-19 transmission abound, such restrictions were reasonable, perhaps even essential. But we have made progress since then; most hospitals test most if…

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“At the start of the pandemic when hospitals were overrun, testing and PPE were scarce, and unknowns about COVID-19 transmission abound, such restrictions were reasonable, perhaps even essential. But we have made progress since then; most hospitals test most if not all admitted patients for COVID-19; most Americans own a mask, and hospitals are able to provide to those without one. …

My Shot! A COVID vaccine adaptation

Vax'n 8

March 13, 2021Mar 13, 2021

Vax’n 8, a group of physicians from Northern California working in a variety of specialties in medicine, are proud to present “My Shot!”, a song adapted from the hit Broadway show Hamilton. “My Shot” addresses the social, scientific, and political…

Vax’n 8, a group of physicians from Northern California working in a variety of specialties in medicine, are proud to present “My Shot!”, a song adapted from the hit Broadway show Hamilton.

“My Shot” addresses the social, scientific, and political issues currently affecting the decision to receive the vaccine against the virus SARS-CoV-2, or COVID-19.

While we completely respect everyone’s freedom of choice, we as a group of physicians support …

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COVID is a race with no finish

Anthony Fleg, MD

March 13, 2021Mar 13, 2021

As a devoted runner, I find life lessons from this movement that help me get through difficult times. Journey with me for a moment. We have signed up for a distance running race. For some of us, this is familiar…

As a devoted runner, I find life lessons from this movement that help me get through difficult times.

Journey with me for a moment.

We have signed up for a distance running race. For some of us, this is familiar territory. For others who consider paying money to cover long distances on their own feet a ridiculous contractual agreement, just play along.

As we nervously approach the starting line, our race director tells …

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COVID is a race with no finish

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An anniversary: Reflecting on COVID-19 and combustion

Erika Maria Moseson, MD

March 13, 2021Mar 13, 2021

One year ago today, my hospital system admitted its first patient with COVID-19. It's hard to believe that it's already been twelve months. It simultaneously feels immensely long ago and like it was only yesterday; that what I know of…

One year ago today, my hospital system admitted its first patient with COVID-19. It’s hard to believe that it’s already been twelve months. It simultaneously feels immensely long ago and like it was only yesterday; that what I know of medicine has changed forever and that nothing has changed.

This pandemic has certainly brought me new knowledge and new ways of practicing medicine. I have treated patients …

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What this physician says to vaccine-doubters [PODCAST]

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March 12, 2021Mar 12, 2021

"A scientific achievement can never have success on its own unless if it has acceptance in the social context by the masses. I think that the concerns brought forward by the vaccine-doubters cannot be dismissed as ignorance, and it is…

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“A scientific achievement can never have success on its own unless if it has acceptance in the social context by the masses. I think that the concerns brought forward by the vaccine-doubters cannot be dismissed as ignorance, and it is hard to convince people. As a physician, it is not uncommon that I see a patient become indecisive and anxious about various treatment decisions facing them. I don’t …

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Could a glass of wine diagnose long COVID?

Georgia Lea, MD

March 12, 2021Mar 12, 20214

Acute COVID-19 infection ranges from no symptoms (asymptomatic) to life-threatening. What about long COVID (the symptoms occurring more than three weeks after infection, also known as post-acute COVID syndrome)? Could there be thousands of people with “mild” long COVID who don’t know it? Could there be legions of people with new low-energy levels being misdiagnosed as depressed, stressed, having a sleep disorder, or being labeled “lazy”? The inability to tolerate …

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Loved ones are hospitalized and alone during COVID

Linda Nguyen

March 12, 2021Mar 12, 2021

This has been a very difficult year. COVID-19 has rampaged the country, worked hospitals to their breaking point, torn families apart, and kept families apart. The grief seems never-ending. At the beginning of 2020, we watched in horror at the…

This has been a very difficult year. COVID-19 has rampaged the country, worked hospitals to their breaking point, torn families apart, and kept families apart. The grief seems never-ending.

At the beginning of 2020, we watched in horror at the destruction in Wuhan, China, and Italy. We could not fathom what was happening over there, with mandatory quarantines, over-filled hospitals, freezer trucks, and body bags because of insurmountable casualties. Global air …

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I remain hopeful: a personal reflection of the pandemic

Angela Mukherjee, MD

March 12, 2021Mar 12, 2021

I did not lose a loved one. I did not lose a friend. Yet, COVID has forever changed me in ways that I cannot even begin to rationalize. I feel old — my body, my soul, my heart. It has…

I did not lose a loved one.

I did not lose a friend.

Yet, COVID has forever changed me in ways that I cannot even begin to rationalize.

I feel old — my body, my soul, my heart.

It has been one year since I have hugged my parents.

It has been one year since I have hugged my sisters.

It has been one year since I have hugged my nephews and nieces.

How many lost memories, …

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Influenza: a deadly risk in schools before COVID

Joan Naidorf, DO

March 11, 2021Mar 11, 2021

The Washington Post published an interesting article in its weekly health section on March 2. 2021. The article had an impactful graphic using data from the Centers for Disease Control that showed the number of pediatric deaths due to influenza…

Of course, this was a flu season and year unlike any other. In 2020, around mid-March, Americans became aware of a newly …

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When is it ethical to stop a vaccination program?

John D. Loike, PhD

March 10, 2021Mar 10, 20214

There is fear in the air. Fear that the COVID pandemic may not get under control because the virus is mutating so fast. Fear that the vaccines may not be effective against these new variants. But fear should not be the driving force behind public health policy decisions. A measured analysis of facts and data is what is important.

With the WHO’s approval, the South African government …

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The pandemic plight of CHF: one center’s response

Marie E. Rueve & Thomas M. O'Brien

March 10, 2021Mar 10, 2021

We swore an oath: "Primum non nocere" -- First, do no harm. When pandemic stress began to bear down on our hospitals, we scrambled to manage the burden of volume and simultaneously mitigate the threat of contagion. In our war…

We swore an oath: “Primum non nocere” — First, do no harm. When pandemic stress began to bear down on our hospitals, we scrambled to manage the burden of volume and simultaneously mitigate the threat of contagion. In our war efforts, we donned our hazmat suits, and pleaded with everyone to do their part. We stopped most elective procedures and shut our doors to visitors, families, even volunteers. What we …

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