Coronavirus/Covid-19 Discussion Thread

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[Faulkner]

Another GOP congressman has died of COVID:

 

 

[DaytimeFan]

 

This is the Modern Hippocratic Oath. Laurent is living it, especially the bold:

 

I swear to fulfill, to the best of my ability and judgment, this covenant:

 

I will respect the hard-won scientific gains of those physicians in whose steps I walk, and gladly share such knowledge as is mine with those who are to follow.

 

I will apply, for the benefit of the sick, all measures [that] are required, avoiding those twin traps of overtreatment and therapeutic nihilism.

 

I will remember that there is art to medicine as well as science, and that warmth, sympathy, and understanding may outweigh the surgeon's knife or the chemist's drug.

 

I will not be ashamed to say "I know not," nor will I fail to call in my colleagues when the skills of another are needed for a patient's recovery.

 

I will respect the privacy of my patients, for their problems are not disclosed to me that the world may know. Most especially must I tread with care in matters of life and death. If it is given me to save a life, all thanks. But it may also be within my power to take a life; this awesome responsibility must be faced with great humbleness and awareness of my own frailty. Above all, I must not play at God.

 

I will remember that I do not treat a fever chart, a cancerous growth, but a sick human being, whose illness may affect the person's family and economic stability. My responsibility includes these related problems, if I am to care adequately for the sick.

 

I will prevent disease whenever I can, for prevention is preferable to cure.

 

I will remember that I remain a member of society, with special obligations to all my fellow human beings, those sound of mind and body as well as the infirm.

 

If I do not violate this oath, may I enjoy life and art, respected while I live and remembered with affection thereafter. May I always act so as to preserve the finest traditions of my calling and may I long experience the joy of healing those who seek my help.

Edited February 9, 2021 by DaytimeFan

[Faulkner]

 

 

[jcar03]

I got my first shot today!!

[amybrickwallace]

 

I love whoever wrote that sign.

[victoria foxton]

 

  

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[DRW50]

I know it's the New York Post, but it still disgusts me. I wish so many people had not rushed to make Cuomo a god last year. 

 

https://nypost.com/2021/02/11/cuomo-aide-admits-they-hid-nursing-home-data-from-feds

[Juliajms]

Congrats!!

[DramatistDreamer]

Talk about the law of unintended consequences. Some of the responses to this article are also pretty wild.

 

 

Someone also apparently wrote: " I'm 78, send photo, along with your application".

[Faulkner]

A story from the WaPo bureau chief in Rio de Janeiro: