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Flattened by the Curve
America’s healthcare workers are shouldering tremendous responsibility as they respond to an unprecedented public health crisis. Patients’ needs are overwhelming, and simple daily decisions are death-defying. Amid this, we know that medical workers are seeing and experiencing things that we all should know and remember. And we know that if we wait until this catastrophe is behind us to record it all, the precise pain and strangeness of now will be hard to conjure up again. Afterward it will look different, so we’re giving a platform for healthcare professionals to speak here and now.
If you are a healthcare worker, and you’d like to take part, please see the submission guidelines.
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June 11, 2020If I’m Your Nurse
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June 10, 2020There Are Some Emergencies Where Plans Are Already Written. Then, There Are Global Pandemics
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June 9, 2020He Was a Nurse, Like Me
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June 8, 2020Idle Fingers
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June 6, 2020The Reserves
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June 5, 2020A Surprise Birthday Party
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June 4, 2020In and Out
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June 3, 2020Thank You for Your Service
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June 1, 2020Dear Leader: A Physician Assistant on the Military Metaphors and Abdication of Duty
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May 29, 2020Haikus About Working with Positive Patients Under Public Health Guidelines that Change on a Daily Basis
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May 28, 2020I Rarely Touch Patients These Days
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May 27, 2020Am I the Enemy or the Hero?
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