Category: Reflections

Apr 06 2020

Letter to colleagues of the world from an Italian doctor

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In Italy, with its long history of epidemics, the relationship between society, contagion and anointers has remained strong, mysterious and unresolved throughout the centuries..

Apr 05 2020

COVID-19, Reflections

Thank you

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Friends in Health Care, I write this letter to thank you for your service.

Apr 03 2020

COVID-19, Reflections

The privilege of being a resident during COVID-19

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I have internal monologues about how often to sanitize my equipment. Is my cell phone going to survive all this virox? It is the least of my worries right now,...

Apr 02 2020

COVID-19, Reflections

Safeguarding the health of Canada’s most vulnerable during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Using the same resolve with which we rush to acquire personal protective equipment and ventilators, we must ensure that Canadians don’t fall through the socioeconomic cracks.

Apr 01 2020

COVID-19, Medical Dispatches, Reflections, Tara Kiran

A story of the twin crises of COVID-19 and homelessness

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Where do patients without a home wait for results? Will they have a bed to return to if they test negative? How can they self-isolate if positive? And what happens...

Apr 01 2020

COVID-19, Medical Dispatches, Reflections

A particularly memorable night on-call

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His chest x-ray was concerning for viral pneumonia which made us highly suspicious he might be Canada’s first case of COVID-19.

Mar 31 2020

COVID-19, Maureen Taylor, Reflections

Zoom meeting to keep family up to speed

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I think I was able to make the case for social distancing to most of my many family members, but I spoke with my Dad a week later and he’s...

Mar 29 2020

COVID-19, Medical Dispatches, Reflections

Fear and danger in the coronavirus war

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Last week, no one had their act together. This week we’ve finally smartened up, stood up, and are marching in the same direction.

Mar 27 2020

COVID-19, Reflections

Why Canada needs urgent revisions to its COVID-19 response strategy

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The federal government’s reluctance to adopt disruptive measures until very recently reflects a serious underestimation of the gravity of this pandemic.

Mar 27 2020

COVID-19, Medical Dispatches, Reflections

Lessons COVID-19 has taught me

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Being afraid and being brave are not mutually exclusive.

Mar 26 2020

COVID-19, Irfan Dhalla, Reflections, Tara Kiran

A fortnight is forever in a pandemic

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The airport in Miami was crowded, virtually every restaurant was open, hand hygiene was abysmal, and signage was minimal and woefully out of date.

Mar 26 2020

COVID-19, Maureen Taylor, Reflections

From SARS reporter to COVID-19 front line

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I was the CBC’s National Medical Reporter in 2013 when SARS hit Toronto, and that single story pretty much occupied my time for three months straight.

Mar 25 2020

COVID-19, Reflections