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tulipsandroses

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Mon Mar 16, 2020, 11:08 PM Mar 2020

Two Emergency Room Doctors Are in Critical Condition With Coronavirus

[link:https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/15/us/coronavirus-physicians-emergency-rooms.html|

The hospitalizations sharpen fears that the nation’s front-line medical workers could be uniquely vulnerable, a health care organization said.

SEATTLE — Two emergency medicine doctors, in New Jersey and Washington State, are in critical condition as a result of coronavirus, reinforcing concerns that the nation’s front-line medical workers are becoming especially vulnerable to the virus, the American College of Emergency Physicians said.

“A lot of us think that despite everything we do, we will probably be exposed,” said Dr. William Jaquis, the chair of the group. Still, he said, “The first reported case certainly sends a shock wave through the community.”

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Two Emergency Room Doctors Are in Critical Condition With Coronavirus (Original Post) tulipsandroses Mar 2020 OP
My daughter is an ER doctor in Florida. I am very nervous for her. nt tblue37 Mar 2020 #1
Mighty sad news Leghorn21 Mar 2020 #2
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