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COVID, Hurricane Sandy and a future without ‘health care heroes’
The cheering would get started immediately at 7 o’clock every single night time. It was early in the COVID-19 pandemic, and New Yorkers experienced started out a nightly ritual of clapping, yelling and singing outside to thank health and fitness treatment heroes. It was loud and chaotic. And it was extraordinary. I’m an infectious sickness medical doctor, and even though I under no circumstances felt much like a hero, I would crack open up my Brooklyn apartment window each night and smile thinking that a small bit of that cacophony outdoors was meant just for me. Individuals were being darkish days in New York. The streets were ordinarily tranquil besides…