The Upside to Lockdown

The Upside to Lockdown
As risk looms, priorities shift and we realize what is essential and what brings us true joy. Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock
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It’s eerily quiet on a Sunday in New York. Pandemics have that effect, I’m learning. We’re in the midst of the most disruptive infectious pandemic in generations. Many of us are facing unspeakable loss and pain.

I am a cardiologist with 25 years of experience. I would be lying if I said I wasn’t worried. My patients are immune-compromised. They are the survivors of heart surgery, the ones living with myocarditis, battling heart failure. The people I treat are most vulnerable to dying from COVID-19.

Eric Fethke
Eric Fethke
MD
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