COVID-19’s effect on care and research
Ask the doctor
I know doctors and scientists are very busy dealing with COVID-19. Is the need to care for, and do research on, COVID-19 affecting the care of and research on other important diseases?As for medical care, hospitals have become like armed forces hospitals during wartime: doctors, nurses, therapists, laboratory technicians (and everyone helping them, from administrative assistants to janitors) are caring for extremely sick patients — while putting their own health at risk. Family members cannot come to visit even their sickest relatives. Doctors and nurses based in offices outside the hospital are conducting many visits using telemedicine, rather than face-to-face. It is an experience most of us never thought we'd have.
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