Adrenaline, duty and fear. Inside a New York Hospital taking on the coronavirus. Not for the faint hearted. Any one contemplating not isolating should read this.
The battle, however, is only beginning. Adrenaline, duty, and fear have motivated an impassioned response, but some of us wonder how sustainable it is. Nights in lonely hotel rooms, away from family; weeks of long hours and heightened risk. I go to work, alone, before the sun rises. I come home, alone, after it sets. I eat leftovers in my too-small apartment before answering another page or two and falling asleep. A surge is, by definition, time-limited. What happens when doctors can’t see the end?
“Adrenaline, Duty, and Fear”: Inside a New York Hospital Taking on the Coronavirus | The New Yorker
				
			
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