Dr. Craig Spencer, who's cared for Ebola patients and survived the disease himself, works at an ER in NYC. He explains why he fears the COVID-19 virus.
At 6:30 a.m., he brews coffee, enough to last him the whole day.
Story continuesNearly every patient is experiencing the same symptoms, regardless of age, he wrote:"Cough, shortness of breath, fever." Lunch break comes in the late afternoon in the hospital's cafeteria. After washing hands twice and taking off his mask, he eats quickly, he wrote. "Nearly everyone you see today is the same. We assume everyone is #COVIDー19. We wear gowns, goggles, and masks at every encounter. All day. It's the only way to be safe," he wrote.
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