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COVID-19 Update from Dr. Smith: 5/07/20
… to date with us. Dear Colleagues, As if employing a device from a cheesy screenplay, yesterday I dropped back and threw … updates in your inbox. Previously: COVID-19 Updates from Dr. Smith: 5/06/20 COVID-19 Updates from Dr. Smith: 5/05/20 COVID-19 Updates from Dr. Smith: …
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COVID-19 Update from Dr. Smith: 5/12/20
… of confusing rumors, rambling emails, and pronouncements from multiple sources. I attempted to write a simplifying … Did you know that the magnetic North Pole has emigrated from Canada to Siberia? The position of the magnetic North … Drive an arrow through the center of rotation of the earth from south to north, and it will emerge in the Arctic Ocean, …
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COVID-19 Update from Dr. Smith: 4/28/20
… that passeth all understanding. Nothing prevented today from dawning sunny and bright. Lately something prevents me from surrendering completely to the flowers and odors and … updates in your inbox. Previously: COVID-19 Updates from the Chair: 4/27/20 COVID-19 Updates from the Chair: …
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COVID-19 Update from Dr. Smith: 5/11/20
… looks in a variety of public spaces—quite a departure from business-as-usual. Expanding the area considered to be … to a wide aperture is focus-stacking, or take advice from the Dalai Lama: “I find hope in the darkest of days, and … updates in your inbox. Previously: COVID-19 Updates from Dr. Smith: 5/10/20 COVID-19 Updates from Dr. Smith: …
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COVID-19 Update from Dr. Smith: 5/01/20
… language we’ve had plenty of maydays in March and April, from patients, from other institutions facing their own surges, from people out of work or struggling with home-schooling, …
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COVID-19 Update from Dr. Smith: 5/10/20
… are the things our patients can test with their senses. From parking garage to front entrance to reception desk, do … confidence in our mitigation of that risk will be derived from the tangibles—masks, hand hygiene, and all the rest. … updates in your inbox. Previously: COVID-19 Updates from Dr. Smith: 5/09/20 COVID-19 Updates from Dr. Smith: …
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COVID-19 Update from Dr. Smith: 5/02/20
… Stay up to date with us. Dear Colleagues, I just returned from a seemingly urgent, abuse-of-privilege visit to my … swings towards the need to protect doctors and staff from patients. N95s and face shields are essential … to you now through glass, Mr. Fomite.” We are not a pawn shop, and we shouldn’t give that impression. Omnivorous …
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COVID-19 Update from Dr. Smith: 4/22/20
… I find that is a Wikipedia truth. His name was removed from a Palo Alto middle school in 2018 for that reason. Why … He returned, and remained outspokenly opposed to Hitler from 1933 until he was hanged in 1945. His prison camp was … liberated 2 weeks later. He wrote: “Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.” …
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COVID-19 Update from Dr. Smith: 5/06/20
… they did, for our patients. This week I received an email from one of my regular OR nurses: “It is truly amazing what … updates in your inbox. Previously: COVID-19 Updates from Dr. Smith: 5/05/20 COVID-19 Updates from Dr. Smith: 5/04/20 COVID-19 Updates from Dr. Smith: …
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COVID-19 Update from Dr. Smith: 4/23/20
… updates in your inbox. Previously: COVID-19 Updates from the Chair: 4/22/20 COVID-19 Updates from the Chair: 4/21/20 COVID-19 Updates from the Chair: 4/20/20 COVID-19 Updates from the Chair: …
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COVID-19 Update from Dr. Smith: 4/25/20
… staff urgently tightening sheets on stretchers. From my office I saw empty streets, the empty bridge, and … updates in your inbox. Previously: COVID-19 Updates from the Chair: 4/24/20 COVID-19 Updates from the Chair: 4/23/20 COVID-19 Updates from the Chair: …
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COVID-19 Update from Dr. Smith: 5/09/20
… updates in your inbox. Previously: COVID-19 Updates from Dr. Smith: 5/08/20 COVID-19 Updates from Dr. Smith: 5/07/20 COVID-19 Updates from Dr. Smith: 5/06/20 COVID-19 Updates from Dr. Smith: …
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COVID-19 Update from Dr. Smith: 4/19/20
… stuck at the peak. This cold reality won’t prevent us from turning to the future, but it attaches a governor to our … to everyone by now. Keep that in mind when hearing from international voices, caught up in excitement over … I will take this excuse to exorcise some nonsense from our vocabulary, specifically the term “COVID-free.” In …
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COVID-19 Update from Dr. Smith: 5/03/20
… had fluids, and nails. Now and then groups of fighters from either side would barge in, find their enemies on stretchers, order the doctors to step away from the bedside, and finish them off. This resident spurned … updates in your inbox. Previously: COVID-19 Updates from Dr. Smith: 5/02/20 COVID-19 Updates from Dr. Smith: …
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COVID-19 Update from Dr. Smith: 5/04/20
… herd, than it is for any one individual seeking protection from another individual. How should we educate patients on … updates in your inbox. Previously: COVID-19 Updates from Dr. Smith: 5/03/20 COVID-19 Updates from Dr. Smith: 5/02/20 COVID-19 Updates from Dr. Smith: …
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