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• 2020-04-15

  Bay Area health care workers want more transparency about on-the-job coronavirus exposure

  In 2020, there are a lot of secrets that are being kept from health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Health workers have emphasized that they want to be immediately notified when they have come in contact with the coronavirus by patients, so they are able to get tested and stay safe away from others. However, many of them have not been notified- and that resulted them into testing positive for the coronavirus. This is extremely important to talk about because without health care workers, the pandemic would be much more out of control than how it is now. They put their lives at risk to help patients who have the coronavirus. If more and more workers are in the dark to whether a patient they have worked with has COVID, then there were be less health care workers available at hospitals for assistance.
• 2020-03-23

  Mystery Virus

  In late March of 2020, I came down with a terrible migraine. Now, I get migraines a lot, at least once a week, but they usually go away with some naproxen or a nap conveniently timed around when it would be a more responsible decision for me to be doing my homework instead of sleeping. This migraine lasted for a full week. Standing up made my vision go blurry, and any light or noise would cause intense throbbing behind my eyes. It felt like my brain was swelling up and knocking on my skull walls begging to be released from my head. I spent most of my time splayed out on the living room floor covered in blankets with ice packs propped up around my head and neck to try to soothe the pain. I scheduled a tele-health visit with my doctor and she told me since migraines aren’t uncommon for me that I should just wait it out and drink lots of fluids, so I waited, but then I caught some mysterious virus which seemed to have a personal vendetta against my tonsils. My tonsils got so huge. They swelled up so much that even drinking became difficult, and very quickly a thick film of white gunk started to grow all over the back of my throat. I had a fever, chills, and a sore throat. Usually at that point I would go into the doctor’s office and get a strep swab, but this was during the second week of full lockdown in the US and doctors were not seeing patients in person. After multiple attempts to send my doctor precariously-angled photos of the back of my throat, they decided that if after a few more days of drinking fluids I still felt sick, I needed to go to the ER simply because it was the only place that was open in town and they could give me some tests. Going to the ER during the first wave of COVID-19 was absolutely terrifying. The first thing I saw when I pulled into the parking lot was the abundance of signs listing the symptoms of COVID-19. There were multiple entrances, one for people who had no symptoms, and a literal shipping container full of testing materials and staff in extensive PPE for those who did. I was just there for a strep test and someone to make sure I didn’t have mono or meningitis, so I went through the normal entrance. After triage, two nurses fully dressed in hazmat suits came up to me. They told me that since I had had a fever within the past few days, I had to be brought to the COVID-19 wing of the hospital. They took me outside to a golf cart where another hazmat suit-wearing driver drove me down to the basement level of the hospital that had not been part of the hospital in years but reopened for the sake of coronavirus. It honestly seemed like the doctors and nurses were bored and had nothing else to do because over the next few hours I had about ten random medical staff come poke and prod at me in my room. They took blood samples, shone lights into my eyes, and stuck probably the longest swab I have ever seen up my nose to tickle my brain for any COVID-19 particles. Hospitals are scary places to me and being surrounded by nurses and doctors decked out in layers of wearable plastic made me feel even more uneasy. I knew they were being safe, but it was difficult to stay calm when I couldn’t see the faces of the people I while being treated by. Eventually, they decided I had an intractable migraine along with something else and gave me shots of sumatriptan which made me drowsy. All of the tests came back negative and I was told to go home and, once more, drink lots of fluids. After another week on the couch and endless cups of tea, my mysteriously giant tonsils finally calmed down and my migraine decided it was bored of torturing me. I am extremely grateful that I did not have COVID-19, but it was an incredibly strange experience to have to receive relatively serious healthcare unrelated to COVID-19 during the pandemic. Even more than that though, I am so grateful for the healthcare workers that put their lives at risk for people in need every single day.
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  2020-08-06

  Covid becoming a death sentence

  This is the image of a Tweet from a physician expressing her sorrow over the death of an incarcerated person and her belief that incarcerated persons with Covid deserve the same care as anyone else.
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  06/02/2020

  Christopher Colwell Oral History, 2020/06/02

  Interview with Dr Christopher Colwell, Chief of Emergency Medicine at Zuckerberg, San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center by interviewer Christina Lefebvre. Dr. Colwell speaks about the changes in his daily work activity and the obstacles of hospitals to respond to protests and a pandemic. He also shares his thoughts on how the pandemic has altered the practices and routines of medical facilities to maintain safety for patients and healthcare workers.
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  05/27/2020

  Anonymous Oral History, 2020/05/27

  Christina Lefebvre interviews an anonymous general internist at Massachusetts General Hospital about their experience with COVID-19 and the global impact of the virus.
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  2020-07-01

  An Ode to Medical Professionals (And Masks)

  I have friends and family members that work in medicine. Although we joke about them getting coronavirus, there always is a small fear in the pit of my stomach when they go to work. This tweet, like many other collages in times of tragedy, takes the photos of deceased medical workers and forms them into collage to pay homage to the sacrifice that many have made. This item was added TAGS v6.1.9.1. I originally searched under the hashtag #wearadamnmask. Within that search, I have chosen to add the following tweet because it showcases the sacrifices that have been made in the medical field during the pandemic. It also attempts to show the gratitude that many people have for their medical professionals.
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  2020-04-08

  Frontline Heroes

  When the community quarantine kicked in, our outdoor media partner, HDI Admix, had a problem. They had all these massive LEDs as part of their inventory, but there's no one to see them with everyone staying home. What we did was reinvent a mass media touchpoint and turn it into a highly targeted one. We used the massive LEDs as a platform to share a message of strength to the only ones who'll be able to see the LEDs, the frontliners. We reimagined them as modern day superheroes fighting the battle against this pandemic. And these short videos aired in over 20 LED sites in Metro Manila for the remainder of ECQ, aside from being shared on social media.
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  2020-01

  Chinese Doctors in WuHan during the Covid-19

  I want the world see the effort of those doctors, they shouldn't be nameless.
• 2020-02-12

  Doctors with the special uniforms

  Usually, doctors only wear white coat in their office. However, due to the danger of COVID19 decease, doctors have to wear protective suit from the head to the bottom. Their dressing code is totally different from before. It showed the severe danger of COVID19 for human in this year.
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  2020-03-05

  Sunset on the sickbed

  "Although there is 60 years of the age gap, we can still see the sunset hand in hand." On March 05, Wuhan University Renmin Hospital, an 87-year-old COVID-19 patient saw the sunset with a young doctor. Doctors devoted a lot during this pandemic, no matter how serious the patients are; and they never give up any lives. They are worthy of the Hippocratic Oath. They ought to be respected.
• 2020-03-28

  COVID-19 Pandemic in Wuhan, China

  I collect images, memes, articles and screenshot to show how people live under the COVID-19 pandemic in China. Poeple are forced to wear mask when outside, including children. The pandemics cause many troubles for people, but the most impressive thing is that doctors work on the front line when the first case was reported. Thousands of volunteers went to Wuhan and help people prevent the pandemic.
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  2020-03-27

  Patient is getting much better after the treatment

  Patient is being thankful to the doctor due to COV 19
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  2020-05-24

  Nobel Prize-winning scientist explains why COVID lockdowns may have cost more lives than they saved

  This article is important because it gives expert testimony that the lockdown has not saved people from the virus.
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  2020-05-31

  Doctor Explains Why He Supports George Floyd Protests Amid Pandemic

  Looking at protests across the country, I've wondered what the implications are for the pandemic. This doctor explains the difference between pool parties and protests over racist violence, is that only one is necessary. I believe one of the best things white people can do right now is listen to black people about the importance of these protests and help advocate for necessary change.
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  2020-03-31

  Hard Times for Hospitals Too

  As elective surgeries are being cancelled to prioritize usage of PPE and in an effort to minimize the exposure to, and spread of, COVID-19, many hospitals are facing financial difficulties as a result of canceling these elective, and often high dollar, surgeries and procedures.
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  2020-05-29

  Not So Emergency Rooms

  Doctors are seeing an increase in death and severe complications from otherwise treatable diseases as people are waiting until it is too late before seeking treatment, out of fear from catching COVID-19.
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  05/28/2020

  Kelly McDaniel Oral History, 2020/05/28

  Interview with Kelly McDaniel of Blanchard, Oklahoma by Clinton P. Roberts on 05/27/2020. Kelly speaks about her experience of visiting a rural doctor's office during COVID-19. Kelly comments on the changes of procedures and the anxiety of possibly having COVID-19. Submitted for the #ruralvoices collection. Contributed by Clinton P. Roberts, curatorial intern for Arizona State University, HST 580.
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  05/20/2020

  Tiktok Doc Covid-19 update

  This video is by a Doctor reporting the rates of cases and deaths of Covid-19 in the United States.
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  04/30/2020

  The Impact of Virtual Story Time During Coronavirus Stay-at-Home Orders: "Why We Stay at Home" Book for Children About Coronavirus

  A woman uses her YouTube channel dedicated to virtual story time to read aloud a book about Coronavirus written by two doctors who hope to help kids understand why it's important that they stay home during this time. Fordham University, SOCI 2800
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  03/18/2020

  Doctor asking us to stay home

  This image, and others like it, began circulating my social media feeds around mid March in reaction to people not wanting to stay home. The doctors were putting their lives on the line to save those that became ill and the least we could do was stay home. The theory being that if we all stayed home then there would be less people infected and the rush of covid patients would be slowed. I personally took the stay at home order/ask very seriously. *This image appeared in my Facebook feed. It shows a doctor holding a sign asking everyone to stay home.
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  05/08/2020

  Indigenous physicians share their experiences dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic

  "Scary, frustrating and challenging are some of the words Indigenous physicians use to describe working in communities as a pandemic grips the world." #IndigenousStories
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  04/19/2020

  What's in the way

  Describe the image and what it tells us about the pandemic: I created this drawing because my environmental art professor had asked us to draw the world we would like to see and what's in the way. I wanted to go back to school, see my friends and professors again, so I decided to draw what is in the way. I depicted the lack of COVID-19 tests, the people who claim it is a hoax, the people flocking to Florida for Spring Break, and my own personal lung issues that prevent me from being able to take the risk. I'm sure that are many people who feel the same- and it is scary, and I hate the uncertainty. This image shows some of the many obstacles and challenge facing people amid the COVID-19 pandemic. I made this drawing using paints.
• 2020-05-10

  The Scaryness of the Unkown

  Biography
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  2020-04-01

  Telemedicine progression meme

  Meme of doctor unraveling as quarantine and work from home progresses
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  2020-04-01

  Intubation by dermatologist meme

  Meme of puppet dressed as doctor advising quarantine as alternative to surgery performed by dermatologist
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  2020-05-07

  05/07/2020

  Covid-19, this photo shows us that everyone has hope in our nurses and doctors in helping everyone get better Covid-19
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  2020-05-04

  Covid-19 procedures/We don't offer Coronavirus testing Signs on doctors office door

  Signs on the front door of my doctor's office explaining that they do not offer Coronavirus testing and explaining new procedures for entering the building including calling to check in, waiting in the car until the office calls to come into the building and checking temperatures upon entering.
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  2020-03-30

  ER Doctor Roland Waguespack Shares Local Perspective with NBC, Metairie, LA

  East Jefferson Hospital thanks Emergency Room Doctor Roland Waguespack for his continued work at the hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic and shares his interview with NBC Nightly News during which he discussed shortages of medical supplies in Louisiana hospitals.
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  2020-04-08

  West Jefferson Medical Center Patient Recovers, Westwego, LA

  West Jefferson Medical Center staff celebrates as patient recovers from COVID-19.
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  2020-04-02

  Testing Times

  The imagine shows many people reaching for Covid-19 testing kits while money is flying in the air. The people in suits are the hands closest to the kits, then doctors, then minorities are the furthest away.
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  2020

  Superman offers cape to COVID-19 nurse.

  The cartoon shows Superman, a superhero, giving his cape to a nurse taking care of a COVID-19 patient. It means that nurses and doctors are the true heroes during these hard times because of how many lives they saved and are saving every single day.
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  2020-04-24

  European Joke about US response

  A British doctor says: "In Britain, medicine is so advanced that we cut off a man's liver, put it in another man, and in 6 weeks, he is looking for a job." The German doctor says: "That's nothing, in Germany we took part of a brain, put it in another man, and in 4 weeks he is looking for a job." The Russian doctor says: "Gentlemen, we took half a heart from a man, put it in another's chest, and in 2 weeks he is looking for a job." The American doctor laughs: "You are all behind us. A few years ago, we took a man with no brain, no heart, and no liver and made him President. Now, the whole country is looking for a job!"
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  2020-03-20

  Gumbo Krewe Drops Off Food to EMS, Metairie, LA

  East Jeff thanks the Gumbo Krewe for providing food to the EMS First Responders.
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  2020-04-07

  Medical Center Receives Food Donations, Westwego, LA

  Local businesses provide food for frontline workers
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  2020-04-03

  Jordan Bradbury Catering Feeding the Frontlines, Westwego, LA

  Jordan Bradbury Catering feeds West Jeff, Ochsner, NOFD, UMC during the pandemic.
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  2020-04-23

  "Thank You Essential and Healthcare Workers..." Poster, New Orleans, LA

  A poster displayed on a house in New Orleans reads: "Thank You Essential & Healthcare Workers. Heroes All!"
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  2020-04-02

  American Physician Locked Down in Mumbai

  A journal of one physician's experience under Covid19 lockdown standed in a foreign country
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  03/30/2020

  Jordan Bradbury Catering Donates Food to Frontline Staff, New Orleans, LA

  Donated food to Touro ER and the VA hospital workers on the frontlines.
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  2020-04-02

  West Jeff Med Center Creates Space for Staff's Children, West Jefferson, LA

  West Jefferson Medical foundation made an emergency relief fund for the healthcare staff's children to have a place to safely be while their parents are focused on saving lives.
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  2020-04-13

  Our doctors visit during COVID-19

  This photograph demonstrates the difficulties imposed on persons who need to see a doctor during the pandemic. Visiting A doctor at this time requires four entries into the doctors office. 1. Go into the office and inform them of your need for medical attention. You will receive a clipboard with a form to fill out. Then you will return to your car to fill it out. 2. After filling out your form you take it in the doctors office where you were towed to return to your car and wait for a text message. 3. Your third trip into the doctors office will be to have your temperature taken after which you will return to your car again. 4. You will receive another text message and informed whether you are allowed in the doctors office or not, if you are allowed in on your fourth trip into the office you will see a doctor.
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  2020-04-07

  We Love Doctors, We Love Nurses

  A resident shows support for local medical professionals by hanging white flags reading "WE [heart] DOCTORS" and "WE [heart] NURSES" off their front porch.
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  2020-02-14

  Coronavirus Wuhan diary: 'He got a hospital bed three hours before he died'

  this image is depicting doctors rushing to treat a patients with the coronavirus. Everyone in this drawing is wearing protective gear to prevent catching the virus, however the patients faces are not shown so us as the viewer do not know whether or not the patients are also wearing protective masks.
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  2020-02-07

  How people remember doctor Wen liang Lee in Beijing

  Tong Hui Riverside, a citizen of Beijing, China, noticed the words "Farewell to Li Wenliang" in the snow and decided to lie down on the right side of the word "Liang" to print an exclamation mark of this era.
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  2020-03-22

  Sawbones Coronavirus Episode (Part Two)

  An episode of a medical history podcast about the current pandemic in which a doctor talks about her experience working in an US hospital during this outbreak.
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  2020-03-20

  Quarentine and cooking

  My father, a medical doctor, using a mask during self-quarentine. He has been coughing and sneezing for two days now, but no tests are available yet.
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  3-15-20

  Emergency Room doctor in NYC emphasizes the dire situation

  ER doctor in NYC shares how CoVid-19 is impacting hospitals