Washington experts on the hard-won lessons of COVID’s first year
From treating patients to tracking the virus to vaccinations, health workers reflect on what they’ve learned and the challenges ahead. By Hannah Weinberger, Crosscut
Share: Swedish Medical Center health care workers battling the coronavirus outbreak look on from inside the hospital as first responders gathered outside in support of them in Seattle in April. The COVID-19 pandemic was Washington state s top story for 2020. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)
There’s a lot Dr. Jeff Duchin didn’t expect a year ago. “If I had seen what was coming, I might have considered retiring,” says the health officer with Public Health Seattle & King County, who hasn’t taken a day off since the first case of COVID-19 in the U.S. was confirmed a year and a day ago in nearby Snohomish.
Washington experts on the hard-won lessons of COVID’s first year
From treating patients to tracking the virus to vaccinations, health workers reflect on what they’ve learned and the challenges ahead.
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Swedish Medical Center health care workers battling the coronavirus outbreak look on from inside the hospital as first responders gathered outside in support of them in Seattle, April 16, 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic was Washington state s top story for 2020. (Elaine Thompson/AP)
There’s a lot Dr. Jeff Duchin didn’t expect a year ago. “If I had seen what was coming, I might have considered retiring,” says the health officer with Public Health Seattle & King County, who hasn’t taken a day off since the first case of COVID-19 in the U.S. was confirmed a year and a day ago in nearby Snohomish.
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