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“It is difficult to see pictures of all the people at bars and restaurants, socializing, making play dates, and ignoring social distancing recommendations when I know my husband (an Emory emergency physician) and many other health care workers are risking their lives to treat more sick patients.
Please, take this pandemic seriously.”
Rachel Patzer, assistant professor, Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, in a series of tweets that went viral and was retweeted by former President
“We are no longer even talking about flattening the curve, we just
don’t want it to look like a ski slope.”
Colleen Kraft, infectious disease physician and associate professor of pathology and laboratory medicine, “Weekend TODAY”
“I can’t even imagine not being able to hold my loved one. Nobody
wants to die alone. It’s awful for the patient. It’s awful for the family. It’s traumatic for health care workers.” Nadine Kaslow, professor of psychiatry, AJC
Barack Obama
“If we go back to less testing, then we go back to flying blind.” Jay Varkey, associate professor of infectious diseases and hospital epidemiologist, Facebook Live
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“It’s a scary time. We don’t want to add fuel to the fire. Good information won’t cure us, but
it will help to calm us.”
“I lived through 9/11 and invading Iraq and tying the yellow ribbon around the tree and coming together for our country. I was
never prepared for the public to be resistant to health interventions.”
“The decisions and choices that we make in society today will have
a direct impact on the number of people who get hospitalized (with COVID-19) two weeks from now.” Jay Varkey, ID physician, Facebook Live
Colleen Kraft, ID physician, National Geographic
“I very much trust CDC. They need to be given resources to do their job.
The cuts to CDC and public health security that the administration pushed in the past are not helping. As Dolly Parton stated, ‘You have no idea how expensive it is to look this cheap.’ ” Carlos del Rio, Distinguished
Ruth Parker, professor of pediat-
Professor of Medicine, Division of
rics, expert on health literacy, AP
Infectious Diseases, AJC
“We are learning at light speed about the disease. Things that previously might have taken us years to learn, we’re learning in a week or two. Things that might have taken us a month to learn beforehand, we’re learning in a day or two.” Craig Coopersmith, professor of surgery, director of the critical care center, NPR
