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Can the World’s Doctors Survive Another Wave of COVID-19?

11.23.2020 - By TimePlay

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The weight of the pandemic first caught up with New York City ER physician Jane Kim in April. After spending weeks caring for seriously ill patients, she learned of four deaths among her "work family." Three died of the virus, another from suicide. Her grief "halted" her, she says: "You can't think. You can't move. You can't breathe."

Since then, Kim, 39, has leaned on friends, family and therapy to cope.

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