Death, Disease and Denial: Combating COVID in the ER

<p>Doctors and nurses can feel as if they’re living in two worlds. One in which patients are getting sick and dying from the coronavirus, and another in which people deny the virus is real. Emergency room physician Mike Hunihan describes what it’s like to live and work with that dissonance.</p><p><br></p><p>Guest:</p><p>Michael Hunihan, M.D.</p><p><br></p><p>View a full transcript of this episode: <a href="https://tradeoffs.org/?p=9362" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://tradeoffs.org/2021/02/04/death-disease-and-denial-combating-covid-in-the-er/</a></p><p><br></p><p>Sign up for our weekly newsletter to see what research health policy experts are reading right now, plus recommendations from our staff:&nbsp;<a href="http://bit.ly/tradeoffsnewsletter" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">bit.ly/tradeoffsnewsletter</a></p><p><br></p><p>Support this type of journalism today, with a gift:&nbsp;<a href="https://tradeoffs.org/donate" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://tradeoffs.org/donate</a></p><p><br></p><p>Follow us on Twitter:&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/tradeoffspod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/tradeoffspod</a></p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>