UnfilterED Clips: A Toxicologist's Perspective on COVID-19, Biological Warfare and the Need for Disaster Preparedness

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Taken from 'UnfilterED #8: Dr. Christopher Hoyte'.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“This current sars-coV-2 / COVID-19 situation should really be a wake-up call for not just a pandemic, but for a biological attack...One of the things I would like to do when we bring our attention back from COVID and get through this pandemic is to really start to prepare for disaster preparedness on the level and scale that we need to for a biological attack and get our hospitals ready, my poison center ready, state and local governments ready so that we can meet that challenge when it happens.” - Dr. Chris Hoyte</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dr. Chris Hoyte is an ED physician, toxicologist and researcher based in Denver, CO. He was featured in</span> <a href= "https://bookstore.acep.org/bring-em-all-509619"><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Bring Em’ All: Chaos. Care. Stories from Medicine’s Front Line</span></em></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, a book celebrating emergency physicians through personal testimonies and photography on the frontlines captured by legendary photographer, Eugene RIchards.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Photo © courtesy Eugene Richards</span></p>