Thread by @DrJRubenstein

Seeing the country ready to move on from #COVID is leading me to reflect on my own experience.
As a pediatrician, I know I haven’t seen nearly the devastation that my colleagues in adult medicine have.
As a pediatric palliative care doctor, I’ve seen enough.
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I’ve seen children die from #COVID and, to me, one preventable child death is too many.
If you’re wondering, “Did they have underlying illnesses?” ask yourself why you’re asking that, and why it should matter
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I’ve seen children who love to move and dance get blood clotting complications from #COVID and end up having limbs amputated, their lives changed forever
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I’ve seen pregnant women get #COVID and go into premature labor, then care for those infants as they died as a result of that prematurity
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These are the people I think about as I continue to do everything I can to avoid bringing #COVID home to my own young children

These are the people I think about as I continue to get stares for masking in public
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These are the people that I wish our society would think about as it prepares to move on from #COVID

These are the people that I’ll never be able to forget
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And these are the people I think about when I’m not sure how to reintegrate into a society that I now know doesn’t think about them at all.

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