Why chronic illness & long COVID care keeps failing. From my HR and patient perspective, it's a systems failure, not just an individual doctor problem. Here's my take on what's broken and what it will take to fix it. 🧵 This is a selection, training, compliance, and performance management issue. Right now, the system is underperforming. Patients are paying the price, and Drs are underprepared & overworked, carrying gaps that result in fragmented, ineffective care. 2/

I’ve been thinking a lot about the complexity of the human mind, & its role in our wellbeing, but also attempting to make sense of how it deals with ethical dilemmas – especially in the context of public health and government leadership. Some thoughts, questions, & a thread. 🧵1/ The mind can protect from trauma by using mechanisms such as repression, denial, & dissociation. This is helpful short-term to allow you to function until you're ready to process the trauma. Repression can allow you to avoid feelings of overwhelm or guilt association with them./2