美国小儿耳鼻喉科医生当时我怕极了

4月22日,《新英格兰医学杂志(TheNewEnglandJournalofMedicine)》上刊登了一篇名为《Waitingforsomethingpositive》的文章，作者是一位奋战在美国抗疫第一线的小儿耳鼻喉科医生（pediatricotolaryngologist）。在文中，他讲述了自己惊心动魄的抗疫故事。

…IfindmyselfinthemiddleoftheCovid-19pandemic.HealthcareintheUnitedStateshasbeenflippedupsidedown.Surgicalmasks,N95respirators,andpoweredair-purifyingrespiratorsareinperpetuallyshortsupply.Frontlineprovidersarehavingtomakeexcruciatinglydifficultdecisionsregardingwhomtotreatwithourlimitedsupplyofventilators…Iwanttohelpfightthebattleagainstthisinvisibleenemy,butIwonder:HowdoInotcatchthisdisease?

Asapediatricotolaryngologist,Iamatparticularlyhighriskforexposure.ManyofmyotolaryngologycolleaguesaroundtheworldhavecontractedCovid-19whiletreatingpatientswiththedisease,andseveralofthemhavedied.Theviralparticlesareaerosolizedduringairwayinterventions,ourspecialty.Childrentendtohaveamilderformofthedisease,whichmeansthatit’sreasonablylikelythatIhavealreadybeenunknowinglyexposedtoachildwithCovid-19.AmIanasymptomaticcarrierofthedisease—potentiallyspreadingittoallthechildrenatmyhospitalwhowerebornwith

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