Pandemic Reflections

‘It Won’t Be Okay for a While’ — Reflecting on a Year of Covid-19

I’m an ER doctor treating Covid-19 in New York City. This is what I wish I knew a year ago.

Craig Spencer MD MPH
Elemental
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5 min readMar 1, 2021
Photo: Clay LeConey

In New York City, the first case of Covid-19 was confirmed on March 1, 2020. Today, on the one year anniversary, I wrote myself a letter. This

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Craig Spencer MD MPH
Elemental

NYC ER doctor | Ebola Survivor | Director of Global Health in Emergency Medicine at Columbia University | Public Health Professor | Doctors Without Borders BoD