We can be heroes (or martyrs)

I’m a doctor who fears becoming a coronavirus martyr.

There are attractions to being cast as a health care hero, flushed not only with potential adulation but with the rewards of free coffee at McDonalds and half-price chicken at Nandos.

But the threat of a deadly, cytokine- mediated embrace with the demonic Covid-19 would only be more imminent, PPE or not.

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Do I join my fellow doctors on the front line?

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