14 months in, we are that point where COVID deniers are coming in with severe infection, openly admitting participation in freedom and anti-mask rallies. /1

Every patient I see is so incredibly unfortunate, and a very common sentiment is "I didn& #39;t think this would happen to me." /2

In a particularly sad case recently, a patient said to me- "I didn& #39;t think COVID was anything more than a cold. I laughed at masks. Now I& #39;m here. And my dad is dead. And my mom is in an ICU. This isn& #39;t a cold."/3

The sadness was palpable. The silence was haunting. The realization that it didn& #39;t have to be this way was heavy./4

The divisiveness of this pandemic is ugly. Brings out the worst in so many.

But at the end of the day, the human suffering is deafeningly unifying.

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