COVID-19 Resources

As communities emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, pre-health students are encouraged to reference the following articles (published during the pandemic) to enhance their understanding of this specific public health crisis as a future healthcare provider:

Recommended Reading & Viewing

• Death Doulas Used to be Rare. The COVID-19 Pandemic Changed That (Time)
• How a Medical Student-Run Clinic is Navigating the Pandemic (American Medical Association)
• Vaccine Access, Vaccine Hesitancy: Challenges to Herd Immunity (The Hastings Center webinar)
• Peggy McIntosh: How to Recognize Your White Privilege & Use It to Fight Inequality (TEDTalk)
• The US Medical System is Still Haunted by Slavery (vox video)
• Inequality Doesn't Just Make Pandemics Worse--It Could Cause Them (The Guardian)
• 9 Ways to Help Others During the Coronavirus Pandemic (Idealist)
• Official Counts Underestimate the U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll (The New York Times)
• Location Data Says It All: Staying at Home During Coronavirus is a Luxury (The New York Times)
• Keeping the Coronavirus From Infecting Healthcare Workers (The New Yorker)
• The Four Possible Timelines for Life Returning to Normal (The Atlantic)
• On the Front Lines of a Pandemic, 'I Love You' Can Mean 'Goodbye' (The New York Times)
• The Covid Drug Wars that Pitted Doctor vs. Doctor (The New York Times)