JacJun 15
Harms Committed

"Medicine demands physicians be invulnerable."

"The system lacks mechanisms to accommodate chronically ill physicians."

"If medicine cannot accommodate physicians disabled by the pandemic they fought, it will never truly serve disabled patients."
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Title: I developed Long COVID while practicing medicine. The system had no place for me.
Author: Mustafa Talat
Publication: The Sick Times
April 17, 2026
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#USA #Healthcare #Labour
https://thesicktimes.org/2026/04/17/i-developed-long-covid-while-practicing-medicine-the-system-had-no-place-for-me/

I developed Long COVID while practicing medicine. The system had no place for me. - The Sick Times

I was three hours into my internal medicine ward call when the brain fog descended like a curtain dropping mid-performance.

The Sick Times - Chronicling the Long COVID crisis
Jun 15 at 3:55amBuffer