A Physician’s Thoughts on Coping with COVID-19
Anxiety, depression, sadness and suicide ideation appear to be both part of the doctor and the patient relationship to COVID-19. Part of this is the uncontrolled lability of the disease and the unknown nature of its cause. The biology of coronavirus has not been worked out. it appears to have a clotting factor and interleukin shower that leads to severe lung function and multiple complicating lung infections.
We felt similarly when HIV first presented itself in the early 80s when I was a physician training in New York City. The insecurity of knowledge appears in the doctor’s feelings of vulnerability and getting him the same anxiety than the patient. The coronavirus crisis is a similar situation.
I have found that the best way to deal with the current situation is to accept the vulnerabilities of life and make the most of every day rather than to have deep concerns about the future. After 2 years, the pandemic burnout will be the main issue regardless of the cause and the severity of the pandemic. Lastly, the angst related to the virus and the loss of income have also contributed to the political instability in several countries.
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