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COVID consequences: delay, denial

 sudden pain grabs your chest. Your arm goes numb. Although you know these are potential warning signs of a heart attack or stroke, you attribute the red flags to indigestion or too much gardening. Denial is a common response to the terrifying thunderbolt of a life-threatening alert — but now the fear of getting COVID-19 in a hospital tops the list. Dr. Brent Levy, an emergency room doctor at Rose Medical Center for five years, strongly encourages people in crisis to seek treatment at the ER during the coronavirus. He bases his position on a wealth of experience and monitoring flucuating numbers as COVID-19 cases wax and wane. “If you have chest pain or numbness, you should either have someone drive you to the ER […]
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