newyorker.com
At Aminlari’s hospital, as the coronavirus pandemic took hold, patients with no symptoms of COVID-19—rushed through the door for appendicitis or a heart attack—were testing positive for the virus, before those attending to them could find the right gear. Prior to the crisis, Aminlari would pick up N95 masks—the gold standard, which filter out the small droplets that carry the virus—from a supply closet on her unit’s floor, and throw them away after one use. Now there were shortages, and she was…
almost 5 years ago