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Adventures of a Sick Doctor

Ideally, every encounter between a healthcare professional and a patient right now would be carried out in the correct PPE. This would protect both the patient and the caregiver and ensure that enough people are well enough to provide healthcare to the hordes that need it. Or not wearing any protective gear at all?

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Analysis of primary care prescription trends in England during the COVID-19 pandemic compared against a predictive model

BMJ

Respiratory drugs, including many inhaled medications, exhibited dramatically increased prescribing during March 2020, with some evidence from the types of inhalers involved that this was driven primarily by patients with COPD rather than asthma.