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01-09-2020 | Coronavirus | Commentary

Women’s Health During the COVID-19 Surge in the Bronx: Reflections from Two OBGYNs on the Flatter Side of the Curve

Authors: Antoinette A. Danvers, Siobhan M. Dolan

Published in: Maternal and Child Health Journal | Issue 9/2020

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The scariest part was the silence. In the peak of the COVID-19 surge in early April, 2020, our drive times to work were cut in half; there were fewer cars on the road and the morning hustle of children going to school was gone. The bustling, vibrant borough of the Bronx was silent. It was eerie. The silence was only broken by the sound of sirens wailing down the streets as ambulances brought the severely ill COVID-19 patients to the Emergency Room. The tents went up, the ERs got busier, the ambulances kept coming, and then the morgue trucks arrived. …

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Title: Women’s Health During the COVID-19 Surge in the Bronx: Reflections from Two OBGYNs on the Flatter Side of the Curve
Authors: Antoinette A. Danvers
Siobhan M. Dolan
Publication date: 01-09-2020
Publisher: Springer US
Keywords: Coronavirus
COVID-19
Published in: Maternal and Child Health Journal / Issue 9/2020
Print ISSN: 1092-7875
Electronic ISSN: 1573-6628
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-020-02977-5

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