Two years ago, during the worst of the Covid pandemic, my colleagues and I told ourselves what now seems like a naïve story. In the wake of this virus, we would develop a robust system of follow-up care for the patients who had been sickest in our hospital, many of whom were from medically…

Almost exactly one year ago, my colleagues and I buzzed with excitement as we lined up for our first shots of a Covid vaccine. Even as we postponed holiday gatherings, we posted our vaccination photos on social media as promises to ourselves that 2021 would be different. And it has been…

It was early April and I was working an overnight shift in the intensive care unit when I found myself faced with a decision. My patient, a relatively young man with severe Covid-19 and respiratory failure, was spiking high fevers, his blood pressure dropping. I had to decide whether or not to…