Commentary: The pandemic, Hurricane Ian and me — a doctor whose friends say has PTSD
by Mark Morocco, Los Angeles Times
Oct 20, 2022
3 minutes
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It turns out being stalked by a hurricane feels just like the eve of the pandemic, when we knew a storm was coming but little else. Both are slow-moving disasters at the beginning. Both can cause great death and injury, or not. You can be devastated or passed by without a touch for the most random of reasons, or for no reason at all. Both can be quickly forgotten.
Remember the viral hits MERS or COVID-19’s cousin SARS? Hurricane Bonnie in 1998 and, yes, 2022? Any of
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