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It’s Not Your Fault

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To identify the key insights or developments described in this article
1 Credit CME

My throat still raw from the punishing nasal swab, I sit alone at home awaiting the result. After awakening with a sore throat and muscle aches, I am quarantined from work at the hospital where I am an infectious diseases physician. I try to reassure myself that I have been careful—all the diligent handwashing and mask wearing. But still my mind is racing through every person I have been in contact with over the last 48 hours—coworkers, patients, my husband, and kids who, if this COVID-19 test result comes back positive, may all become potential contacts. The fear of getting sick is bad enough, but wrap it up in the guilt of hurting those you care for and love and you have a uniquely horrific gift of the pandemic.

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Article Information

Corresponding Author: Wendy Stead, MD, Division of Infectious Diseases, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 110 Francis St, Lowry Medical Office Building, Suite GB, Boston, MA 02215 (wstead@bidmc.harvard.edu).

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: None reported.

Acknowledgements: I thank my aunt and cousins for allowing me to share Jeff and Peter’s story.

AMA CME Accreditation Information

Credit Designation Statement: The American Medical Association designates this Journal-based CME activity activity for a maximum of 1.00  AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to:

  • 1.00 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program;;
  • 1.00 Self-Assessment points in the American Board of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery’s (ABOHNS) Continuing Certification program;
  • 1.00 MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics’ (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program;
  • 1.00 Lifelong Learning points in the American Board of Pathology’s (ABPath) Continuing Certification program; and
  • 1.00 CME points in the American Board of Surgery’s (ABS) Continuing Certification program

It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting MOC credit.

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