Hybrid sensations that feel like something in health curricula and clinical practice? The World Health Organization, the US between tropical malaria and the winter Critical to our relationships with meas- Food and Drug Administration, and many flu. [...] I begin to cough, sneeze, and splutter uring devices such as the scale, thermo- reputable public health authorities and decide to repeat the all-too-familiar meter, glucometer, and the oximeter, is encourage us to look out for pale skin and COVID-19 rapid test. [...] I’m lethargic and encapsulated in With COVID-19, this possibly increases my the skin, lips, tongue, and nails, and the the mental space of isolation and soli- illness stress, cortisol, and adrenaline with conjunctivae may also appear grey. [...] Accom- ilege and power as a physician have been imbalances of power are magnified panying the soundtrack of coughs and blunted by the invisible but mighty virus through an asymmetrical lens and I can sneezes is the intermittent beeping of the wreaking havoc on my lungs and body. [...] In The intersection of my medical, Black, care professionals like myself — have been my quest for lucidity, I ponder on how the and patient identities is being tested dur- widely documented, and these cannot be premise of equality can lead to perpetua- ing my febrile ruminations as I stare explained by social determinants of health tion of inequity — identical use of the intently at the beeping de.
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