Sincerely hope no one needs this, but if sharing ventilators comes up again (second wave?), we wanted to get this out to people: lessons and thoughts about improving safety. anesthesiology.pubs.asahq.org/article.aspx?a… Dr. Laura Duggan Muath Bishawi Madhav Swaminathan Dinesh Kurian Nathan Waldron

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All of this. Particularly the “older white faculty; POC staff”. Hard to miss, even as someone who has been privileged to notice primarily “out of interest” and merely roll my eyes, in the past.

To my knowledge EU did not have a national holiday at end of May. There are many other differences also, but something to keep in mind as we approach the next major holiday - July 4th is no excuse to attend parties this year!

Maybe everyone has seen this but me. Hits home more and more, day by day. Bradley Hintze credit:Gapingvoid Culture Design Group

Ok, well there will be some cultural lag here. As children of “snow days” parents, my kids will still be unapologetically absent for hours of their online lessons in the name of sledding and hot chocolate. Just for the record. nytimes.com/2020/09/25/us/…

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They did it! Thank you, The New York Times. Much more informative (and depressing) heat map.

What’s the over-under a zoom crash for Thanksgiving? #zoomthanksgiving (Of course, if it happens we are all doing Thanksgiving right!)

If we needed any further proof that the stock market is out of touch with reality: this on the day the first vaccine doses were given in the US. Recipients crying with joy and relief.

My almost 4 year old, helping sort presents, just told us that we needed to keep them apart so they don’t get coronavirus. Merry Christmas, 2020 edition.

Vaccination day celebration “party decorations”:

Today, had the immense satisfaction of seeing a trainee (we shall call #3) show another trainee (#4) a technique I teach. He said he learned from “#2”, a former trainee of mine. And I’m sure I learned it from ? someone, making me trainee #1. 1->2->3->4->??