Tag: Joseph Forrester
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10,000 deaths: Colorado’s grievous losses have devolved into an unwinnable argument
The week after Thanksgiving, Dr. Joseph Forrester stood by the bedside of a man who’d been in the intensive care unit at the Medical Center of Aurora for two months. The patient was in his 70s, and COVID-19 had so ravaged his body that a ventilator breathed for him. Standing next to Forrester was the…
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10,000 deaths: Colorado’s grievous losses have devolved into an unwinnable argument
The week after Thanksgiving, Dr. Joseph Forrester stood by the bedside of a man who’d been in the intensive care unit at the Medical Center of Aurora for two months. The patient was in his 70s, and COVID-19 had so ravaged his body that a ventilator breathed for him. Standing next to Forrester was the…
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With the arrival of vaccines and declining COVID cases, Colorado’s frontline providers breathe and take stock
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save For 12 months, we’ve heaped responsibility atop America’s health care providers. They’ve acted as stand-ins for COVID patients’ families, spokespeople for the patients’ disease. They’re avatars for the country’s response to the pandemic. Their frustration, exhaustion and triumphs have been chronicled in media accounts, and…