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Faces of Covid-19, Delta Edition
Details of patients have been changed to protect their identities. Descriptions of Covid are exactly as I witnessed them. On a recent ER...
Marion C. Bishop
Oct 21, 2021


Spring thaw
Simple pleasures of spring after a long Covid winter
Marion C. Bishop
May 22, 2021


Last days of the Before Time
We are all different people and the world a different place than a year ago.
Marion C. Bishop
Apr 3, 2021


A Covid death
Dealing with grieving families takes a toll on physicians, but watching patients die alone is worse. Until Covid it was also rare.
Marion C. Bishop
Dec 22, 2020


In a New York State of Mind
An ER doctor's meditation on loss in the time of Covid
Marion C. Bishop
Nov 20, 2020


The Defining Moment
A talk for A Light on the Hill Ceremony, Utah State University, 1 September 2020.
Marion C. Bishop
Oct 14, 2020


Faces of Covid-19
Details about individual patients have been changed to protect their identities. Descriptions of COVID are exactly as I witnessed them.
Marion C. Bishop
Jul 13, 2020


Pandemic Stitches
A childhood injury upended by coronavirus.
Marion C. Bishop
May 18, 2020


Early Spring, 2020
My morning walk, accompanied by the dog and my thoughts.
Marion C. Bishop
Apr 24, 2020


Moral Compass, circa 1941
My grandfather's experiences in World War II bring me comfort today.
Marion C. Bishop
Apr 15, 2020


Flattening the curve
Flattening the coronavirus curve is not just important for hospitals and sick relatives.
Marion C. Bishop
Apr 15, 2020
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