Prior to the pandemic, patients who entered my office building were greeted by 2 staff professionals who would assist patients in checking in and performing the usual logistical tasks that occur prior to a medical appointment. Shortly after the pandemic commenced, I would arrive to work to witness these 2 ladies in rather different garb. They were now fully gowned, masked, gloved and goggled. Each carried a bottle of hand sanitizer. If not for their voices, I would not have recognized either of them. Patients and medical personnel passing by would extend one an open palm to receive a squirt of the precious cleansing elixir. While I acknowledge the necessity for staff interfacing with the public to don protection, it was an eerie site for me to witness, even as a medical professional. It is simply a scene that is foreign to most Americans. I recall when I traveled to Israel for the first time, I was struck at the site of uniformed and armed soldiers ambling everywhere.
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