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A message from our President

Civilization Is Being Challenged

I remember it was just before the holidays last “worst case” scenario, Healthcare workers,
year when we first started hearing about this novel supply chain teams, emergency managers SFHHA
virus in China. Facts were sketchy at the time, are doing everything in their power to NEW
but, from the tenor of the description of how decompress their facilities and secure MEMBERS
SARS CoV-2 was being transmitted from person- needed, and in short supply, drugs and
to-person and the implications for the elderly with equipment to respond to the inevitable
pre-existing conditions (COVID-19), we all braced surge. All those Pandemic Plans are being LEO A DALY
ourselves for the inevitable. Would we be as lucky exercised with outside medical triage, cre-
as we were for earlier viruses that didn’t take hold ation of alternative care sites, and a gener- KIDZ MEDICAL
in the majority of the world? al repositioning of assets to meet the com- SERVICES
As of this writing, 372,755 confirmed cases mon patient.
leading to 16,231 deaths. The numbers in China I hope that when I write this article for
now are fading in comparison to the numbers next month that we have seen the peak LUNACON
being generated in the rest of the world. Horror is and that the spread of the virus is lessen- CONSTRUCTION
being played out in Italy, Germany, France and ing. I kept hoping that the lack of spread
Jaime Caldwell Spain while other countries try and balance eco- in the African counties was a sign that GROUP
nomic stability and social distancing. I think, hop- this virus might act like many before it
ing that some half-measures will have an impact on the spread of the conta- and die out in warmer weather. Sadly, it
gion. We seem to see, if the numbers are predictors, that countries taking appears that the spread of the virus in Africa is proceeding with a similar speed
extreme measures seem to be bending the curve. Extreme measures such as as the rest of the world.
sheltering in place and aggressive testing are allowing public health to have an Let’s be smart—don’t go out unless you must. Remember, while you may be
impact. able to successfully survive getting COVID-19, maybe someone you infect
You can be proud of the efforts on the part of hospitals to prepare for that might not be so lucky!

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