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In frustration, one doctor asks, ‘Why the hell we even bother?’
In frustration, one doctor asks, ?Why the hell we even bother??
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December 30, 2020
In frustration, one doctor asks, ‘Why the hell we even bother?’

“I’ve realized that when we need to rise up as a country, we have truly no moral capacity to do it. It’s just the most mind-bending, complete ‘Twilight Zone’ experience that makes you ask why the hell we even bother.” This quote comes from Dr. Michael Mina, one of my professors from Harvard’s

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