Category: Maureen Taylor

May 22 2020

COVID-19, Maureen Taylor, Reflections

I can care for patients because I am not afraid

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I can do my job because I am protected.

Apr 22 2020

COVID-19, Maureen Taylor, Reflections

My COVID-19 patient arc

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By the beginning of April, there were no more patients with a link to travel, but there was now a definite trend in the socioeconomic background of our COVID patients.

Apr 07 2020

COVID-19, Maureen Taylor, Reflections

What would Don do?

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Don thought our public health and health care systems needed to prepare. This meant convincing government X that it needed to invest in stockpiles of masks and antivirals and hire...

Mar 31 2020

COVID-19, Maureen Taylor, Reflections

Zoom meeting to keep family up to speed

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I think I was able to make the case for social distancing to most of my many family members, but I spoke with my Dad a week later and he’s...

Mar 26 2020

COVID-19, Maureen Taylor, Reflections

From SARS reporter to COVID-19 front line

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I was the CBC’s National Medical Reporter in 2013 when SARS hit Toronto, and that single story pretty much occupied my time for three months straight.

Mar 24 2020

COVID-19, Maureen Taylor, Reflections

Social distancing at work and home

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Most of my colleagues go home to a family but I live alone. In the 7 years since my husband died, my web of friends has been a vital source...