Why a COVID-19 Discussion Series

Anthropologist Margaret Mead stated that “the first sign of civilization in ancient culture was a femur that had been broken and then healed. In the animal kingdom, if you break your leg, you die. A healed femur is evidence that someone has tended the person through recovery.” We have been overrun by a pandemic, and we struggle to care for countless patients at the risk of our own lives. Faced with this emergency, our profession is shaken by a wellspring of humanity. Is this moment an opportunity to rediscover what we all went into medicine for?

To address these and other important questions, you are invited to conversations with professionals fighting the pandemic on the front lines.