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Why Surgeons Don't Want to Operate Right Now — Therese Raphael

The Italian government has begun publishing a new dataset related to the coronavirus pandemic. It features a list of names, starting with 68-year-old Roberto Stella, president of the Medical Association of Varese, in Lombardy. Stella's name tops a roll call of doctors who've died from Covid-19 since March 11 alone. It had grown to 24 when I checked while writing this column — more than double the reported rate of medical deaths in China.

The numbers confirmed what many doctors in the U.K. have suspected for some weeks: Those on the front lines are most at risk, not simply of catching the virus, but of getting its most severe form. So far, however, the very countries that have been slow to enact measures to suppress transmission in the community also lag behind in understanding and responding to the threat Covid-19 poses to doctors.

The problem for medical professionals is often portrayed as simply one of sourcing extra masks, goggles and plastic gowns — or personal protective equipment. But this is only part of it.

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There's No Way 267 Million People Had Zero Cases — Daniel Moss

Boris Johnson's Coronavirus Response Is a Fiasco — Ferdinando Giugliano

The Decline and Fall of the Gulf's Oil Empire Is Looming — David Fickling

The Lessons from Italy's Covid-19 Mistakes — Ferdinando Giugliano

Now There's a Mortgage Crisis Too — Matt Levine

The Coronavirus Isn't Trump's Katrina. It's His Vietnam. — Francis Wilkinson

We're Looking at a Systemwide Margin Call — Shuli Ren

The Pandemic in My Neighborhood — Michael Lewis

No, China Can't Be Sued Over Coronavirus — Stephen L. Carter

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