COVID-19 Essays from the Front

In 2020 and 2021 Christopher Haines MD a family physician from Philadelphia ran his department's inpatient response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Along the way he wrote. The essays contained in this book give a timeline as the pandemic developed locally nationally and worldwide between March 2020 and September 2021. Along the way Dr. Haines explains the science and medicine to the layperson while interspersing stories of societal change family history and personal growth. This book tells the story of COVID-19 in America in ways that are inspiring informative sometimes heartbreaking and often humorous.