How NYC doctors worked on the frontlines of COVID

The staff at an elite ICU in New York City had seen many emergencies, but nothing close to the start of the coronavirus outbreak in March 2020. CBS News' Lesley Stahl sits down with doctors from New York-Presbyterian/Weill-Cornell Hospital, and with journalist Marie Brenner, author of "The Desperate Hours," to pull back the curtain on the inner lives, struggles and triumphs of doctors who were living in what felt like a war zone.
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[@rabbitpunch1422]

Thankyou all frontline workers!

[@Mr21scott]

The title should say "how healthcare professionals WORK ON", not past tense.

[@alywhite3265]

It's the past, People aren't thinking about covid anymore

[@annsmith7207]

I am a very proud native New Yorker. I lived through this. Ambulance sirens blaring 24/7 for MONTHS. People who do not live here will never understand the level of sheer daily terror. Everyone was focused on people coming in from Asia and did not realize till months later the COVID-19 virus was coming through Kennedy Airport from Europe and into New York as a hub for spread throughout the eastern seaboard and beyond. We can thank Donald Trump, who admitted to Bob Woodward on an authorized telephone recording - for admitting he knew COVID-19 was extremely lethal in January 2020 but told NO ONE because he did not want to create PANIC. Is there no criminality or liability for his deliberately withholding crucial, life saving information? Every night in NYC at 7:00 for 5 minutes people opened their windows and banged pots and pans to show enthusiastic support for our HEROES: Everyone in the NYC medical profession who did everything humanly possible to save lives. And at the White House, Trump did nothing.

[@bbygrlpt2]

That’s true and bc he did nothing not even say listen this virus can be lethal to many so please be careful or something.. soo many died that could still be alive today. Majority of ppl didnt take this viurs seriously at the beginning and died bc we had a negligent president

[@Cathy-xi8cb]

As someone in healthcare, watching that poor patient they profiled be guided down the aisle like an expressionless corpse, this was a painful video. I knew that when the fear subsided, there wouldn't be a lot of substance behind it. We see it already. I went from "vector of infection" (one parent's words to me) to being lied to about a patient's infection status because they want therapy for their kid. So much for all those #$%& pots.

[@yvonneplant9434]

Thank you for mentioning Trump's culpability. A lot of people seem to have forgotten that he lied for months about how lethal it was. But he couldn't help but tell Bob Woodward.

[@rhondaalan8436]

That is Not true, he tried to shut the borders but people called him “ racist “ it was a no win situation and they also didn’t want to create panic

[@montysloungetv]

99.84 percent survivability

[@ChrisAnnasMom]

Thank you is all I can say.

[@LainieB]

Thank you to the doctors, nurses, cleaning staff, grocery store workers and truck drivers who helped to get us through what will hopefully be the worst of it.

[@margo3367]

I feel like people are already forgetting about it. It was scary.

[@SandyWolf-]

I litterly stayed home for a year! Then it took another year to feel comfortable to leave the house. I'm still not a hundred percent I will not go anywhere with a lot of people especially inside. I've been vaccinated and boosted but my fears are still there

[@jaysonoweh2227]

It was never scary. Margo is trying to build fear

[@jaysonoweh2227]

Margo is a bot account

[@brutishfossil5022]

Who can forget all of those hot TicToc videos the nurses made?

[@SandyWolf-]

Just want to thank all the Doctors and nurses who made so many sacrifices to help others! Thank you👍😁💖

[@montysloungetv]

and then to be fired for not accepting experimental genetic therapies

[@ediebaxter6194]

Thank you to the Frontline workers that are on the front lines every day helping patients. Essentially during the pandemic. God bless them.

[@georgelogothetis549]

Those of us in the hinterlands did as much risky, faithful, grinding work in the ICUs; except with less resources

[@bcmcnally01]

Thank You Doctors.

[@jeffreykurley6141]

NURSES!

[@nlp6082]

Heroes indeed! ❤️

[@luvenfuentes3194]

How about nurses who served the pandemic? It’s not all doctors specially the nurses who are always the front lines

[@brutishfossil5022]

IKR. I loved those TicToc videos the nurses were making.

[@janediamond658]

Such an incredible story. Takes my breath away.

[@patrickmanway290]

Literally, they have to be on ventilator.

[@juliafillippinie9179]

Thank you for your service to all of our frontline workers out there. God bless and keep you safe always.

[@chrisfinch8637]

For all doctors and nurses, especially frontline workers of COVID-19, who all pitch in and work hard, together, we salute you! #StaySafe

[@Cathy-xi8cb]

Stop this "stay safe" crap right now! That suggests that you can prevent all infection and " stay" in a safe state. You aren't in one now, you won't be tomorrow, and not the next day either. What is more useful is "stay smart" and "stay aware" and "stay conscious of the conscious choices you just made". But this "stay safe" crap must end.

[@samuraibushido7077]

I wish the media would focus on material help for nurses and other medical professionals like they focus ont the War in Ukraine-who in 1994 had Nuclear weapons and gave them up, because sooo many nurses have been dropping out and were replacing them with foreign nurse two of which I have talked to extensively-and they seem shaken in tude with the present covid wards. There is like a hardness to them.

[@wakeupsheeple513]

🐑🐑🐑🐑

[@brutishfossil5022]

Yeah, the nurses did make some hot TicTok videos. Such heroes.

[@gailwebb9619]

@@wakeupsheeple513 anyone who uses the word or emoji for sheep or sheeple has zero credibility.

[@angelaklinger2951]

God bless all nurses and doctors and first responders for what they do ❤️🙏🚑🚒🚓💙🩺

[@brutishfossil5022]

Yeah, those nurses sure can make some hot TicToc Videos.

[@LMays-cu2hp]

Thank you for sharing....

[@bbygrlpt2]

God bless them💖

[@brutishfossil5022]

And their TicToc videos.

[@bbygrlpt2]

@@brutishfossil5022 And yours too

[@brutishfossil5022]

@@bbygrlpt2 I don't do TicToc, so ... , but I did love all the dancing nurse TicTocs they did during the plandemic.

[@bbygrlpt2]

@@brutishfossil5022 Oh yea me too! Not all of them have tiktok either

[@Thedecider1984]

and then they had the nerve to fire nurses afterwards/.

[@mollysmith1226]

Awful

[@brutishfossil5022]

Only the ones that didn't make hot TicToc videos.

[@maryannkochanski5777]

God Bless all these heroes! And even today they continue to help!

[@Dara604]

Kudos to all the nurses and doctors who saved lives and who continue to work on the front lines during this pandemic. This is one of the reasons why I encourage everybody to get vaccinated and boosted. The FDA and CDC have just cleared vaccines for the youngest kids under 5 years old to 6 months. Get yourself and your family vaccinated and boosted, you never know whose lives you could be saving! We might have to wear masks and social distance for another few years, but this covid pandemic will eventually be behind us.

[@jennifernordlund2691]

Bot! 😆 🤣 😂

[@lindamcdaniel2419]

No I won’t.I even don’t wear a mask because they don’t work like the vaccine.

[@brutishfossil5022]

Don't forget thot hot TicToc videos the nurses make.

[@joesimon2029]

@@jennifernordlund2691 Deadly BOT

[@pattywest1]

The sad part is there have been anti-virals available for decades. Plus we knew of early treatments that were working yet our own government put restrictions forbidding the use of drugs that worked. Our government should be held responsible for those needless deaths.

[@michelecardoza4138]

I totally agree! I applaud the medical workers! Truth be told, if they would have been willing to try ivermectin among other treatments, they might have avoided so many deaths. Sad!

[@StreetHierarchy]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@bbygrlpt2]

The saddest part is our own President back then didnt tell us how contagious and lethal that virus could be for many. He said it’ll be gone by April making it seem it was nothing

[@reneastle8447]

What will it be like if the better president inspired the government to make these anti-virals and early treatments available to everyone? That would be brilliant.

[@reneastle8447]

@@bbygrlpt2 Had there been a better president who cares for everybody, keeps his promises all the way, becomes the positive example, remains truthful and faithful to God, shares the Gospel to everyone who listens, and does the right thing by being trustworthy, respectful, responsible, fair, caring, and a good citizen, he would've told us how contagious and lethal the virus is much earlier. He also would've created a better government, a government who cares for the people.

[@makeitmakesense2616]

Health care workers, teachers and all those low wage workers at grocery stores to Amazon deserve a big hand. THANK YOU FOR SHOWING UP AND DOING THE WORK

[@montysloungetv]

'teachers'?

[@troymacdonald8257]

Love this show and CBS news networks. 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙

[@duuuude3208]

Remember when the media tried to say Covid wasn't a bio lab leak ? I do.

[@jaysonoweh2227]

See what they did is force them to work through a pandemic without hazard pay. Than forced them to take the jab or be fired.

[@jessefinch4071]

In 2020 they were ''heroes'', In 2021 it's well you either are a jabbed hero or a unemployed zero your choice!

[@louisemoore7715]

She is a heroine saving lives, and we salute them......Most deaths were in patients who had weight challenges...We have learned a lot

[@chrissupport]

MANY THANKS to healthcare workers (though I still say after vaccines were available, unvaxxed covid patients should have been sent home with bottles of ivermectin, hydroxychloroquine, and zinc), grocery workers, bus drivers, truckers, and all who kept the country moving. I wish people would have masked up when covid hit their areas, as based on Japan, I sense the US would be better off now... many say long-covid is now contributing to the labor shortage.

[@jaysonoweh2227]

Lol dems being dems smh

[@1313sp]

yup that's what I said. The people who thought this was all a hoax should have been left to die at home by themselves and I still feel that way.

[@scottmeeker9971]

Vaccines save lives ❤️

[@alexwells9948]

7:35 Ahead Marcel the shell

[@SirPolitico]

True heroes. ❤️

[@wakeupsheeple513]

🐑🐑🐑🐑

[@evilish888]

Innovation isn't giving people what they want it's showing people what they need before they knew they needed it ~ Steve Jobs

[@simon5005]

And people still idolize celebrities and athletes. If that doesn't say it all.

[@augggie]

And nobody was sent to the SHIP….HMMMMM

[@georgelogothetis549]

AND just about all of us caught it, in the bargain

[@mollysmith1226]

Awful

[@jennifercuffy801]

🙏🏾❤️

[@Cathy-xi8cb]

Do not think that ventilation allows you to return to your former life. The people they saved are damaged for the rest of their lives. Not dead, but not whole. Reconsider allowing ventilation if your life after it will be poor.

[@bbygrlpt2]

It was either THAT or the die from lack of oxygen.. what do you think it was the best choice? They had nothing else back then

[@gailwebb9619]

And you are an expert?

[@Cathy-xi8cb]

@@gailwebb9619 I don't know. Almost 40 years as a healthcare provider, some of them to people post-ICU. You decide.

[@gailwebb9619]

@@Cathy-xi8cb 50 years for me....and saw lots of folks lives saved from the use of a ventilator.

[@Cathy-xi8cb]

@@gailwebb9619 I only treat people whose lives were saved. Obviously. They often live lives of horror, with intractable pain, continued illness and repeated hospitalization,, and emotional suffering. Then they die in a few years or months. There are worse things than dying, and these docs don't treat the problems they create in the heroic saving. Shame on them for not telling people what life after ventilation can be.

[@edwardbright5894]

I had Delta Covid. I can tell you the Hospital I was at was TERRIBLE. The Nurse and the Dr was rude, mean, and just plain out un professional along with the Ambulance people. Plain out uncalled for...

[@StreetHierarchy]

🤷🏾 seems like the common factor was you...

[@gailwebb9619]

Wonder what kind of patient you were....

[@Lobosalsa9]

Poor baby. I’m sure you were their only patient, and they had nothing else to do but tend to you 24/7. Are you ok?

[@troymacdonald8257]

I trust CDC FDA and the world health organisation and science. 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙 Happy pride month.

[@bbygrlpt2]

Troll

[@RealMTBAddict]

Happy to be heterosexual.

[@jennifernordlund2691]

Poor trusting fool. There's a suckered born every minute.

[@MrMatteNWk]

@@RealMTBAddict Thoughts and prayers to your mrs.

[@garywidom]

The anchor intro is unneeded. This is KZbin. We know what is coming up. Cut it out.

[@yvetteschools4979]

The utter failure of the previous administration is astounding because there has been no accountability

[@gusgus8134]

Thank trump for all the extended misery.

[@RealMTBAddict]

Thank Biden for making it worse.

[@pennylane8318]

TDS

[@brutishfossil5022]

You are blinded by hate. Poor thing.

[@qv3bt]

Rember them complaining about working 12 to 18 hours a day. I did that most my career in the military and never complained about saving people. Those doctor didnt want to save people on ventilators of you can remember such; because they stood a risk of infection. Honestly; I've been around the world twice; and would pick doctors from just about any country over practicing orangutans in the USA. 9 OF 10 doctors in the USA should be in prison for failing their patients due to hatm, fraud or not following their oath. I doubt they'll be many who inherit glory in the end. One of America's worst institutions by far; yet the media have been making them look great for decades. One day you'll understand what i mean.

[@404BOOMER]

Boost the immune sysrem!

[@RealMTBAddict]

Enough with the c19 propaganda.

[@christinacascadilla4473]

You poor mountain person.

[@annsmith7207]

Enough of your clueless mountain snark!

[@michelecardoza4138]

If they don't keep up the propaganda, they can't keep up the control. Yes, people get sick and some even die from covid. Thing is many people get better! I have had it twice and recovered twice. So has my husband and first time he had it he was on a ventilator not expected to live! Thanks God for miracles and ivermectin! Thank you Jesus!

[@christinacascadilla4473]

@@michelecardoza4138 in what way have you been controlled? Definitely not to learn anything in school.

[@RealMTBAddict]

@@christinacascadilla4473 I live in the 2nd biggest city in Colorado ya lunatic

[@hectormorales5306]

She administered more remdesiveer than anyone.... quick Pfizer!!!! Give her an award!!!!

[@ChosenOne6666]

I was so scared of getting Covid. I get two 1 shots and two 2 shots. its four shots. I am double immune.

[@Cathy-xi8cb]

You are nothing of the kind.

[@bbygrlpt2]

You got no shots, but nice try

[@RealMTBAddict]

No you're not.

[@ChosenOne6666]

@@bbygrlpt2 You have reading comprehension problems.

[@ChosenOne6666]

@@RealMTBAddict NO YOU!!!!

[@rasat4829]

You know what's funny? I used to see lots of Indian doctors and Indian nurses working at those hospitals, then when Covid 19 hit they all disappeared, they weren't saving lives anymore. Where did they go? Hahahahaha!!

[@Cathy-xi8cb]

Many of them died.

[@gailwebb9619]

What a stupid comment.

[@lindamcdaniel2419]

@@Cathy-xi8cb Nobody has died from Covid alone.They had other medical complications.

[@jaysonoweh2227]

They didn't want the vax so they got fired

[@brutishfossil5022]

@@Cathy-xi8cb Well, around 0.01% of them anyway.

[@davius1911]

99.9 percent survival rate, lmao

[@therealBiba]

Not even true but okay

[@joesimon2029]

@@therealBiba More like 98.9 - still ; not too bad.

[@therealBiba]

@@joesimon2029 enough for 1 million dead americans

[@SeeTheWholeTruth]

Paging Dr. Whinemore, Dr. Whinemore to the breakroom.

[@Thedecider1984]

Respectfully, that nurse needs to lose some weight. Glad she's ok.

[@gailwebb9619]

That is far from being “respectful.” Do you actually think she dosen’t already know that?

[@jaysonoweh2227]

@@gailwebb9619 looking at her size I'm going to say no. She is big big

[@MrMatteNWk]

Says the guy subscribed to Gov. Christie

[@janetpattison8474]

My mom got Covid-19, then gave it to me. 🥶 I was much sicker than her & now have long Covid. 👿😵‍💫😱👿 Thank God and all the health care workers 🌸💕🌷🌸who put their own lives at serious risk to save others…💙💚💙 my mom was hospitalized….To all the families & friends of people who didn’t survive 😢my tears are for you all. ❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹

[@jaysonoweh2227]

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