[GovernmentShrinker]

For two weeks starting in mid-April last year, she coughed, seemingly nonstop, followed by another week when she coughed sporadically . . . Yet, epidemiologists say, one of the most troubling aspects of the pseudo-epidemic is that all the decisions seemed so sensible at the time.

Oh sure, having a doctor keep working in a hospital day after day for 3 weeks while coughing non-stop was "so sensible". But that's the culture of the hazing-turned-staple-of-socialist-medicine residency system in which Dr. Herndon supervises residents who are forced to work 24 hour days even when coughing non-stop or otherwise showing obvious symptoms of infectious disease. http://dartmed.dartmouth.edu/fall05/html/24_Hours.php Guess it would look bad if she stayed home in bed for a couple of days, but most likely it would have given her immune system a chance to fight off the garden-variety cold, and saved the millions of dollars that this idiotic panic cost. No doubt would also have saved a number of her immune-stressed colleagues and subordinates, and countless patients from catching her cold too.

[gleeaikin]

Yes, any sick hospital worker should be sent home to bed, but what about such common sense precaution as wearing a face mask? Also, I have found that sucking on a Vitamin C losenge is very helpful with a persistant cough or sore throat.

[ReformedBeckite]

Oh sure, having a doctor keep working in a hospital day after day for 3 weeks while coughing non-stop was "so sensible". But that's the culture of the hazing-turned-staple-of-socialist-medicine residency system in which Dr. Herndon supervises residents who are forced to work 24 hour days even when coughing non-stop or otherwise showing obvious symptoms of infectious disease.

Maybe she was forced to use a socialist appointment system to see a doctor.