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title: Dangerous Medicine - Battlefield vs. Pandemic
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## **The Creative Destruction of Physician Burnout **

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# [Dangerous Medicine - Battlefield vs. Pandemic](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/dangerous-medicine-battlefield-pandemic)

Posted by [Dike Drummond MD](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/author/dike-drummond-md)

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## Pandemic Medicine is Clearly More Dangerous than Battlefield Medicine to Front Line Healthcare Workers

**1) Battlefield/MASH Unit:**

- The danger is the enemy.
- You have specific skilled, trained and equipped people around you to protect you.
- The act of caring for patients is not dangerous for you.
- Your family is safe and far away.

**2) Pandemic:**

- The danger is the patients.
- Just being in the same room with them (never mind touching and treating them), especially without sufficient PPE, is an act of service that can ultimately be fatal.
- Your family is in clear and present danger as well.
- In [Italy, 10% of the Covid-19 cases have been healthcare workers!](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-italy-doctors/italys-medics-at-end-of-our-strength-as-they-too-fall-ill-idUSKBN21A29Z)

## No Comparison ... so please Stop the Battlefield Analogies!!

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What do you think about the comparable risk?

 

 

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