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A Doctor's Diary From the Pandemic

The pandemic era provided the world many types of stories that have not been seen in generations, at least since the Spanish Flu Pandemic of 1918. Healthcare workers and governmental leaders had the most stress refracted their way. Jahangir, a colleague and trauma surgeon at Vanderbilt Medical Cente......more

I gave this book 5 stars because of the summation in 2 paragraphs (quoted below) in the last pages of the book. Understanding the monumental task of a man doing his best to protect a community and ALL of its people and recognizing racial disparities. I have a new respect for some political leaders a......more

I have looked forward to this since he announced he has written a book. As a blue dot in a red state, our experience with Covid has been unique and getting insight into someone who was making decisions during it all sounded worth reading. It absolutely was. He took an interesting approach, using Ops......more

I read this book …twice. The first time I devoured it simply to better understand the wild ride of this pandemic and what truly went on behind the scenes (and boy, does Jahangir lift that veil!) and the second time I read it with an eye on the racism in Nashville and even more specifically pandemic-......more