I'm an ER doctor. Please take coronavirus seriously | Clayton Dalton

Most people don't understand exponential growth. If they did, they'd be far more frightened

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I'm an emergency room doctor in Boston. I can't help but feel like Cassandra these days. A Trojan royal, Cassandra was cursed by Apollo after she rebuffed his advances - she could see into the future, but no one would ever believe what she saw.

Last Friday, I told my father that he shouldn't return to his office after the weekend, due to the rapid, unmitigated spread of the coronavirus.