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For 4 days, the hospital thought he had just pneumonia. It was coronavirus.

March 25, 2020

Goldstein J, Salcedo A. New York Times. 2020;March 10.

Conditions new to physicians can be difficult to diagnosis. This news story illustrates how heuristics or lack of awareness of emergent and unique diseases can contribute to transmission of infection.

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