COVID-19 Response Deadlier than the Virus, States the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons
She compares it with the response to AIDS, which at first was believed to be highly contagious and invariably fatal.
- She compares it with the response to AIDS, which at first was believed to be highly contagious and invariably fatal.
- It was considered unethical to stigmatize or isolate AIDS patients, to deny them treatment,or to alter the type of treatment they could receive, Dr. Orient recalls.
- In contrast, with COVID-19 all but the most essential medical and dental treatment may be forbidden.
- The Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons is published by the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) , a national organization representing physicians in all specialties since 1943.