‘They Kind of Felt Like Sacrificial Lambs’: What We Heard This Week

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Quotable quotes heard by MedPage Today‘s reporters

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MedPage Today Staff

July 28, 2src24

“They kind of felt like sacrificial lambs.” — Michael Myers, MD, of SUNY Downstate Medical Center in New York, discussing physicians who experienced PTSD during the COVID-19 pandemic.

“We seem to be relying on hope as our strategy.” — James Lawler, MD, MPH, of the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, on risks associated with H5N1 bird flu infections from raw cow’s milk.

“The majority of hematologists have never seen a case like this.” — Charles Abrams, MD, of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, on false red-flag blood results for doping in athletes.

“The fact that she is a woman who takes that issue very seriously will be galvanizing.” — Emily Gee, PhD, of the Center for American Progress Action Fund in Washington, D.C., on Vice President Kamala Harris’s views on reproductive rights.

“Barbie going to a gynecologist … is an important message.” — Melissa Simon, MD, of Northwestern Medicine in Chicago, discussing search queries about gynecology after the release of the “Barbie” movie last summer.

“Don’t feel like Slurpees are like drinking cyanide.” — Lewis Nelson, MD, of the Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, on concerns over glycerol in slushy drinks.

“We don’t have to eliminate every single piece of CCR5 to achieve remission.” — Sharon Lewin, PhD, of the University of Melbourne, discussing the seventh patient to achieve sustained HIV remission.

“Awareness of anxiety is of importance.” — Kay Khaing, MMed, of the University of Newcastle in New Lambton, Australia, discussing associations between anxiety and dementia.