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A small subset of Americans suffers from a psychological condition known as latrophobia, or a fear of going to the doctor, but many more people during the pandemic have been forgoing needed medical care because they believe medical facilities might expose them to the novel coronavirus. Others have suspected hospitals just donât have the capacity to treat them. Physicians say they could be making a serious â potentially fatal â mistake.
âThe most in-our-face examples have been the cardiac patients who didnât get their ongoing care or evaluation, and then had not good outcomes in terms of heart attacks and death,â said Dr. James Augustine, an emergency medical director who works with hospitals in Georgia, Florida and Ohio. âThose are the things where you canât wait to get your care.â
1983 Houston
Phi Slama Jama. Those three words are enough to conjure up memories of the Cougars and their rare athletic talent. Clyde Drexler on the outside and Hakeem Olajuwon on the inside drew most of the attention, but it was lefty forward Michael Young that led the team in scoring. Houston only lost to Syracuse and Virginia early in the season before running off a 25-game win streak entering the Final Four. The Cougars high-flying performance against No. 1 Louisville in their national semifinal left no doubt what would happen to what seemed to be an overmatched North Carolina State team. Except the Wolfpack somehow stayed close and stunned the Cougars on a last-second dunk by Lorenzo Charles. You may have seen that highlight once or twice before.
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