Doctor, COVID-19 survivor reflects on year anniversary of first confirmed case in United States
A doctor and a nurse who work in local COVID ICUs, and a COVID-19 survivor look back on the year since the first case of COVID in the U.S. Author: Kailey Tracy Updated: 6:33 AM EST January 21, 2021
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. The world witnessed scientists and medical professionals produce a COVID-19 vaccine at a record rate over the past few months. It was an incredible feat when one year ago, COVID-19 had just entered our vocabulary.
Doctors diagnosed the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in the United States Jan. 20, 2020.
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Media outlets and news personalities have made a number of major mistakes throughout the time that President Donald Trump has served in the White House.
Publications such as the New York Times, CNN, and Politico inaccurately portrayed conversations, the state of the president’s finances, his dealings with Russia (or lack thereof), and a variety of other facts about the president throughout the past four years.
Most notably, many media figures pushed the narrative that Trump and members of his campaign colluded with Russians to influence the 2016 election, though special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation found no evidence to establish that is true.
Sergi Mingote on Lhotse. Photo: Sergi Mingote.
As is often true in the mountains, triumph has walked hand in hand with tragedy this winter in the Karakorum. The first winter ascent of K2 (8,848 meters), undertaken by a fully Nepalese team (with co-leader Nirmal “Nims” Purja summiting without bottled oxygen), has captivated viewers around the globe. Sadly, just prior to the ascent, the Spaniard Sergi Mingote, Co-Leader of the Seven Summits Treks (SST) team on K2, perished after a long fall while descending to Advanced Base Camp from Camp 1 (6,050 meters).
The 49-year-old Mingote was attempting to summit K2 without bottled oxygen this winter, and had already tackled seven 8000ers without O2. He was in the process of attempting to summit all 14 8,000-meter peaks in the same style, all within a 1,000-day push, a potentially record-breaking project he called the “14X1000 Catalonia Project” (the endeavor was interrupted due to COVID-19).
Boston doctor who treated COVID patients in N.Y. dies climbing mountain in Pakistan
By Travis Andersen Globe Staff,Updated January 20, 2021, 3:30 p.m.
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Dr. Alex Goldfarb, center, pictured with sons Levi, left, and Ben, right.Handout
A prominent Boston doctor who was killed Jan. 16 in a mountain climbing accident in Pakistan had gone to New York to treat COVID-19 patients at the height of the pandemic and led a life that was âbeyond inspirational,â his son said Wednesday.
Alex Goldfarb, who was affiliated with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, went missing on Broad Peak in Pakistan, the 12th highest summit in the world. His body was found two days later close to the summit, according to the tour company that led a climbing expedition Dr. Goldfarb had joined.