Nobody, save those whose livelihoods require it, would choose to spend their morning in a hospital waiting room. Proceduresâsurgeries, tests, etc.âtake longer than anticipated. Test results, despite computerization and advances in medicine, still take days. People, both the patients and the families waiting for them, are anxious. Waiting room TVs seem to wind up on âThe Price Is Right,â and letâs face it, Drew Carey is no Bob Barker. And on a stifling morning in mid-July, breathing (again) through a mask, be it paper or heavy cotton, in the former Wesley Long Hospital, was downright uncomfortable. COVID-19âthe Delta variant for now, Gamma or perhaps Lambda in the near futureâhas roared back and is once again filling the nationâs ICU beds.