from the New England Journal of Medicine
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/covid-19-reminder-reason-deborah-leyva-rn-hcp
"How long will this pandemic last? When will we find a treatment or vaccine? Which drug should we give our patients? Will we run out of personal protective equipment (PPE)? When will everyone return to work? We find ourselves in a time of great economic, social, and medical uncertainty. Faced with a crisis, Lee Iacocca, the late automobile company executive, once said, “So what do we do? Anything. Something… . If we screw it up, start over. Try something else. If we wait until we’ve satisfied all the uncertainties, it may be too late.” Similarly, in the heat of the Great Depression, Franklin Roosevelt commented, “Take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But by all means, try something.” Though a trial-and-error approach may be appropriate in business and politics, should it be applied to medical decision making during a pandemic?"
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