WOUNDED SOLDIERS RETURNING from combat share much in common. Amidst their trauma is a selfless call for their embattled brothers and sisters. How are they doing? Did they make it? Although their words may differ, the sentiment isn’t lost. As a physician and army combat veteran, my response to them is rooted in my role: […]
Jon Santiago
Posted inOpinion
Two scourges, intertwined
TREATING PATIENTS in Boston’s busiest emergency room has taught me a lot about the intersection of COVID-19 with race, class, and inequity. From ER visits to protests, black and Latinx people are enduring one of the most challenging moments in recent history. The dual pandemic of coronavirus and racism has taken over America while emotionally […]
Posted inEconomy
Life sciences manufacturing can be an economic lifeline
ALREADY, THE ECONOMIC damage done to Massachusetts by the COVID-19 recession is rivaling the Great Depression. Unemployment rates and tax revenue shortfalls are expected to be three times worse than the Great Recession. More workers filed unemployment claims in the first three weeks of the current lockdown than in all of the 2008 economic downturn. […]