by Calvin Sun | Jul 22, 2020 | Crisis, Fail, Introspection
The Cassandra Complex – the phenomenon from Ancient Greek mythology when one’s valid warnings or concerns are disbelieved by others. We’re now literally living it. Despite having endured a crisis so visceral in NYC (or Italy, Wuhan, etc.) 4-5 months...
by Calvin Sun | Jun 8, 2020 | New York
“Ships are safe in the harbor, but that’s not what ships are built for.”After 78 days of a lockdown and 100 days since our first confirmed case of COVID-19, NYC begins Phase 1 of reopening today. What felt like a COVID tornado outside our harbor in April has...
by Calvin Sun | May 14, 2020 | Crisis, Doctor in the House, New York
PSA: It’s time to play offense on COVID-19 About 9 weeks ago I had written how in the middle of the tsunami of the first wave, the safest assumption (with the relative little information we had) at the time was that one should come to the ER only if they had a...
by Calvin Sun | May 7, 2020 | Crisis, Epiphanies on the Road, Introspection, New York, Post-travel Reflections
Stepped outside in the middle of my ER shift on Monday, April 13th to take a moment to myself when a passerby with a camera happened to be at the right place at the right time:I needed to breathe. I needed to know if I was still alive.A few weeks later and...
by Calvin Sun | Mar 30, 2015 | District of Columbia, Fail, New York, Spring 2015: The Great USA Roadtrip
Gareth, Jenn, Jorge and I spent the last 2 days leading Roza and her husband, Stephen, around NYC, living vicariously through their wonder at a place we fondly call home. Sometimes you don’t have to travel very far to discover you can once...
