Photograph by Rudy Willingham
When Seattle became America’s first epicenter of the novel coronavirus, our medical cognoscenti couldn’t look to other U.S. cities for guidance. Instead, doctors, nurses, and other frontline workers honed their own procedures for containing and treating the virus, methods that quickly subdued the spread of Covid-19 and made the region’s response a model for others around the country—and world—to emulate.
Published in the A City Resilient issue of Seattle Met.
Seattle’s Health Care Workers: The Stories Behind the Masks
From ICU nurses to “dofficers,” hospital workers showed their mettle when beds filled and ventilators disappeared.
How a Group of Seattle Scientists Revealed Covid-19’s Stateside Spread
Collaboration, serendipity, and a whole lot of brainpower.
When a Doctor Needed Life Support
Deploying a last-ditch device, a Swedish Medical Center team saved an EvergreenHealth MD from becoming a victim of the pandemic.
How UW’s Virology Lab Helped Forge the Nation’s Covid-19 Testing
The University of Washington Virology Lab churned out thousands of results that informed public health measures well beyond Washington’s borders.
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