Oral history interview of Dr. Dana Levin, conducted by Kira Withrow (video)
Creator
Levin, Dana
Contributor
Withrow, Kira
Date
2020-10-14
Spatial Coverage
New York, New York, United States
Subject
COVID-19 (Disease); Social distancing (Public health); Emergency medicine; New York (N.Y.)
Keywords
HIST 7010
Description
Dr. Levin discusses his work as an emergency room doctor in New York City. He recounts his first memories of hearing about COVID-19 happening in other countries, as well as difficulties securing and reusing personal protective equipment as COVID-19 cases got worse in New York. He talks about consulting with doctors in Italy and his hospital receiving donations of personal protective equipment from China. He shares his experiences with social distancing during the pandemic and his experience sharing his observations about the pandemic on Facebook posts.
Collection Number and Name
Utah COVID-19 Oral History Project
Type
Image/MovingImage
Genre
oral histories (literary works)
Format
video/mp4
Extent
01:40:54
Language
eng
Rights
Rights Holder
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
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