Doctor Reacts to The Good Doctor COVID Episode

The Good Doctor is one of the more intense medical dramas on TV, and this came out of the gate swinging on their new season with an episode centered around COVID-19. Dr. Shaun Murphy struggles with social distancing, masks, and the rapidly evolving early days of the coronavirus in Season 4 Episode 1 “Frontline Part 1”. I weigh in on subjects like how COVID affects asthma, PPE, and baking sourdough bread.

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[bart]

Honestly the most unrealistic thing about this episode is the high quality camera on the video chat

[enricoluismateo]

List on How to Annoy Doctor Mike.

1. Don't do chest compressions.

[larissa.laisla]

My dad went from " I think I have a cold" to "I'm having trouble breathing" to " it hurts when l breathe" to intubation and death in less than 10 days, Covid changed everything in our lives, it's still heartbreaking

[Irizzrizz]

No one:
Mikes gravestone: " You could have saved me with chest compressions "

[_tideaina]

I would absolutely love if a medical series brought Dr. Mike on set for more accuracy.

Dr. Mike: Cut ! Cut! DO MORE CHEST COMPRESSIONS!!

[tarmac]

If I'd have to torture Dr. Mike, I'd stand by an unconscious person, put my hands on the chest, and do nothing. I'd just ask him, "How am I doing?" just to see the look on his face.

[annek]

I lost my daughter to Covid and I wasn’t even able to be there to say goodbye or tell her I loved her. She fought for three weeks before passing. Deaths at that time were a nightmare for families.

[otavioastorvazcosta]

My father was also a doctor and died during the COVID-19 pandemic. That left me without my grandmother and my mother with sequelae.
Today as a medical student, I am very proud of the man he was and continues to be in the memory of those he saved.
My last call with him, he asked before going to the ICU for his notebook to make sure everything was right when he got back to work, he didn't come back.

[IceMetalPunk]

They did two COVID episodes in a row, and then the third episode of the season began with the actors talking to the camera saying "the rest of the season represents our hope for a post-COVID world, but until then, please wear your masks". Can you take a look at the second episode as well? It touches on some of the things you mentioned, like virtual care and family communication.

[deriansilva]

They won’t put you on because the entire episode would be chest compressions, no plot no drama just chest compressions

[meechiebaby]

Every time I see a healthcare worker I thank them. I feel like they're fighting a war. Now that we're 17 months into the pandemic, they're being ignored, chastised, called actors...all they're trying to do is save lives... It really has taken its toll on them.

[rosemaryasmr]

My Grandfather passed away of Covid-19 in January 2022, we thought he was getting better but his blood ox levels dropped extremely and because of other conditions he had at the time he did not live very long after that. Fly high Papa!

[deadchannel]

The covid episodes gave me all kinds of anxiety but watching a surgeon take romantic advice from his 15 year old gaming buddies was hilarious.

[maink]

“It’s important to dab when you cough”

[Neyjina]

I was a baby nurse when COVID started, in fact, I was studying for my final exam while watching a live stream with case numbers wondering if there would be any final exams because they were shutting down everything! But I guess they decided we might come in handy, so I was able to finish my education. So I started as an OR nurse. When we started to reduce operations drastically as the ICUs were filling up, I volunteered to help out in the ICU. I was only a helper since I wasn’t able to care for intubated patients, but the awesome nurses taught me a lot and I was eager to learn, so I became a real help. As hard as this time was, I really enjoyed it. Giving my colleagues a bit room to breathe, having the time to be able to do a bit more for the patient then the bare minimum needed to just survive and just being able to do something…
I fell in love with critical care during this time and when a helping PICU nurse asked me, if I would be interested to start there I was sold.

[cheshirecat]

Pretty confident I had the virus in February 2020, I’m an optician and at the time was working in a local privately owned ophthalmology/optometry clinic that serves elderly, special needs, and small children. I worked closely with colleagues that I love and respect, and they were so worried about me. I was so sick, I had never been hit that hard by just a cold or flu.

I wanted to go home and rest, I didn’t want to contaminate any patients or my coworkers. I couldn’t afford medical insurance, and in order to leave it would require I see a doctor. So I was forced to stay at work, visibly sick as h***, and I wasn’t even allowed to sit and rest for a minute. I refused to see patients so I offered advice to my coworkers on tasks, did chart requests, and online insurance authorization requests. It was miserable.

One of my friends loaned me the money to go to a first care clinic, and the practitioner I saw essentially looked at me like I was a lazy POS for not being at work. When I explained I didn’t want to get possibly immunocompromised patients sick, he *laughed* at me, gave me a note recommending two days bed rest and then to return to work.

I was sick, I was embarrassed, and I had the worst internal conversation about if I deserved my position because I was worried for the patients and coworkers in the clinic.

[hdkw]

Shaun is going to be the one who finds the cure

[bryantye]

Doctor mike is like everyone’s mom whenever you show them something, they gotta explain everything and then give you a lesson because of it

[helez]

“That’s why it’s important to dab when sneezing”, well someone is following the youth trends

[MZak-jsoy]

8:44 in my country, many doctors were literally kicked out of their apartments by force. in many occasions police had to intervene to put them back, however, there were too many incidents that police couldn't actually cope with or be able to track to arrest or press charges. they were even attacked in public transportation. they were literally considered as carrying plague. In my case [as a doctor and a building-owner], I personally accommodated for free all front-liners in several apartments I have. at one point I had like 30 people doing shifts. I had many clashes with my neighbors as if I was hosting a BSL-4 in my building, but I wasn't willing to let my crew down.
10:10 we had clear instruction [initially, when we were very short in PPE], all COVID patients are DNR by default. the best they can get is DCs and that's it. so, this part was very realistic. maybe not in the US, but in other countries.