Why a new normal is a must
Since February 2020, many of us have learned about the inadequacies of the current health and social systems set up long ago. We should look to the past to help us in this present danger. But we should also think anew about what can be done to avoid its pitfalls. I volunteer for the Rhode Island Disaster Medical Assistance Team - Medical Reserve Corps in-order to understand how the health care system works. As a documentary film maker who has spent decades studying and creating stories about the health care system, I needed to know more. What I found is a dedicated group of folks bent on helping out. Putting their lives at risk to help others. Perhaps that is the new normal. It has become the new normal for me.