id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-302692-hlt879ef Daniel, Michael G. Symptom Shame in the COVID-19 Era: Battling Our Instincts 2020-06-15 .txt text/plain 1082 75 56 Consequently, it is not unusual to encounter healthcare providers in offices and hospitals with upper respiratory symptoms. However, a sick healthcare provider with COVID-19 puts an entire work group at risk (Table 1) . Optimally, healthcare providers with upper respiratory symptoms will recognize that they might have contracted COVID-19 and self-isolate. However, several barriers discourage healthcare providers from accepting and reporting COVID-19 symptoms. A prevailing concern during the COVID-19 crisis is that symptom shame will not be vigorously discouraged to reduce the burden of replacing healthcare providers within a system that chronically lacks reserves. Their current guidelines recommend that physicians remain at work after contact with a patient with COVID-19 but self-isolate if they develop symptoms or have a prolonged exposure to a positive household member. The current pandemic is not the time for a healthcare provider to be sent home because they are too sick. ./cache/cord-302692-hlt879ef.txt ./txt/cord-302692-hlt879ef.txt