Doctors and nurses are heroes on the frontlines of a new kind of war as the world confronts the coronavirus crisis, writes StCollinson | Analysis
This analysis was excerpted from the March 24 edition of CNN's Meanwhile in America, the daily email about US politics for global readers. Click here to read past editions and subscribe.
Most big sports events in the US now feature a"Salute to the Troops" moment, when fans stand to honor a returned service-member. It's a tradition that seeks to salve wounds lingering from the Vietnam War, when fierce social divides saw many conscripts spurned when they came home. But when the coronavirus pandemic is over and stadiums eventually re-open, troops may have to step aside for new heroes: the doctors and nurses on the frontlines of a new kind of war.A doctor gets ready at the Infectious Disease Unit of Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya, on March 15, 2020. Americans are just beginning to appreciate the courage and sacrifice of medical professionals -- a lesson the people of China, Italy and France have already learned.
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