COVID’s Ground Zero, Spring 2020: A Doctor, a Hospital, and a Traumatized New York

Granted complete access to the New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell hospital system (from the CEO to the maintenance crews) the author–a Vanity Fair writer-at-large–crafted a saga of bravery, ingenuity, and loyalty under horrific conditions at one of the world’s greatest hospitals as it battled COVID (from the first reported case in America to the tsunami that followed). In this adaptation from her new book The Desperate Hours, Brenner focuses on a legendary ICU doctor and her highly charged interactions with the head of hospital—himself frantically trying to save lives in his own way. There were a lot of things Dr. Lindsay… Read Full Article