The effects of a sneeze from someone infected with COVID-19 is as much a public health threat as a mass shooting. Dr. Punch pushes us to think about this parallel and to consider how we show up for each other as a community at times like these. A trauma surgeon by training, Dr. Punch is familiar with the severity of ventilators and the ICU and is witnessing people navigating COVID here in St. Louis hospitals. The community center Dr. Punch created, The T STL is a place where they work to treat the whole person before trauma and crisis occur. The world needs more doctors like Dr. Punch, and the St. Louis region is lucky to have them.

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