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This time we talk with Dr. Julian Flores, who works in a Broward County, Florida, emergency room. When he was interviewed, the count of Covid-19 cases stood at 412, less than 12 hours later, the new number was 505, as of this posting — on Friday near noon Eastern — it’s at 614. Flores is expecting the wave to hit hard there. Broward is home to Fort Lauderdale (think spring break) and Pompano Beach (think aging retirees). Couple those demographics with a lack of easy testing for the virus, and you’ve got a worrisome situation. Links of interest: NEJM Perspective article NEJM Sounding Board Running time: 13 minutes A TRANSCRIPT OF THE INTERVIEW (Please bear in mind that what follows is a conversation and not a polished essay.) Joe Elia: You’re listening to Clinical Conversations. I’m your host, Joe Elia, and I’m joined by my cohost, Dr. Ali Raja, Editor-in-Chief of NEJM Journal Watch Emergency Medicine. He’s in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Mass. General and an associate professor at Harvard Medical S