The COVID era has slapped physicians with a harsh reality check: their once-coveted job security is crumbling before their eyes. Imagine the gallant emergency room physicians who risked life and limb to treat patients in the tumultuous early stages of the pandemic, only to find themselves pink-slipped when their medical group was snatched up by voracious private equity firms. I, too, endured the disheartening experience of being thrust into months of furlough as a primary care physician, right after those initial chaotic COVID months. It was a bitter pill to swallow, realizing that our esteemed profession no longer guarantees the rock-solid stability we once took for granted. This revelation urges us to transcend the confines of our degrees and rediscover our multifaceted identities, seeking alternative avenues beyond the realm of clinical medicine. The time has come to forge new paths and redefine what it truly means to be a physician in these uncertain times.
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