Grey's Anatomy

Wash your hands. Wear a mask.

Stay six feet apart at all times.

Work from home.

Only leave the house for essential services.

Thank you, Doctor. All good.

We're ready here.

Good morning, Grey-Sloan.

Richard Webber, here,

chief medical officer for the Catherine Fox Foundation.

And at times, we even need you

to isolate from the people you love.

This time has been extremely difficult.

Many members of our staff have been unable

to see their families,

we've struggled with supplies,

and we've lost more patients than we could ever imagine.

I'm so sorry.

I gotta say, it's a definite improvement

from his last on-screen performance.

Only two people in the lounge at a time. Covid protocol.

Since when? Since now.

Along with our patients,

we need to take care of each other.

That's why I'm pleased to announce

that Grey-Sloan has been fortunate enough

to secure enough Covid tests for the entire staff.

Today, we will be testing hospital-wide.

It is not an option.

Additionally, and effective immediately,

residents will not be able to go into rooms

with Covid-positive patients

or those patients whose results are pending.

That's half the hospital's patient intake!

Why?! It is imperative

that we control the hospital's transmission rate

and protect our residents.

Oh, and speaking of residents,

please let's give our new class of interns a warm welcome.

And they have graciously agreed to start early

to help us in our time of need.

We have to press pause

on everything that makes us feel like we belong.

Sadly, quarantine looks a lot like surgical internship.

No joy if you want to survive.

Sorry, I went to get a few hours of sleep.

Hey. Okay. Present.

Patient was admitted for respiratory support

four days ago, after a positive Covid test.

Her O2 is 92%on six liters nasal cannula,

WBC count is down trending,

and her latest creatinine is .89.

How's she feeling? Any body aches?

Increased fatigue?

Why don't you ask me yourself?!

Lungs sound good.

Hey.

When are you gonna let me out of here?

I'm gonna let you out of here

when I'm convinced you won't collapse again.

Well, that was four days ago. I feel fine.

I think you should just release me with supplemental oxygen

so I can go quarantine in a hotel.

Let's give the room to someone who really needs it.

According to the tracker, we're almost at capacity.

I told them to take away your log-in privileges

so that you would rest.

I have connections. I own the place.

Well, let me take a look at your inflammatory markers

and your D-dimers, and then we'll talk.

Who's on my service?!

It's handled, Mer! We got it!

And will you stop yelling?

You need to save your breath.

Damn it!

We were not able to resuscitate Mrs. Lewis...

Respiratory failure. Time of death 8:12.

Do you want me to call her daughter?

No. I've been getting to know her these past two weeks.

I should call her.

I want to call her.

You okay?

That's the seventh patient I’ve lost this week.

I'm sorry.

Me, too.

Are you lost? No.

It's quiet on the peds floor, so I thought I'd come down here

and see if I could ease the burden a little bit.

Turns out, adults aren't as funny as kids.

Unless you find death funny.

Sorry, I'm in a really dark mood.

How's Grey doing?

Oh, I hear she's bossing everybody around up there.

Glad to see some things are returning to normal.

Want me to tell her you said hi?

God, no. Wouldn't want her to think she's special.

I would get another CRP, ESR, D-dimer,

and I'd like to schedule her for a chest CT

before we even consider discharging her.

I'm sorry, "I"?

We. You. Whomever.

What's going on? Meredith wants to leave

to go to a hotel. Her pulse ox is above 92%,

her ABG looks good, no fever for 48 hours.

I'll check her daily labs,

but she does not want any more tests.

And this is protocol.

And she wants us to follow it.

Meredith breaks protocol for every patient.

We can't break it for her?

Part of being an attending

means no longer asking for permission.

Hey! Meredith! Oh, my God.

Mer? Mer! Hey! Meredith?

Hey! Hey, Mer!

Meredith? Hey, okay, okay.

Meredith? Okay. Let's turn her over. 1, 2, 3.

Meredith, come on. Stay with me, Mer. Hey.

Okay, come on.

Meredith? Come on. Come on.

Meredith!

Mer? Mer?

Hey, Mer, you passed out. Okay, sats are 88.

Hey, do you know where you are? Can you hear me?

I can hear you. And you're loud.

Well, sorry.

Come on. Take a deep breath for me.

Come on.

I just was trying to take a couple of steps.

I thought I could make it.

I want to go to the beach.

The only place you're going is radiology for a chest CT, Mer.

No more tests.

Meredith, that is where we are going right now.

E-Excuse me. Ma'am,

despite what you may read or hear in the news,

sunlight does not in fact kill Covid-19.

Ha. I've been covering Meredith's service.

I haven't been outside in four days.

What are you doing here? Hand trauma.

You left Amelia alone with four kids for a hand?

She told me to come in.

Oh. You're already annoying her.

What's on your shirt?

Ooh, that's, uh, syrup?

I made pancakes this morning.

Weird. You're a dad.

Missed you! Yeah.

Abdominal pain consult in the ER.

I have faith in you.

Covid test is still pending.

I feel like I could just lay down and die.

Ah.

You really shouldn't say that during a pandemic.

God.

We should have gotten scans hours ago.

She felt fine hours ago. That's the thing with these patients.

They think that they’re on the other side of this thing,

and then they tank DeLuca...

Instead of waiting around, we should have started

interferon alpha 2b, anti-retrovirals,

antimalarial drugs.

I got a-a dozen patients in the ICU already on this protocol.

And you're seeing positive results?

With some, but I've also read a lot of studies

that show that these meds, they reduce the sev...

What studies? Are these peer-reviewed?

Have they been published? They're credible.

Nothing is credible. Not yet.

And I don't feel comfortable

giving Meredith Grey some experimental drug

that's gotten some foot traffic on a Reddit board.

Let's just get the scans first.

We can fight about the plan later.

Val Ashton?

Hi. I'm Dr. Wilson.

Okay, so you've had abdominal pain and vomiting

for the last two weeks? But it's not Covid.

I have gone nowhere, seen no one, touched nothing.

I couldn't stop talking to the nurse that took my blood.

It was the first in-person conversation

I had had in months.

I told her about the fight with my co-worker,

all about my ex.

And I think I invited her to lunch.

Don't worry. They're used to it. Mnh.

Okay, so your labs came back already, and...

congratulations.

You don't have Covid.

You're just pregnant.

What? Pregnant.

What? Yaay?

Sorry they even called you in.

I know you're technically on leave,

so if you need to... Happy to help!

What do we got? Ssssh.

Bryan, Lucy needs time

and she needs patience. Try again.

Any chance you can come back in 15 minutes?

My clients are about to have a major breakthrough.

No, sorry.