On Jan. 23, 2021, one year after the city of Wuhan, China, was forced into lockdown due to COVID-19, Sun, an intensive care unit doctor at Wuhan Central Hospital, wrote on his WeChat account, “Maybe the world is not made for good people to live in, but if darkness is unavoidable, then the only thing we can do is to remain true to our original aspiration, instead of being swallowed by the darkness around us.”
When I interviewed Sun, who asked that only his family name be used for fear of repercussions, last year, we could only speak briefly, because he was busy running between rooms, monitoring complicated medications, plugging in breathing equipment, and writing prescriptions.
