How ER would've handled coronavirus

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Former ER executive producer Neal Baer, a practicing physician who was responsible for Designated Survivor's pandemic storyline last year, tells E! News: "The closest we came to a pandemic in the first seven years of ER, when I was a writer/producer, was in 'Exodus,' an episode featuring the late Mickey Rooney. The ER was evacuated owing to a benzene spill. If we were to do the show today, I'd pitch that everyone in the ER would undergo an antibody test to see who has already been exposed to Covid-19 and has recovered. We'd find out that Ross (George Clooney), Carter (Noah Wyle), and their nemesis, Weaver, (Laura Innes), all had caught Covid-19 but were asymptomatic. They'd be on the front lines since it's unlikely that they'd contract it again. They'd have their typical triage arguments, the electricity would go out, and they'd all take turns bagging patients together, since the generators are being used in the ICU and OR. Of course their personal stories would come out as they're sitting together huddled over patients, bagging them. We'd see Ross and Weaver hand-in-hand saving the patient and they'd reveal something deeply personal to each other (you'll have to watch the episode to learn their secrets!)."

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How past and present TV doctors would've handled the coronavirus pandemic

EW tries to envision how Grey's Anatomy's Dr. Meredith Grey, House's Dr. Gregory House, Lost's Dr. Jack Shephard Scrubs' Dr. J.D. Dorian, The Resident's Dr. Conrad Hawkins, The X Files' Dana Scully, Outlander's Dr. Claire Randall Fraser, Firefly's Dr. Simon Tam and even Doctor Who's The Doctor would tackle our current coronavirus crisis. "If anything, Dr. House would be called on to help with the influx of COVID-19 patients flooding the ER and clinic and inevitably stumble upon the one person who appeared to have coronavirus but actually had some other rare disease that only presented like the virus," Chancellor Agard says of Hugh Laurie's House character, Meanwhile, Gillian Anderson's Scully, a doctor and FBI agent, "would do what she does best: roll up her sleeves and save some lives. After pulling an 18-hour shift volunteering in the ICU, she’d then use her government connections to try to get supplies rerouted to hospitals in need, before treating herself to a bagel (one with real cream cheese, of course)," says Devan Coggan.

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• Olivia Wilde brings together stars from House, ER, Scrubs, Grey's Anatomy, Nurse Jackie, Doogie Howser, M.D. and The Good Doctor to thank doctors and nurses: “The closest… I’ve ever come to being a doctor is putting on a costume,” the former House star said at the start of the epic mashup, before adding tongue-in-cheek, “And while it is close, it is not quite the same. I just want to say thank you to all the real healthcare heroes out there.”

ER is the perfect show to watch amid the coronavirus pandemic

"It is absolutely time to start watching ER, and for a number of reasons: First, it’s one of the all-time greats and it holds up better than just about anything else," says Margaret Lyons of the 15-season NBC medical drama that is currently streaming on Hulu. "Second, and more relevant for our present circumstances, it’s about people who are trying. And that is the big focus right now — to try. To affirm people’s dignity and your own; to help when you can and rest when you must; to learn and then do better. The prize is a life you can be proud of and a community to be part of, and if you enjoy some smooching along the way, well hey, what a bonus. You will also learn how to scrub your hands properly!"