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COVID-19
WHERE TO FROM HERE
Bexar County Medical Society
& COVID-19
By Melody Newsom
As the reality of the Novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) need, BCMS had a one-stop-shop webpage that included links to
began to unfold around the world, and a flood of information COVID-19 resources from San Antonio Metropolitan Health
began to inundate the inboxes and airwaves, it became obvious to (Metro Health), Southwest Texas Regional Advisory Council
the Bexar County Medical Society (BCMS) management team that (STRAC), Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS),
we needed to create an online, all-inclusive resource page for our Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the World
members to enable them to find credible information about the Health Organization (WHO) and the Texas Medical Association
pandemic. By the end of the first day following this realization of (TMA), as well as informative articles from other credible sources.
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