An irony about COVID-19 — the greatest public health threat in a century — is that many doctors’ offices are now basically empty.
The pandemic has led to much lower patient volumes for physicians across Georgia. A lot of people have stopped going to the doctor.
“It happened almost overnight,’’ says Dr. Donald Fordham, a family physician in Demorest, in northeast Georgia. “The volume fell off precipitously.’’
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