After high school, Dr. Henry joined the naval reserves, drawn by the camaraderie, naval navigation and communication techniques, and the lure of the open ocean. She enlisted in her third year of medical school and graduated to become a fleet medical officer in Esquimalt, B.C., not far from where she lives now.<\/p>\n
\u201cI look back on it now, a lot of the work I was doing with a group of captive men was prevention. They would tease me about always telling them to wear sunscreen and use condoms,\u201d said Dr. Henry, who stayed with the navy for almost 10 years, meeting her husband there. (They separated five years ago, after 20 years of marriage, and never had children.)<\/p>\n
During a gastrointestinal outbreak onboard, Dr. Henry used basic epidemiological legwork and a microscope to trace the source of the sickness to contaminated bottled water they\u2019d taken on board in Tahiti.<\/p>\n
One day at her job at a clinic in San Diego, a man burst in with a gun, demanding to talk to someone. Dr. Henry stepped forward. \u201cI said, \u2018I\u2019m somebody. Let\u2019s talk,\u2019\u201d she recalled. \u201cHe burst into tears. He was in pain and distraught.\u201d<\/p>\n
Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n Dr. Bonnie Henry kept the coronavirus in check in British Columbia without harsh enforcement methods. \u201cThis is our time to be kind,\u201d she said, \u201cto be calm and to be safe.\u201d https:\/\/t.co\/w6wT1IC3O6<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 The New York Times (@nytimes) June 5, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n