October 8, 2025

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Doctor in viral photo comforting elderly COVID patient: I tried ‘to be a little more human’

A Houston doctor who drew widespread attention after a photograph went viral showing him comforting a patient in a coronavirus intensive care unit on Thanksgiving is opening up about the experience, saying he was trying to “be a little more human.” Dr. Joseph Varon, who serves as chief of staff at United Memorial Medical Center, told CNN’s John Berman on Monday that the viral moment occurred shortly after he spotted the elderly man crying and…