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        <title><![CDATA[Famous ‘fake’ TV docs offer video salute to real-life coronavirus first responders]]></title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>These &#8220;fake&#8221; TV doctors and nurses are offering up a salute to their real-world counterparts on the front lines of the fight against the <strong>coronavirus pandemic</strong>.</p><p>On Tuesday night, actress Olivia Wilde — who played Dr. Remy &#8220;Thirteen&#8221; Hadley on the 2004-2012 show &#8220;House&#8221; — <strong>released a four-minute Instagram video</strong> featuring more than a dozen faux medical professionals from popular television shows, past and present. The goal: to salute the doctors, nurses and other health-care professionals <strong>putting their lives on the line</strong> to help patients who fall victim to COVID-19.</p><p>The viral video&#8217;s starry lineup includes heartfelt #FirstRespondersFirst testimonials from former &#8220;Scrubs&#8221; stars Zach Braff and Donald Faison (who co-host the podcast &#8220;<strong>Fake Doctors, Real Friends</strong>&#8220;), &#8220;Nurse Jackie&#8221; star Edie Falco, &#8220;ER&#8221; alum Julianna Margulies and Maura Tierney, Peter Jacobson and Omar Epps (&#8220;House&#8221;), Kal Penn (&#8220;The Big Bang Theory&#8221;), &#8220;Grey&#8217;s Anatomy&#8221; actor Patrick Dempsey and &#8220;Private Practice&#8221; spinoff star Kate Walsh. The video was posted in conjunction with World Health Day on Tuesday.</p><p>&#8220;The closest thing I&#8217;ve ever come to being a doctor is putting on a costume. And while it is close, it&#8217;s not quite the same,&#8221; Wilde, 36, says in introducing the all-star clip, which is equal parts heartwarming and humorous. &#8220;But I just want to say thank you to the real health-care heroes out there, and there are some other people who want to say thank you as well.&#8221;</p><p>Dempsey, 54, who played Derek &#8220;McDreamy&#8221; Shepherd in &#8220;Grey&#8217;s Anatomy,&#8221; <strong>offers</strong>, &#8220;I want to thank all the doctors and the nurses — the real ones, not the ones that are on television.&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;It was early on in the filming of our show that I recognized that I was not capable of actually doing the kind of work that you do,&#8221; adds Falco, 56.</p><p>Neil Patrick Harris, who launched to faux-doc fame as kid doc Doogie Howser, MD, from 1989 to 1993, <strong>offers levity in several spots</strong>. &#8220;I&#8217;m not a doctor, but I was paid to be one on TV. I&#8217;m pretty sure that&#8217;s the expression,&#8221; says the 46-year-old funnyman. &#8220;I wish I was there with you guys to assist in my medical capacity, but probably all I would be doing would be writing prescriptions for myself. Which is kind of all I did when I was 16 and 17.&#8221;</p><p>But the message is a serious tribute to first responders <strong>tending to the COVID-19 crisis</strong>, which has topped 1.4 million infections and surpassed 81,800 deaths globally. More than <strong>5,400 New York area residents</strong> have <strong>lost their lives</strong> in the battle.</p><p>&#8220;Killing Eve&#8221; star Sandra Oh, 48, offers her own wishes for &#8220;health and safety&#8221; to first responders, including &#8220;a quick shout-out to my brother-in-law Scott, who is an ER doc up in Vancouver. I love you, man.&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;Let&#8217;s see this video go viral,&#8221; adds prankster Harris before closing his eyes and shaking his head at his choice of words. &#8220;No. Can . . . Can I do this again? Can I . . . Can I . . . Can I please do this again?&#8221;</p><p>Joking aside, the video ends on a wholly serious note. &#8220;Thank you for your courage, your sacrifice and for being the best of us,&#8221; reads a closing message, which also includes a request for donations to #FirstRespondersFirst — <strong>via Thrive Global</strong> — which provides supplies, equipment and other resources for front-line health-care workers and their patients.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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