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My wife and I are retired. We are able to minimize our contact with others. We wear masks whenever we will be closer than 10 feet from others. We cut out trips and seeing friends. We may be bored but we are safe.
What about those whose work requires much more contact with others? Every time I visit the grocery store I think about the people who work there. They need to work to afford food, shelter and other necessities. I appreciate that I can get the food we need and I have respect for the workers.
Whenever I think of the doctors, nurses and other medical workers who put themselves at risk to help others, I am awed by their dedication.
Here is an article about a doctor leading a COVID-19 unit at a Houston area hospital.
This doctor just endured the deadliest week of his career
To me, most of the article was about the best of human nature. However, near the end there was a glimpse of human nature at its worst.
What about those whose work requires much more contact with others? Every time I visit the grocery store I think about the people who work there. They need to work to afford food, shelter and other necessities. I appreciate that I can get the food we need and I have respect for the workers.
Whenever I think of the doctors, nurses and other medical workers who put themselves at risk to help others, I am awed by their dedication.
Here is an article about a doctor leading a COVID-19 unit at a Houston area hospital.
This doctor just endured the deadliest week of his career
To me, most of the article was about the best of human nature. However, near the end there was a glimpse of human nature at its worst.
Varon [the doctor] has been outspoken about the Covid-19 threat and the importance of wearing masks. That hasn’t sat well with everyone.
“People are calling my office and leaving threats because of all the media I’ve been doing, because they don’t believe that what we're doing is real,” he said.
Varon wants people to see: This is not a hoax. This is a real thing. People are dying.
“You have no idea my frustration when I leave the hospital, I’m heading home, and then in one of these outdoor malls I see a hundred cars, a bunch of young guys or young women having a party — no face masks, no nothing. That kills me,” he said. “People are not listening.”