As an ICU RN in a major city that’s being overwhelmed by COVID patients, allow me to say thank you for what you do. It shouldn’t take a pandemic for you and your counterparts to get the recognition you are due. Our health and safety are riding on you guys. You are overworked, underpaid, and forgotten in the press when it comes to recognizing heroes. You are truly a hero. At least to me. You are exposed to so much and constantly being forced into a time frame that is simply too short to allow for adequate cleaning as well as bathroom and lunch breaks. Just know that as a nurse who works beside a lot of EVS workers, I see what you do. I am grateful. You keep me safe. So thank you.
I'm a physician. I've probably been directly exposed to known COVID+ patients or persons under investigation fewer than 10 times over the past few weeks. I'm constantly being thanked, I've had restaurants send free meals to the hospital, and I get frequent updates on our local status (# of cases, PPE availability, etc...). I presume your exposure risk is many, many times mine, with only a fraction of the gratitude and much more fear and uncertainty. I'm extremely grateful to you and the many other unsung heroes of this fight. Please keep in the forefront of your mind how vitally important you are and know that others recognize it, even though most are too preoccupied with their own struggles to properly express gratitude. Thank you.
BigBlackAmerican on April 4th, 2020 at 07:21 UTC »
from the bottom of my heart thank you so much for your contributions to the stability of what’s left of our society.
chopotico on April 4th, 2020 at 11:36 UTC »
As an ICU RN in a major city that’s being overwhelmed by COVID patients, allow me to say thank you for what you do. It shouldn’t take a pandemic for you and your counterparts to get the recognition you are due. Our health and safety are riding on you guys. You are overworked, underpaid, and forgotten in the press when it comes to recognizing heroes. You are truly a hero. At least to me. You are exposed to so much and constantly being forced into a time frame that is simply too short to allow for adequate cleaning as well as bathroom and lunch breaks. Just know that as a nurse who works beside a lot of EVS workers, I see what you do. I am grateful. You keep me safe. So thank you.
VIRMD on April 4th, 2020 at 13:39 UTC »
I'm a physician. I've probably been directly exposed to known COVID+ patients or persons under investigation fewer than 10 times over the past few weeks. I'm constantly being thanked, I've had restaurants send free meals to the hospital, and I get frequent updates on our local status (# of cases, PPE availability, etc...). I presume your exposure risk is many, many times mine, with only a fraction of the gratitude and much more fear and uncertainty. I'm extremely grateful to you and the many other unsung heroes of this fight. Please keep in the forefront of your mind how vitally important you are and know that others recognize it, even though most are too preoccupied with their own struggles to properly express gratitude. Thank you.