On March 8, the first positive case of Covid was announced in Connecticut.
(97 days ago)
On March 22 we went into lockdown.
On March 28 we had 203 hospitalizations.
On April 21, 1,972 were hospitalized.
We started reopening on May 20, 887 were hospitalized.
Today we have 233 hospitalizations.
4,186 have died.
117,000 + have died in the U S
600 + Healthcare professionals have died in the US
418,000 + have died worldwide
The following thoughts are from my many conversations with my healthcare sisters and brothers who are on the front line of this pandemic.
We have learned a lot about this virus but there is still more we are unsure of than we are sure of. We know it is highly contagious, we know it is deadly, and we know we have no cure.
Although we are now told we have “adequate supplies of PPE” we also know that we are continued to ask to use masks for a week at a time and to use other PPE while seeing multiple patients.
We know this increases the risk of infection for ourselves and our patients.
We don’t know why we are asked to do this.
We know that when we become sick and need to be seen for Covid that we sometimes have to pay Copays and deductibles.
We don’t know why.
We know that although we spend double shifts exposed to Covid at work and become Covid positive, that we are denied Workers Compensation because “we might have acquired it in the community.
We don’t know why.
We know that if we are told to stay home from work and quarantine that we sometimes have to use our own PTO time.
We don’t know why.
We know that we need an emergency OSHA standard to protect us but that Mitch McConnell refuses to bring it to a vote in the Senate.
We don’t know why.
We know that the physical, emotional and psychological toll of all this weighs heavy on us yet management and government doesn’t seems to see this.
We don’t know why.
We know that we are called heroes but don’t feel like we are treated as such
And we don’t know why.
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