From 'heroes to villains': Why this surge is different for health care workers
the pandemic, but they have become particularly pronounced as hospitals have swelled with Covid patients.
In mid-September, Arlund had a Covid patient whose oxygen level was far below where it should have been. The patient was refusing to wear a specialized oxygen mask or agree to sleep on his stomach, a move to help him avoid going on a ventilator. Attacks on those in the medical field are not limited to hospitals. Dr. Kellie Snooks, a pediatric ICU physician in Wisconsin, said pediatricians are coming under fire on social media for urging mask mandates in schools.
“We’re really trying our best to give the public the information that is necessary for them to protect themselves, but our words are only as powerful as how seriously they’re willing to take it.”For Mawata Kamara, an emergency room nurse in California, taking mental health days off from work has been helpful. She has also started declining extra shifts, which she felt she could not do in the first and second surges of the pandemic.
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