She left nursing! That's so sad. But, I remember doctors committing suicide during the pandemic. She was on the front lines.
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She’s recently decided to return to healthcare, but never again to the ICU. Our son made it very clear we are NEVER to ask her about her experiences during Covid. Even they don’t talk about it between themselves. I worry about her long-term mental health.
aug 30, 2025, 1:53 am • 57 2 • view
I bet she was severely traumatized. They were on the front lines and it was an endless stream of sickness, death and the unknown! I’m so sorry. 💚
aug 30, 2025, 4:10 am • 3 0 • view
I truly hope she'll be ok. I was an EMT in undergrad. I am still impacted by what I experienced.
aug 30, 2025, 1:57 am • 31 1 • view
There was a person who started a website to count the doctors and nurses who died from Covid because nobody else was tracking it. They had counted over 1,000 deaths by the time the vaccine arrived, but that was certainly an undercount. They were just googling every day looking for stories and obits.
aug 30, 2025, 4:45 am • 32 3 • view
I did the same for school personnel in the Southeast. Shared it and could sense people werent thrilled that it was being noticed. 2021. memorialforeducators.weebly.com
aug 30, 2025, 6:10 pm • 2 0 • view
Many doctors and nurses avoided their families to avoid the risk of exposing them.
aug 30, 2025, 8:48 am • 24 1 • view
Yes, I remember stories of them sleeping in their garages and not interacting with their families.
aug 31, 2025, 12:32 am • 8 0 • view
Death of physicians during Covid was studied later, and the *good* news is that the excess death rate among physicians was lower than in the general population, despite their daily exposure. Why? They understand infection control protocols and got vaccinated. www.ama-assn.org/practice-man....
aug 31, 2025, 12:49 am • 4 0 • view
Exactly. Medical staff were masked 8-12 hours a day. It is a shock that they didn’t die from breathing carbon dioxide.
aug 31, 2025, 3:21 am • 3 0 • view
Rebreathing all that dihydrogen monoxide will get you, first. www.dhmo.org
aug 31, 2025, 4:10 am • 1 0 • view
The first Covid death in my hospital was a social worker. Doctors and nurses died, but all sorts of other health workers and mental health workers did, too. 😞
aug 31, 2025, 7:06 am • 2 0 • view
Excellent point. There was a brief moment (lasting several months) when vaccine supplies were limited and rationing strategies were discussed a bit. This problem was eclipsed by the problem of convincing people to take the vaccine. 💉 uchv.princeton.edu/news/ethical...
aug 31, 2025, 2:04 pm • 1 0 • view
I lost 2 coworkers who chose to pray instead of getting the vaccine. Not all people in healthcare make good choices.
aug 30, 2025, 3:25 pm • 3 0 • view
She was in combat, of sorts. I hope she has the means and the luck to find a good therapist.
aug 30, 2025, 12:02 pm • 5 0 • view
Lots of people left healthcare it’s why the field is so short staffed. I retired Aug 2018 as NP. I felt guilt around not being able to help but I have autoimmune issues so chances are I might not be posting this. I had prev colleagues struggling emotionally at the time. 😩
aug 30, 2025, 6:33 pm • 1 0 • view