I work in a hospital.
I was bringing a guy out to the exit and he gave me this sinceare, heartfelt ‘thank you for your service! I know it’s tough cause of all this covid crap, but I appreciate you, you guys don’t get enough credit, thank you so much, thank you for your service.’
I didn’t have the heart to tell him covid isn’t a big deal.
Like, guy, I just wear a mask all day and that’s it. My life hasn’t changed at all.
I don't mean any insult to OP with this comment, but;
I'm so tired of all this faux-hero worship directed at the medical community. I guess we just add medical staff the the bullshit list of other not-very-dangerous professions that we've been forced to include in the every expanding list of 'Heros'. Teachers, truck drivers, grocery store staff, I'm sure they've added another group while I was writing the list.
Give me a fucking break. Are these clowns getting paid still? Are they getting shot at on the daily? No? Then STFU and do your job.
I figure whores will be the next group added to the 'Hero' list, since ya know, they have to risk getting the coof to suck dick for money.
Here's another way to look at it that may help you see them differently. When covid hit in March, we were told it was killing people at a high rate with little way for us to know who it would hit the hardest. PPE was rationed and reports started coming in that around the world doctors and nurses were dying. In light of that news, people in the medical community rushed in still towards the unknown. That, to me, still warrants recognition.
I'm not impressed. Correctional staff get piss and shit thrown on them every day. Welders deal with unavoidable occupational hazards that are guaranteed to cause them serious health implications later in life. Roofers work in the blistering sun and freezing cold for pennies compared to what those doctors and nurses get paid.
You don't hear about the risks taken by those or any of the hundreds of other dangerous jobs people do every day. Know why? Cause they aren't out there constantly whining about it.
Did it occur to you, before you wrote yours, that I might be agreeing with him???
What difference is it to you? I wanted him to know my comment wasn't directed at him, but was a general statement on the hero worship BS I mentioned.
100%. Covid has not been THAT big of a deal.
You wear the N-95 when you go in the covid room, you do what you need to do, you're done.
Hospital staff have complained more about the mask mandate than having to deal with covid patients.