Exhaustion

[canetoad]

I'm not a healthcare worker although I had an extremely physically demanding job when I was younger.

Watching Rachel and The Last Word, seeing those totally exhausted, demoralised, frustrated and betrayed doctors and nurses, holding their heads in their hands, sheer exhaustion seeping through the gaps in their fingers like cold, grey mucous - my heart broke.

This tragedy is beyond Trump, who has never felt a day of physical exhaustion in his life. Never considered that the wellbeing of another human was worth more than his own flaccid skin.

I don't know how there will be any relief for these exhausted workers.

[bamagal62]

1. I don't know how they do it.

It's heartbreaking.
I'm thoroughly exhausted just from cooking and cleaning for everybody all the time.
And, I only know one person who has died from it. And, that alone was so very, very sad.
They see many people die alone everyday.
I can't imagine what it's like to be on the frontlines with this virus.
They are all heroes.

[Rainbow Droid]

2. I've found it hard to fathom how any past Trump supporter can still support him.

But then, I've felt that way for quite some time, and the longer they continue to ignore his criminal behavior, narcissism, pathological lying, cowardice, incompetence, and total lack of humanity, the more I realize that Trump isn't the only American "lizard in a human suit" -- it's only natural for such hateful human wreckage to love Trump. He is one of them.

[Duppers]

3. They listen to Faux and only Faux.

I was surprised when I learned how well most of them keep themselves in that bubble. They also have personalities issues generally.

[Rainbow Droid]

4. It keeps coming back to confirmation bias and those that do it the most refuse to consider it.

You know, in the same vein as "Gaslighting isn't a real thing. It's something you came up with yourself because you're fucking crazy."

Hard to reason with such insanity.

[Maru Kitteh]

5. Joe Biden. If you care about any of us, at all. Give Joe or support however you can.

So many people are dying because of Trump. Our grocery store workers and others should have had N95s a long time ago, let alone everyone in health care.

Trump wants to dole out the PPE and vents to those who pay proper tribute, and he's holding my life as some kind of sick bargaining chip to extract his "due."

[Ponietz]

7. Scump is cosplaying Kathy Bates' character in Misery

That’s the Stephen King novel we’re in.

[gibraltar72]

6. My guess when they are actually working they just keep going.

But when they stop they crash. I never did anything like they are doing. But after the Palm Sunday tornadoes in Mi. I worked 37 hours without stopping. The need and adrenaline kept me going I didn't know I was tired until the Sheriff said go home. It was then it hit me like a weight falling on me. I could barely drive the three blocks to my home.