Mask-wearing, getting vaccine is patriotic
Kristen Jordan Shamus
Detroit Free Press
... "When people decide where they're going to get their trusted information and it is from Facebook or from any of these other websites, it's very hard to fight that," said Rosenthal, who works both in a Detroit hospital's emergency room and with the National Disaster Medical System to help wherever there's a need in times of crisis ...
"We go in and say, 'What are your needs? What do you need us to do?' And we do it as long as it's within our capabilities," said Rosenthal, 66, who's worked more than two decades for the NDMS. Created by Congress in the 1980s, the medical service deploys teams of health care workers to help out in medical emergencies and fill gaps in the U.S. health care system ...
"I think as healers or as physicians, we try to heal. We're there to help. And yes, we can feel that people make bad decisions. We say all the time if you don't wear a seat belt and you get ejected from the car, your chance of survival is not very good. But do I still treat the patient? Yes. But it might not be enough" ...
"One in 500 Americans has died to COVID," Rosenthal said. "I try to talk to people about being a patriot. It's really helping your fellow American" ...
https://www.freep.com/story/news/health/2021/10/04/covid-surge-national-disaster-medical-system-doctor-michigan/5892710001/
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