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Horse with no Name

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36. I have never seen something to awful

Fri Mar 20, 2020, 03:31 PM

Mar 2020

And the fact that it is in slow motion makes it that much worse.
We’ve all run into emergency situations and grabbed what we could on the way in.
Thanks for your service my friend.
May we all make it out alive.

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As an RN....I can tell you [View all] Horse with no Name Mar 2020 OP

Please take care of yourself still_one Mar 2020 #1

To ALL health care workers, first responders, paramedics, front-liners, Haggis for Breakfast Mar 2020 #74

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE! BamaRefugee Mar 2020 #2

+1000 This. paleotn Mar 2020 #70

Thank you and wishing you continued health . Very sad about support now AND then. Take care lunasun Mar 2020 #3

+1 keithbvadu2 Mar 2020 #4

I'm horrified at what we are being asked to do. AllyCat Mar 2020 #5

Me too Horse with no Name Mar 2020 #6

Thanks to the irresponsible actions of DeSantis letting spring breakers party away.... SunSeeker Mar 2020 #13

Suddenly, in the middle of my shift tonight, we err told to wear masks AllyCat Mar 2020 #72

My employer eilen Mar 2020 #82

Affecting morticians, pathologists, and coroners too backtoblue Mar 2020 #7

We buried my father in law yesterday. MontanaMama Mar 2020 #31

I'm so sorry your loss... and to have it occur under these conditions. deurbano Mar 2020 #40

I'm so sorry for your loss backtoblue Mar 2020 #61

K&R spanone Mar 2020 #8

Thank you, and stay safe! GreenPartyVoter Mar 2020 #9

You have already done "enough to make it worth it", no Name Leghorn21 Mar 2020 #10

It's insane that the CDC told nurses to wear bandanas if out of face masks. SunSeeker Mar 2020 #11

Your hospital IS totally unsafe, as are everyone else's. That's where we are. Maru Kitteh Mar 2020 #16

Unsafe, but profitable (for the few, whom you'll never see at the hospitals they own) Hermit-The-Prog Mar 2020 #24

Thank you for what you are doing Marrah_Goodman Mar 2020 #12

We have no N95s. We have been issued a single face shield each that we must bag and reuse. Maru Kitteh Mar 2020 #14

Looks like we're like India, where poor patients must show up with their own surgical supplies. SunSeeker Mar 2020 #18

I have never seen something to awful Horse with no Name Mar 2020 #36

If you have an Aramsco in your area go in and see if they have any N95's. 58Sunliner Mar 2020 #42

Some countries have already drafted their retirees back into service IronLionZion Mar 2020 #15

That is wrong.....just wrong. Doreen Mar 2020 #32

I am a Med-Surg RN. I work with post transplant patients among others ismnotwasm Mar 2020 #17

You are an angel. SunSeeker Mar 2020 #19

+1000 llmart Mar 2020 #23

Bless you for your service Horse with no Name Mar 2020 #38

You as well ismnotwasm Mar 2020 #52

Amen uponit7771 Mar 2020 #64

Link to Slack site matching mask makers and medical recipients jmbar2 Mar 2020 #20

I don't see a way to access this to volunteer. n/t Ms. Toad Mar 2020 #39

Try this jmbar2 Mar 2020 #48

Still doesn't work Ms. Toad Mar 2020 #62

Sorry, I'm not a Slack master yet jmbar2 Mar 2020 #63

As a healthcare worker bdamomma Mar 2020 #21

Respect and gratitude cp Mar 2020 #22

Thank you for all of your service! berksdem Mar 2020 #25

I am disgusted that the Trump Admin is sitting on its ass instead of Sloumeau Mar 2020 #26

Trump would have allied us with the Nazis to fight Japan... hunter Mar 2020 #78

You and I have been on DU for 15 years now.... Pachamama Mar 2020 #27

FWIW. Thank you to you and all the frontline dedicated personnel who are making herculean efforts to alwaysinasnit Mar 2020 #28

My wife is retired from 40+ years in nursing. Mr.Bill Mar 2020 #29

It's not right. hamsterjill Mar 2020 #30

When my wife, a retired RN was still working Mr.Bill Mar 2020 #33

facts being facts, still gibraltar72 Mar 2020 #34

Recommended. H2O Man Mar 2020 #35

3D Printed Masks moreland01 Mar 2020 #37

Please make this an OP!!! Lars39 Mar 2020 #47

Yes please, and report back! I've already passed this along to someone I know w a 3D printer! Hekate Mar 2020 #69

Makemasks.com Slack group jmbar2 Mar 2020 #60

You are a legit hero, and all of those risking their life to help us all 0nirevets Mar 2020 #41

I used to tell people I went into nursing Warpy Mar 2020 #43

K&R and 1,000,000 Thank-you's diva77 Mar 2020 #44

I wondered about that, too Skittles Mar 2020 #45

Thank you. These words are inadequate to acknowledge your sacrifice. 💐 MLAA Mar 2020 #46

Resources KTrahan Mar 2020 #49

This post really touched me...thanks for letting us know how it feels. Gut wrenching. Karadeniz Mar 2020 #50

Absolutely! FarPoint Mar 2020 #51

My aunt was a nurse. You folks are saints. God bless. Joinfortmill Mar 2020 #53

Please take care of yourself and thank you for all you are doing. dewsgirl Mar 2020 #54

I am bewildered... FarPoint Mar 2020 #55

+1 Locrian Mar 2020 #57

+1 uponit7771 Mar 2020 #65

I don't mean to be crass, but healthcare workers are among the few with job security these days. Goodheart Mar 2020 #56

We face death and possibly spreading COVID.. FarPoint Mar 2020 #58

My wife cannot isolate herself from people who are sick. She is on the front lines. hunter Mar 2020 #79

"Thank you" sounds so terribly trite lillypaddle Mar 2020 #59

From my best friend, urgent care frontline. leighbythesea2 Mar 2020 #66

Thank you seta1950 Mar 2020 #67

Thank you and all medical staff Catherine Vincent Mar 2020 #68

the country will pay a human price for this no doubt AlexSFCA Mar 2020 #71

Thank you for being there for us Bluethroughu Mar 2020 #73

Thank you RhodeIslandOne Mar 2020 #75

My daughter told me her hospital exboyfil Mar 2020 #76

You're my hero! radical noodle Mar 2020 #77

Like how troops were buying their own armor BadgerKid Mar 2020 #80

I work for a huge healthcare system.... McCamy Taylor Mar 2020 #81

My Daughter McKim Mar 2020 #83