An open letter from UW Health staff to WI residents

[madwivoter]

Thousands of UW staff and faculty have written an open letter to the people of Wisconsin. This could be an open letter to anyone, no matter where they live. I hope it has an impact.

Wisconsin, we love you. Many of us grew up here, others chose to live here. We all work to serve you. We will do anything we can to take care of you. You are our neighbors and our family.

Sometimes you have to have hard conversations with family.

Inside our hospitals, we have patients gasping for breath, needing a ventilator to survive and too often dying. Many of them were walking around healthy just days before. Some tell us they didn’t think COVID-19 was serious. Others say they just wanted to live their lives and get back to normal.

Outside our hospitals, we still see big gatherings with no masks. We hear about Thanksgiving dinner plans that will send even more people to our already very full COVID-19 units — units full of patients who might not survive a fight with this virus.

Local story: https://www.nbc15.com/2020/11/22/thousands-of-uw-health-faculty-staff-issue-open-letter-to-wisconsin-family/
Link to the letter: https://coronavirus.uwhealth.org/an-open-letter-to-the-people-of-wisconsin/

[dweller]

1. The list of signatures to that letter

is epic 😳

✌🏻

[secondwind]

2. You have to see it to believe it. Wow!

[AllyCat]

3. Yay! So glad to see this. I hope it helps.

Have worked with many of these fine folks.

[dchill]

4. K&R.

[BobTheSubgenius]

5. And that such a beautiful letter with such a sensible message that will reach....what?

100 people swayed to seeing the situation for what it is? Too generous? FML

[madwivoter]

6. Sigh, I know.

I've been watching the local news in a few areas of WI (we're in the Madison area and it's getting good coverage). Nothing in northern WI yet (where much of our family resides). Messages like this (no matter who pens them) need to be blasted far and wide.

[Jimbo S]

7. A full page ad in the Sunday paper

A pleasant surprise to see. Looking out for their staff. My folks are in assisted living in Madison, so Thanksgiving will consist of a Zoom call.

[madwivoter]

8. So glad to hear it!

I hope your family stays healthy.

Our Thanksgiving is going to be Zoom with several family members, then another call later with a few friends.

Take care