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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAZ Dr. Christina Bergin: We have sacrificed so much for you over these past 18 months.
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🧵 We have sacrificed so much for you over these past 18 months.
And it took only 3 days for you to destroy one of the last things I was hanging onto - the ability to keep my kids safe.
A big fear, more than for my own safety caring for hospitalized COVID patients, was 1/
that my kids or husband would get sick. Like so many other healthcare workers, I have an elaborate decontamination routine that I do faithfully after every single hospital shift, to try to decrease the risk of bringing the virus home to my family. 2/
I thought about staying in a hotel. I did all the grocery shopping alone since I was already getting exposed at work. We masked meticulously when not at home. Their school had fantastic safety protocols & we also took advantage of virtual options during weeks of highest risk 3/
of potential inadvertent transmission (after breaks when other families may have travelled). We pressed pause on participation in sports during the height of the summer & winter surges. We cancelled birthday parties, did virtual playdates, etc, etc. Why did I do all this? 4/
Because I know how bad this virus 🦠 can be, what it can do to even healthy individuals. Its not just death; its long covid, its profound debility after hospitalization, its damaged heart muscle & scarred lungs. Its persistent symptoms like poor exercise tolerance, 5/
fatigue, loss of smell/taste, prolonged cough, ongoing shortness of breath, etc., even after mild illness. I didnt want to risk any of that for my kids or my husband. And so weve been careful for 18 long months. Hubs & I got vaccinated 💉as soon as we were eligible. 6/
But our kids arent old enough to be eligible. And then you forced schools to reopen without the ability to implement the same measures that kept kids & staff safe last year. And you doubled down on that despite Delta🦠 being 2-3x as contagious & cases starting to surge again. 7/
And as a direct result, my kiddo, who Ive managed to keep from coming into contact with a known COVID+ person for 18 long months, was exposed within only 3 days of starting school. THREE DAYS.
Were still masking; we never stopped. My kids are great about wearing their masks. 8/
I bought the best quality masks I can find. But if others arent masking up also, my not-yet-old-enough-to-be-vaxxed kids can be, will be, & already have been exposed. And thats on you @dougducey & @AZGOP.
Im furious.
Im deeply disappointed at how many care so little 9/
for others in their community, for their kids friends & family members & teachers. That they care so little for the healthcare workers who have been beaten down over & over again for the past 18 months, but are picking themselves up to meet the monster yet again. 10/
We dont want you to call us heroes. We want you to give a damn about someone other than yourself. We want you to wear a piece of cloth over your nose & mouth for a little while. We want you to teach & expect your kids to do it too. So that we can *prevent suffering & death.* 11/
We have sacrificed so much for you over the past 18 months.
And it took only 3 days for you to destroy one of the last things I was hanging on to - the ability to keep my kids safe.
Kids & parents have the #Right2SafeAZSchools. Public health shouldnt be political.
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AZ Dr. Christina Bergin: We have sacrificed so much for you over these past 18 months. (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Aug 2021
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Girard442
(6,070 posts)1. Ultimately, the worst part of the Trump Era will be...
...finding out what depths of depravity our fellow Americans can sink to.
Irish_Dem
(47,022 posts)3. Trump brought America down to its lowest common denominator.
America has a very ugly underbelly.
Phoenix61
(17,003 posts)2. If I was a medical provider I'd have a really hard time
going to work. Im not surprised those near retirement are bowing out. Who can blame them?
crickets
(25,969 posts)4. This has reached a boiling point.
When government officials are so blatantly endangering the lives of children, something has to give.