As U.S. Nears 200,000 Dead, Hospital Staff Reflect On Those Lost

"I'm living on adrenaline," says Dr. Joseph Varon, chief of critical care at Houston's United Memorial Medical Center."I'm going and going and going. And also the sense that if I don't do what I'm doing right now, nobody else is going to.""I have seen nurses cry in the middle of the day. I mean, just start crying because they cannot cope,"He makes it through the days by telling jokes, making fun of things.

After more than half a year treating COVID-19 patients,"the thing that I worry about and the thing that's most different is I worry about health care worker resilience,""You know, we're strong. We train in emergency medicine for this. We serve as witness to all the tragedy of the community. Working in a trauma center, we're the canaries in the mine of public health," Shah says.

Through the constant phone and video calls, Walker got close to the family."This is a family who had already lost two uncles and a cousin. And now we have mother and father. And we have [a] son who was trying to hold it together for everyone, and he had his own challenges.""They probably don't realize it, but they're there in my heart for the rest of my life," Walker says.

The parents died. But doctors didn't tell the man immediately, Varon says, because he was already depressed and they were worried about his mental health.

So sad. I took this picture today at Washington Monument

Normal, un-incentivized flu nears 100k every year...soooo... how many flu victims did you know 2 years ago? 2? double it ...wow 4 (worst case)

Well, Christ - let’s shut the biggest economy in the world down!

😞 hate hearing that.

colemarie 💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔

COVID deaths in Texas.

Sept 21, 2020 200,000 Dead Americans

Doom & Gloom.... 43 more days

Yes with a 98.5 % recovery rate

According to the president, if it was in a blue state, it doesnt count.

Texas leadership failed Texans. GovAbbott DanPatrick KenPaxtonTX So many unnecessary deaths.

I am sure there are thousands of such tragic stories that we never got to hear or read about. Thousands dying, and now hundreds of thousands suffering. All for what? Personal political gain. VoteBlue

I'm sure Trump will send him some paper towels in condolence.

What will it take for 45 supporters to believe?

Nobody could go to a funeral except the big production funerals for g.floyd.remember? Or get their hair done.unless they were mayors or govt types. Nobody could go to dinner.except democrate govt types. And.5 dem governors KNOWINGLY put sick people in senior facilities.Trump

And yet some Americans feel those deaths are acceptable since those people were older and in a risk category anyway.

The pain of each loss and so many lost sear our collective memory forever. So too the horrid reality of WHY so many died.

If China and their democrat slaves hadn't obstructed and withheld info less people would have died.

FU JohnCornyn tedcruz DanPatrick KenPaxtonTX GovAbbott this could have been prevented.

In Seattle, Dr. Sachita Shah of Harborview Medical Center says caring for COVID-19 patients is 'just part of our new life.'

This doctor, after this loss, now has a pre-existing condition the WH & Repugs now want to overturn healthcare coverage mandates on. BlueWave2020

This is so sad

TrumpVirusDeathToll203K

PattyArquette Omg, that is so sad! My ❤️ hurts for that young man!

If this period was anything, it was a test. What if the next big disease to wreak havoc on us is as contagious and as deadly as The Black Death? What will our most recent precedent tell us to do? Divide each other sharply? Embed a lack of trust in vital institutions? We failed.

But COVID is a hoax and is going to disappear in (last) April.

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If you refuse to wear a mask in public and/or social distance and you become infected with COVID-19 you automatically forfeit your right to medical care. Medical workers and first responders shouldn't have to suffer as a result of irresponsible people.

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Every day is a tragedy in Trump’s America.

This is the cost of ignoring science. This is the cost of putting your invisible friend above peer-reviewed research. This is what Texas chose. This is what Texas will pay well into the future. Willful ignorance & aggressive egos is the short term crack cocaine.

Wow. How sad. OK, let's destroy our economy then.

Trumpsfault

The plural of ancedote it not data. The story is emotional, but the data doesn't support the implications.

Nothing serious, the King is still ur King.

That's cool some funerals still get attention like Floyd with 500 attending!

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