Working in Healthcare Right Now
I had been pretty lucky to work in a part of healthcare where I didn’t have to have direct contact with COVID-19 patients on a regular basis. However, recently my company has told us we have to “volunteer” at our designated COVID-19 clinic where our patients get treatment. My husband being immune compromised doesn’t give me an excuse because EVERYONE in my company either has children, immune compromised relatives, or are immune compromised themselves. So, I started going. Luckily, we have enough PPE to cover us all, unlike hospitals and nursing homes. The patients I have come into contact with are pretty close to their “run” at the clinic. It has given me access to the vaccine earlier than others. My experience hasn’t been the worst.
This only makes me angrier when I see people not social distancing or masking up. It makes me furious to hear some people I called friends until this point talk about how they refuse to wear a mask because it does nothing for them or that only people who wear masks are getting the virus. How can people ignore science? How can they not care about other human beings to the point they willingly endanger their loved ones every time they walk out of the house? What possess them to be so...stupid? I honestly don’t know how I can call someone a friend if they have such a high disregard for themselves and others. Then, they get angry with me when I tell them we cannot be friends if they do not take the masks and social distancing seriously.
I fucking hate people somedays.
