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My sister (30s) is currently hospitalized in the Twin Cities due to COVID complications. In spite of serious cardiac and respiratory complications, it took them over 3 hours to find a bed to admit her. As she went though a battery of tests today, 1/x
the respiratory therapist told her that their ICU is full and contains 7 young people who are there on ventilators due to COVID. The hardest part to swallow is that she was exposed because of her husband’s workplace. Once masks were politicized 2/x
many of his coworkers refused to wear them consistently. In addition, spread was quickened by our state’s lack of sufficient and comprehensive paid leave policies. Co-workers who weren’t feeling well still came to work because they were too concerned about losing income. 3/x
My sister did nearly everything right, but she is hospitalized and suffering because others felt it was their right to take as much personal risk as they wanted without full regard to the fact that it also put others at risk. 4/x
What many consider personal freedom often ends up being communal risk. If you don't recognize that simple fact and spent months casting doubt on simple preventative measures, you are NOT taking this seriously. 5/x
This surge wasn’t unavoidable. Never forget that it didn’t have to be like this. And now let's do everything we can to make sure it doesn't continue to be like this moving forward. Mask up and stay home Minnesota. /end
