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An abridged thread on #COVIDsk written by my wonderful wife on FB (she doesn't tweet):
"I have seen so many posts from my colleagues begging the public to understand what is happening with COVID. At this point I feel like our voices are not being heard, but I have to try anyway"
"I have seen so many posts from my colleagues begging the public to understand what is happening with COVID. At this point I feel like our voices are not being heard, but I have to try anyway"
"The comments on these posts are full of conspiracy theories, rants about how we don't understand the impact of a lock down, and calls for us to "do our own research." I hate when people argue the numbers are bad because it is spreading within our vulnerable populations."
"Our vulnerable did not bring this virus into SK. The outbreaks are our failure - not theirs. We are failing the elderly, the vulnerable, and our children by doing too little, too late. My heart breaks when people downplay the life of another because they have comorbidities."
"I'm an emerg nurse in my 30s, wife, mom, friend, and daughter. I recently tested positive for #COVID19. I also have comorbidities, am 'high risk', and struggle more than most to recover from illness. I am lucky that I did not require hospitalization, but that fear was very real"
"However, that fear was nothing compared to the fear that I had infected someone else. Our bubble has been extremely small since COVID began and I am extremely mindful of all precautions. To my knowledge I did not infect anyone, but that possibility is what made me lose sleep."
"Can we reframe how we are thinking about this? If I had died, would it have made you feel better to tell people I had comorbidities? Is my life worth less than others because I have comorbidities? Is that what you would have told my family while trying to comfort them?"
"Can we stop dismissing these deaths because those who died were vulnerable? Can we quit using their vulnerability to justify not doing what we have to do to prevent the spread of this virus?"
"The %age of Canadians with comorbidities is very high - and these are comorbidities that they KNOW about. Many have comorbidities they DON'T KNOW about (e.g. hypertension). Disease and complications often lurk beneath the surface."
"Let's think differently. When I present to teenagers about risky behaviour I ask them to hold something important to them in their mind before doing something potentially harmful. Perhaps a trip with their family or a big game at school. Now imagine that you got COVID."
"The symptoms of COVID that I still have are exhaustion, headaches, and loss of smell and taste. Knowing that these symptoms can linger, consider:"
"Do you love going to the gym or playing a sport? What if after #COVID19 you are too exhausted to get through a regular day and participate in the sport that you used to love?"
"Do you enjoy cooking/eating/baking? What if your sense of taste and smell were lost and you were no longer able to enjoy what you've made? That you were now eating purely to survive with no enjoyment at all."
"Do you enjoy reading? What if the headaches that persist worsen as you try to focus on a favorite book?
These are the 'mild' symptoms that can and are lingering for me right now. I don't know when or if they will get better, but they are impacting me."
These are the 'mild' symptoms that can and are lingering for me right now. I don't know when or if they will get better, but they are impacting me."
"The experts are sharing facts. It is not fear mongering to say that we are averaging >260 cases a day, our ICUs are full, and that we have doubled our total number of COVID deaths in the past week. These are facts that will get worse with inaction and resistance."
"Pretending that we can live like we did prior to the pandemic is not going to work. We are living in a new, hopefully temporary world, and we need to take it seriously."
"Please care, care about something or someone that is going to help you make decisions to minimize your risk and others. Wash your hands, wear a mask, distance, and stay home, stay home, stay home." -M Thoma BSN, RN
