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mahatmakanejeeves

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2. Health workers once saluted as heroes now get threats
Thu Sep 30, 2021, 02:33 PM
Sep 2021
Health workers once saluted as heroes now get threats

by HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and GRANT SCHULTE Associated Press Wednesday, September 29th 2021

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — More than a year after U.S. health care workers on the front lines against COVID-19 were saluted as heroes with nightly clapping from windows and balconies, some are being issued panic buttons in case of assault and ditching their scrubs before going out in public for fear of harassment.

Across the country, doctors and nurses are dealing with hostility, threats and violence from patients angry over safety rules designed to keep the scourge from spreading.

"A year ago, we're health care heroes and everybody's clapping for us," said Dr. Stu Coffman, a Dallas-based emergency room physician. "And now we're being in some areas harassed and disbelieved and ridiculed for what we're trying to do, which is just depressing and frustrating."

Cox Medical Center Branson in Missouri started giving panic buttons to up to 400 nurses and other employees after assaults per year tripled between 2019 and 2020 to 123, a spokeswoman said. One nurse had to get her shoulder X-rayed after an attack. ... Hospital spokeswoman Brandei Clifton said the pandemic has driven at least some of the increase. ... "So many nurses say, 'It's just part of the job,'" Clifton said. "It's not part of the job."

Some hospitals have limited the number of public entrances. In Idaho, nurses said they are scared to go to the grocery store unless they have changed out of their scrubs so they aren't accosted by angry residents. ... Doctors and nurses at a Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, hospital have been accused of killing patients by grieving family members who don't believe COVID-19 is real, said hospital spokeswoman Caiti Bobbitt. Others have been the subject of hurtful rumors spread by people angry about the pandemic. ... "Our health care workers are almost feeling like Vietnam veterans, scared to go into the community after a shift," Bobbitt said.

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K&R for visibility. nt tblue37 Sep 2021 #1
Health workers once saluted as heroes now get threats mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2021 #2
This is the result of 30+ years of right wing propaganda brainwashing on TV, the radio hadEnuf Sep 2021 #8
Why are they going to the hospitals if they don't believe in them? Stay home, don't get diagnosed, 33taw Sep 2021 #3
so here you are as a healthcare worker, NJCher Sep 2021 #4
I've seen this on my sister's stupid town's FB page. People are convinced pnwmom Sep 2021 #5
My nephew spent 3 days KT2000 Sep 2021 #6
Kinda makes me believe in zombies. dchill Sep 2021 #7
It does look like something has eaten their brains. lagomorph777 Sep 2021 #9
Like Ray Liotta in that Hannibal Lecter movie... dchill Sep 2021 #23
They should go to the barn and eat their ivermectin UpInArms Sep 2021 #10
Time to Rebl2 Sep 2021 #11
The Idaho Governor and Attorney General DO NOT BELIEVE in science or law. Ford_Prefect Sep 2021 #12
And now Ammon Bundy wants to run for Gov. Frying pan, meet fire. soldierant Sep 2021 #13
Frog meet scorpion! Ford_Prefect Sep 2021 #16
Thanks. soldierant Sep 2021 #20
As I recall it the Idaho GOP is not enamored of Ammon in the least. Ford_Prefect Sep 2021 #21
From your keyboard to God's monitor. soldierant Sep 2021 #22
Whoever has the most commercials showing Mr.Bill Oct 2021 #29
Fun video at the link. Thanks. NT mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2021 #24
YVW. soldierant Oct 2021 #25
If it sounds like a cult Roc2020 Sep 2021 #14
As I have been saying for over a decade DENVERPOPS Oct 2021 #30
I would pack my stuff and move to a blue state. Jon King Sep 2021 #15
BINGO DENVERPOPS Oct 2021 #28
Kick and recommend for visibility bronxiteforever Sep 2021 #17
If they're infected and don't believe. They shouldn't be admitted into any hospital. onecaliberal Sep 2021 #18
K and R for visibility Stuart G Sep 2021 #19
Worried Mom McKim Oct 2021 #26
People in my office are now spreading the lie that you cannot donate blood if you are vaccinated. Ziggysmom Oct 2021 #27
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