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I don’t know how these healthcare workers do it. Why would I put my physical and mental health in danger to save people who are that selfish? I suspect many of

I don’t know how these healthcare workers do it. Why would I put my physical and mental health in danger to save people who are that selfish? I suspect many of them need the job. But those who do it out of a sense of duty are better people than I am I guess.

imoverclocked 6y ago
I have an aunt who was forced to come into work at her hospital before stay-at-home orders were in effect in Florida. Not complying meant professional consequences.
wil421 6y ago
I’m shocked that people who’s job it is to save sick people actually have to save sick people. These people took an oath to help people. You can’t pick and choose who you help based on intelligence or even mental illness. It’s also shocking firefighters have to run into fires. /s
- rusk 6y ago
  Actually - nurse in OP has quit. That’s one less person.
- jimkleiber 6y ago
  I think it's the number of people they have to save in such a short time. Using the firefighter example, it would be like all of a sudden, the whole city caught on fire. And then once the city is out, the next city catches on fire and because there aren't enough firefighters there, you go to help. And then once that city is out, the next, etc. Added on top of the fact they are worried they'll catch the virus and maybe even spread it to their loved ones. In the US at least, I imagine most nurses thought they would work with less or non-infectious diseases, like cardiovascular diseases, not an outbreak that could lead them to infecting and killing people they loved. Again, I think there are just some variables that make this situation different than what they thought they were signing up for.
phobosanomaly 6y ago
Ambition leads people to med school, med school brainwashes people into the sense of duty thing, and then the first ten years of clinical practice unravel that into a jaded spiral of misanthropy (but by that point you're sill paying off interest on that 100k debt, so what else are you going to do?).
eznzt 6y ago
Healthcare pays very, very well.

imoverclocked 6y ago

I have an aunt who was forced to come into work at her hospital before stay-at-home orders were in effect in Florida. Not complying meant professional consequences.

wil421 6y ago

I’m shocked that people who’s job it is to save sick people actually have to save sick people. These people took an oath to help people. You can’t pick and choose who you help based on intelligence or even mental illness. It’s also shocking firefighters have to run into fires. /s

rusk 6y ago
Actually - nurse in OP has quit. That’s one less person.
jimkleiber 6y ago
I think it's the number of people they have to save in such a short time. Using the firefighter example, it would be like all of a sudden, the whole city caught on fire. And then once the city is out, the next city catches on fire and because there aren't enough firefighters there, you go to help. And then once that city is out, the next, etc. Added on top of the fact they are worried they'll catch the virus and maybe even spread it to their loved ones. In the US at least, I imagine most nurses thought they would work with less or non-infectious diseases, like cardiovascular diseases, not an outbreak that could lead them to infecting and killing people they loved. Again, I think there are just some variables that make this situation different than what they thought they were signing up for.

phobosanomaly 6y ago

Ambition leads people to med school, med school brainwashes people into the sense of duty thing, and then the first ten years of clinical practice unravel that into a jaded spiral of misanthropy (but by that point you're sill paying off interest on that 100k debt, so what else are you going to do?).

eznzt 6y ago

Healthcare pays very, very well.