It's possible for someone to do good and help others without rising to the level of a hero. At least it was prior to the expansion of the word to cover far mor

It's possible for someone to do good and help others without rising to the level of a hero. At least it was prior to the expansion of the word to cover far more than it originally did. We've gone from using the word to describe people who have taken a concrete action that makes them deserving of that description to using it to describe anyone that does a job that some people sometimes end up being heroes while doing them. Do I think most grocery store workers are heroes? No. I think it's possible to be one, but many essential elements are missing. Is that store in danger of closing because they don't have enough people to run it, and it's the only real method for people in the area to feasibly feed themselves, and while that worker really doesn't want to expose themselves, they see it as their duty to make sure the store stays open so the people around them have a way to feed themselves? That's a hero. If it's something you would do to help others at danger to yourself when presented to you even if money was taken out of the equation? You might be a hero. I think a great many police officers and firefighters would intervene in a situation they knew they could help in even if it was dangerous, and they were off duty. I don't think that makes every police officer or firefighter a hero. I am grateful for the people that continues to do their jobs even when it became more risky. I'll acknowledge that and I agree they helped us all, and I appreciate that and them. I don't think that makes them heroes. The Doctor in the article might feel somewhat offended if what she went through were deemed similar to what a grocery store worker went through. If I was a grocery store worker, I would feel ashamed and embarrassed if someone tried to equate what I went through to something like what medical staff in an ICU go through. Yet, when we use the same word to describe the achievements and sacrifices of them both, and it's the highest praise we have for that, how are we not doing exactly that to some degree?