When caring means burning out…

A story about the sacrifice health care workers make every day. Here is a powerful excerpt. I encourage you to read the entire article.

« For many health-care workers, the toll of the pandemic goes beyond physical exhaustion. COVID-19 has eaten away at the emotional core of their work. “To be a nurse, you really have to care about people,” Neville said. But when an ICU is packed with COVID-19 patients, most of whom are likely to die, “to protect yourself, you just shut down. You get to the point when you realize that you’ve become a machine.

There’s only so many bags you can zip…. »

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/11/third-surge-breaking-healthcare-workers/617091/?fbclid=IwAR1BDlmTyxAX8S21Q3TnfN-G-BG4HLbpt9NWH8Q4eKbICz6EFjPoVzb1mgE

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