A quick https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧵" title="Thread" aria-label="Emoji: Thread"> about healthcare systems during and after a crisis.

After 9/11 we said we would never forget.

Yet, many did.

We said we would take care of our first responders.

But we did not.

We made dying heroes fight for what we had promised them. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/06/how-lawmakers-protected-and-failed-9-11-first-responders.html">https://nymag.com/intellige...
Ultimately after relentless public shaming legislation was finally passed to fund the 9/11 victims healthcare fund despite two awful Republicans failed the men and women who ran toward the burning twin towers to save American lives on that horrifying day. https://www.newsweek.com/despite-temporary-republican-roadblocks-congress-renews-9-11-victims-fund-1450712">https://www.newsweek.com/despite-t...
At the same time our healthcare workers are not being provided adequate and also required PPE to protect their health during this crisis, further endangering not only their lives, but the lives of their families as well. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/19/health/coronavirus-masks-shortage.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/1...
As these heroes risk their lives, & the lives of their loved ones without the appropriate personal protective gear, instead of receiving needed support, they’re receiving a pink slip. Further reducing the number of medical professionals during this crisis. https://fortune.com/2020/03/31/coronavirus-shortages-hospitals-doctors-fired-face-masks-ppe/">https://fortune.com/2020/03/3...
Some healthcare professionals have already died due to #COVIDー19, and it is likely many more will.

Note: This memoriam includes names of healthcare workers both here https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇺🇸" title="Flag of United States" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of United States"> and worldwide. https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/927976">https://www.medscape.com/viewartic...
Which brings me to the purpose of this thread:
As you sit at home wondering how you can help, please consider contacting your state representatives to let them know the heroes of #COVIDー19 should not be allowed to be forgotten. These people and their families will need support.
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