medical workers keep telling me they're terrified to talk to journalists right now. several doctors and nurses in the US have been fired for speaking out about covid. it's deeply upsetting that people are being punished for saying openly that going to work could kill them

stories about the media clampdown at hospitals:

-- https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-04-03/fired-coronavirus-doctor
-- https://www.businessinsider.com/hca-healthcare-suspends-nurse-who-spoke-out-about-coronavirus-2020-4
-- https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-31/hospitals-tell-doctors-they-ll-be-fired-if-they-talk-to-press
-- https://mississippitoday.org/2020/04/05/two-mississippi-doctors-fired-after-speaking-out-about-coronavirus-safety/
-- https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2020/3/30/21200592/nurse-fired-mercy-hospital-retaliation-protective-masks-treating-coronavirus-patients-covid-19