"Did you know that healthcare workers can just quit? They can just quit. If the job gets too overwhelming, they can just quit and go home. They're not obligated to save our lives.""
"There's been a lot of talk about hospital beds, ventilators & pharmaceutical supplies. But listen, stack those supplies to the ceiling, and you still have to have someone administer that care. That skill set cannot be manufactured. We have who we have and that's going to be it."
"In the early days of this pandemic, NYC benefited from healthcare workers heroically coming in from across the country to help. But now? The cavalry is not on its way because they are already busy."
"You want volunteers from Texas? In El Paso they have refrigerated trucks full of dead bodies because the morgue cannot take anymore. You want volunteers from North Dakota? 100% of the hospital capacity in North Dakota is already taken up."
"I'm not taking about a forecast. I'm talking about right. now. Don't even look in the direction of Wisconsin.

In the US, 1 out of every 378 Americans have been diagnosed with COVID THIS WEEK."
"Healthcare workers: We are sorry for our mistakes. There is no apology that can make up for what we have done. You certainly did not deserve it. But I am begging you. Please do not give up on us." -@BecauseISaidIWould on Instagram
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