This popped up on my facebook page from a Doctor who works at a hospital in Prague and has been liked 128k times.
Roughly translated.
"We can't take it anymore. We don't sleep, we don't eat. The phone is ringing practically continuously. Sure, as doctors, we signed up for hard work, we knew what we were getting into. But this is different. This is a sprint and marathon rolled into one - it's intense. It takes a long time and the end is not yet in sight.
Despite repeatedly being told by the media if you are asymptomatic don't go for swabs, there are still a billion of them. So again - if you don't have any or only light symptoms, stay home, drink enough fluids, take paracetamol for your temperature and stay out of it (the hospital). I don't understand the logic of people who are afraid that they might have coronavirus coming to the only place where it is definitely clear that coronavirus is occurring.
People lie about their symptoms so we examine them and we know how badly they've manipulated the system. First of all - we are not completely stupid despite the sleep deficit and we can tell whether someone is sick or not and I'm insulted when someone makes me an asshole and acts like we're at a theater show. Secondly, they waste our time and energy (and medical supplies because even that is a commodity we need to take into account) that we could use for someone who really does need our care. I've been working in the healthcare industry for a while, but even when people stole our masks, I was surprised.
I would also appreciate it if people would stop yelling at me - on the phone and in person. I understand this is a stressful situation for you too, but you won't really increase my job efficiency. Sure you are mad at the government, you consider their measures too rough / insufficient / poorly communicated, I'll take it, but realize that you are yelling at a poor guy here who hasn't know how long this will last and who has roughly the same effect as the Prime Minister's decision as deciding tomorrow's weather in Sri Lanka.
Let's just act reasonable and treat each other like humans.
(P. S.: when you claim that corona virus is fine because only the old and / or sick will get affected , you're actually saying that these people don't matter and that they are not essential. That's not a great opinion. - No, no, no.
#staythefuckhome
Ask yourself - Do I feel lucky? Well do ya, punk?
