Ladies and gentlemen of the Twitterverse. I am an emergency physician. COVID has not hit where I live yet, but it is coming. Because of people needlessly hoarding N-95 masks, my ER has 2 boxes, with no estimate as to refill date. I will be literally covered in virus. 1/
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We are the only ER in a small city. The virus is highly transmissible. If my partners and I go down, we will be unable to care for patients for 2 weeks. There is no backup. There is no plan to be made to replace us if more than 1 go down at a time. 2/
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Care of heart attacks, delayed. Care of your momma’s pneumonia,delayed. People will suffer, I will have 2 weeks off with a bad cold, unable to help. Give us our fucking PPE back. If you’ve hoarded masks, donate them to your local ER. They will not help you. 3/
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But they make keep your frontline healthcare workers in the game to keep you and your family breathing, should you fall ill. Give them up. Now. ~ fin
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While I agree that hcws need to get ppe with priority, how come that it did not occur to your hospital to stock up in January or February? Did it not occur to anyone that the public will freak out once numbers go up in the US? Are you prepared for what's coming at all?
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