Nurse's passionate plea for the world to take COVID-19 seriously
- 4 years ago
This nurse from Arizona took to social media as a plea to her friends, family and the world to take the coronavirus more seriously.
The clip was filmed on July 16 straight after nurse Kelly Lornan had witnessed another patient die from the virus while working in the ICU in Phoenix.
Kelly told Newsflare:; "I was sitting in my living room, exhausted after some really hard COVID shifts and feeling exhausted.
"My baby was crying, and I was feeling guilty about not being at work and overwhelmingly sad and angry that people on social media either didn't believe covid was real, or that it was an inconvenience to wear a mask.
"So I just pressed record and started talking about the shift I had just worked, and how I had lost yet another patient with an amazing family who loved her very much.
"I never thought, as a nurse, that I would lose so many patients in such terrible circumstances with absolutely no way to stop it," she added.
In the video, Lornan is heard saying: "We’re discouraged because we’re not feeling the support around us, by our communities who, for whatever reason, feel like they should not have to wear a mask because it’s uncomfortable or impedes on your rights.
"Let me tell you what’s uncomfortable, holding an iPad so my beautiful patients family can be FaceTime'd while their eldest sibling stands in the room, with a mask and full PPE, at her mother’s side while we turn off all medications that were sustaining her life as we let her pass away on a ventilator.
"We aren’t asking for much, we are asking for compassion, and value human lives over your freedom."
The clip was filmed on July 16 straight after nurse Kelly Lornan had witnessed another patient die from the virus while working in the ICU in Phoenix.
Kelly told Newsflare:; "I was sitting in my living room, exhausted after some really hard COVID shifts and feeling exhausted.
"My baby was crying, and I was feeling guilty about not being at work and overwhelmingly sad and angry that people on social media either didn't believe covid was real, or that it was an inconvenience to wear a mask.
"So I just pressed record and started talking about the shift I had just worked, and how I had lost yet another patient with an amazing family who loved her very much.
"I never thought, as a nurse, that I would lose so many patients in such terrible circumstances with absolutely no way to stop it," she added.
In the video, Lornan is heard saying: "We’re discouraged because we’re not feeling the support around us, by our communities who, for whatever reason, feel like they should not have to wear a mask because it’s uncomfortable or impedes on your rights.
"Let me tell you what’s uncomfortable, holding an iPad so my beautiful patients family can be FaceTime'd while their eldest sibling stands in the room, with a mask and full PPE, at her mother’s side while we turn off all medications that were sustaining her life as we let her pass away on a ventilator.
"We aren’t asking for much, we are asking for compassion, and value human lives over your freedom."