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Apr 4, 2020
6:53
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CoachSpeak
Intervention Needed
Not really I don’t...
and I say that as my wife, oldest daughter, sister, niece, and cousin are all RNs. They’re all great caring nurses who work very hard but “heroic” is probably a bit of hyperbole.
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POLL: Do you think health care workers are truly heroic?
BYU_Hoops
4/4/20 6:50am
Not really I don’t...
CoachSpeak
4/4/20 6:53am
No. They show up and do the job they signed up for just like everyone else.
Backcountry
4/4/20 6:55am
My thought as well. Accountants work 90 hours a week during tax season.
BYU_Hoops
4/4/20 6:55am
Do those 90 hour work weeks put the accountant and his/her family in potential mortal danger?
Cheesy Gordita
4/4/20 7:08am
Falling asleep at the wheel. 🙂
Trent
4/4/20 8:04am
Pour one out for all the accountants out there
nolecoug
4/4/20 7:33am
Thank you for your service.
chago04
4/5/20 7:31am
Does this thinking extend to servicemembers?
Cheesy Gordita
4/4/20 7:05am
For any service career field, the answer is always---it depends
Goliath
4/4/20 7:13am
I am grateful for them. I think many people are heroic in all kinds of fields w
johnnybyu
4/4/20 6:58am
More so if they are having to work without protection
buffgato
4/4/20 7:01am
Some of them are, some of them aren't. Just like the military.
Goliath
4/4/20 7:02am
The ones working in hotspots like Detroit, New Orleans and NYC: yes
spinner
4/4/20 7:05am
The ones currently working in hotspots without sufficient PPE, absolutely.
vagabonder
4/4/20 7:08am
“The dictionary defines a hero as...”
IGlowInTheDark
4/4/20 7:19am
When you are in a situation where you are (1) the primary contact at a hospital (2) you don't have the proper
Tarbo
4/4/20 7:27am
Some are, some aren't...
CougarBuddy
4/4/20 7:40am
Hero isn't the right word. Heroism in my mind involves a direct confrontation
Harbinger
4/4/20 7:48am
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Dr MoBYU
4/4/20 8:32am
Yes. I also think people staying at home, sacrificing their families’ livelihood
BYUCLA
4/4/20 8:49am
So my friend who leaves her family to go work in the ER
Celeritas
4/4/20 9:03am
She's awesome. Props. She also signed up for it voluntarily and is being
Backcountry
4/4/20 9:07am
That’s tough. It’s also voluntary and she gets paid a lot to do it.
BYU_Hoops
4/4/20 12:18pm
Paid a lot? What do you think nurses make? Most are just above an elementary school teacher in pay scale.
Tarbo
4/5/20 4:42am
There needs to be an option between 1 and 2.
HeismanTy
4/4/20 9:06am
^^^^THIS^^^^
Reasonable1
4/4/20 1:05pm
The amount of schooling and clinicals and internships that many of them have to
DeekLyfter
4/4/20 2:39pm
Agree. I have an enormous amount of respect for doctos for that reason
Backcountry
4/4/20 3:48pm
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