Yes. I also think people staying at home, sacrificing their families’ livelihood

Apr 4, 2020
8:49:45am

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in order to slow the virus are heroes too. How many people are out of a job resulting in their family suffering for the greater good. Those people are just as much heroes as the people still getting paid to fight the coronavirus.

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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

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