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ICU. [pt. 3]
At the end of our interview, I asked Katherine how she felt when she saw those now seminal images of speedo and bikini clad bodies stretched across the sands of iconic Bondi Beach…
‘It’s heartbreaking. Seeing those images was really heartbreaking. Seeing those people not really making that community effort”
Brazen with dedication, doctors like Katherine and Rita are some of the lower paid in our medical system yet they’re showing up day in, day out, putting their lives on the line for us.
How could those outliers on Bondi beach lack that intensive care for the people we need most right now?
How could they completely disregard social distancing measures that would help flatten the curve?
How could they do this knowing they’re disrespecting these brave soldiers, in public hospitals, at medical centres, on our frontlines, fighting this battle so selflessly. Knowing that staying home, will actually help save these hero medics lives, so they can continue working to save ours.
Reading over my notes tonight, watching these raw interviews back, I just can’t help but wonder how Rita, Katherine and all of the others on the frontline I had the privilege of meeting, get to sleep at night.
As I lay my body to rest, the tears release from my heart, the trenches in my mind still emblazoned with images of what this new world could look like if we don’t ALL do every single bit we can, to protect those at greatest risk.
To protect our most vulnerable.
To protect one another.
And I just hope that those deniers who do more damage to Rita than they know, those outliers that continue to break Katherines heart, will think about that, the next time they decide to go out unnecessarily…
ICU.
They see you.
We all see you.
At the end of our interview, I asked Katherine how she felt when she saw those now seminal images of speedo and bikini clad bodies stretched across the sands of iconic Bondi Beach…
‘It’s heartbreaking. Seeing those images was really heartbreaking. Seeing those people not really making that community effort”
Brazen with dedication, doctors like Katherine and Rita are some of the lower paid in our medical system yet they’re showing up day in, day out, putting their lives on the line for us.
How could those outliers on Bondi beach lack that intensive care for the people we need most right now?
How could they completely disregard social distancing measures that would help flatten the curve?
How could they do this knowing they’re disrespecting these brave soldiers, in public hospitals, at medical centres, on our frontlines, fighting this battle so selflessly. Knowing that staying home, will actually help save these hero medics lives, so they can continue working to save ours.
Reading over my notes tonight, watching these raw interviews back, I just can’t help but wonder how Rita, Katherine and all of the others on the frontline I had the privilege of meeting, get to sleep at night.
As I lay my body to rest, the tears release from my heart, the trenches in my mind still emblazoned with images of what this new world could look like if we don’t ALL do every single bit we can, to protect those at greatest risk.
To protect our most vulnerable.
To protect one another.
And I just hope that those deniers who do more damage to Rita than they know, those outliers that continue to break Katherines heart, will think about that, the next time they decide to go out unnecessarily…
ICU.
They see you.
We all see you.