Sister-in-law
She is a nurse at Queen's Hospital in Honolulu, Hawaii. (Here she is at home.) My brother bought her some new gear for work, probably from an industrial supply company. She looks happy with her new protections. (Photo by my brother, of course.)
My brother is immuno-suppressed from having a bone marrow transplant last year. Needless to say, they are both quite frightened these days. Before leaving the hospital and again when she comes home, she meticulously decontaminates herself, but it's still a pretty high risk situation.
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Taken on Tuesday March 24, 2020
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Jean Paul Capdeville said:
Diane Putnam replied to Jean Paul Capdeville:
Taormina said:
Especially sick people and those whose immune systems are weak.
Those who suffer from pre-existing conditions must be treated with particular care.
If we go to elderly people or know that diabetes or other lung diseases are involved,
we protect ourselves with masks against possible infections.
Just like the doctors in the hospitals. However, we could not work in such protective clothing.
But we know that there are cases where the protection is even more extensive.
I guess your sister-in-law doesn't have to protect herself in a hospital.
She'll be provided everything? And I think... it's a necessary way to decontaminate.
Hopefully this will all be over soon and we can get some normalcy back.
So many greetings from Germany, where the virus has us quite hard in its grip.
Like everyone else, we stick to rules that don't really suit us and make the best of it.
All the best to you and your loved ones.
Diane Putnam replied to Taormina:
Ulrich John said:
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kiiti said:
I wash my hands more than a mask.
Diane Putnam replied to kiiti:
Keith Burton said:
Those who fight this virus on the front lines are today's true heroes!
Diane Putnam replied to Keith Burton:
Steve Bucknell said:
It’s humbling to think of people so young walking onto wards full of desperately ill people.
Diane Putnam replied to Steve Bucknell:
The medical workers make me think of Chernobyl and the brave men who did their jobs knowing the danger.
Jean Paul Capdeville said:
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ColRam said: