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Covid 19, was a sickness that took us all by surprise! Healthcare workers everywhere could have never been prepared for anything like it.  I personally worked on the ambulance during the Pandemic and the best description of Covid 19, was a “batttlefield”

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COVID-19, also known coronavirus disease 2019, is a condition caused by a virus. The virus is called severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, or more commonly, SARS-CoV-2. It begin in 2019, and steadily carried on to 2020. We still see people today with it, but nothing like we did in 2019. 

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Covid 19 sadly is very contagious, some people get it a lot easier than others.  A person with the virus can have no symptoms and be spread to several innocent individuals without them ever realizing it , due to symptoms not showing up for several days later.  It is spread by air droplets, that can be spread in air, or on surfaces such as grocery carts, or door handles.  Air droplets that contain the virus are breathed in through the respiratory tract and even public restrooms, through the gastrointestinal tract.

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During the beginning of the outbreak, Mississippians along with states everywhere tuned in to their local news channels to get updates daily during the peak of Covid 19. Tate Reeves was a busy man during the outbreak, and kept Mississippi informed. Some people actually believed Covid was just like the flu or sinus infection, while healthcare workers everywhere still have PTSD from the deaths we saw during the pandemic.

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This is sad, and this was just from 2020-2022…

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This is sad, and this was just from 2020-2022…

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Sadly Covid doesn’t have a victim it wouldn’t affect, the most vulnerable were immune compromised, the elderly and Children.

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Sadly Covid doesn’t have a victim it wouldn’t affect, the most vulnerable were immune compromised, the elderly and Children.

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If we heard it once, we heard it 100x or more, wash your hands, cover your mouth when you cough, and nose when you sneeze.  During the outbreak, face mask were wore by everyone, not for only their own protection from contacting Covid, but to protect others around them from getting it if they had contacting it without knowing it.  Hand sanitizer, Lysol,face mask and gloves were a very scarce thing. 

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Prevention? How can we prevent severe illness with Covid, or from getting it at all ?

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Prevention? How can we prevent severe illness with Covid, or from getting it at all ?

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I personally never knew until I had to wear one for hours straight, and while working a cardiac arrest in the back of an ambulance, how uncomfortable, and suffocating these masks could be until I had no choice. Healthcare workers everywhere tried everything to make the irritation from wearing masks 12+ hours at a time more comfortable. Headbands, buttons, paper clips and much more. The slimmest chance of not contracting the deadly illness, or bringing it home to our families was a glimpse of hope.

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If you have social media, you know just how controversial the vaccine was, some healthcare workers protested, others sighed for relief, and many like myself questioned the risk and benefits of whether they would take it or not. My own options were a little on the fence. I looked at it as a possibility that It might work and that I could possibly have a chance to protect my family but not bringing it home, and I wondered if it would cause long term side effects with the newness and how quick it was made in a lab.  Some healthcare organization put pressure on their staff to get it or no longer have employment. A compromise was determined, and many had the option to have a choice based on religion, allergies or health reasons for why they wouldn’t take it.  So many questions and concerns were in the air for whether or not someone would or wouldn’t take it.  

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Then came a more Preventative way, that while somewhat has been controversial, but effective to some extent, the vaccine.

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Then came a more Preventative way, that while somewhat has been controversial, but effective to some extent, the vaccine.

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Americans everywhere lined up to get their vaccines. Our children and grand children will read about this in history and microbiology books years from now. 

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This isn’t a food drive thru you are looking at.

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This isn’t a food drive thru you are looking at.

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Small glimpse of hope, but the Covid vaccine has reduced deaths and severe illness due to Covid.

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Small glimpse of hope, but the Covid vaccine has reduced deaths and severe illness due to Covid.

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Treatment : Covid treatment begin with Decadron, or Prednisone ,and Oxygen, but we now have more options if your contract Covid.

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Treatment : Covid treatment begin with Decadron, or Prednisone ,and Oxygen, but we now have more options if your contract Covid.