Pandemic Dispatches From The ER
Short Wave
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4.7 • 6.5K Ratings
🗓️ 1 September 2021
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
Today, Maddie wanted to highlight a COVID-related episode from earlier this year. The pandemic has been a big part of our coverage and this particular episode stands out.
We hear reflections from two emergency room health workers on the pandemic, how their lives have changed and their hopes as more and more people get vaccinated.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody, Maddie Sify here with shortwave producer Britt Hansen. We are on day three of celebrating my last week on shortwave |
| 0:07.9 | by sharing some of my favorite episodes. Yeah, how are you feeling bud? How's the week gone? |
| 0:14.2 | You know, I'm good. I'm good. We're all experiencing a lot of emotions. I know no kidding. I'm up |
| 0:19.4 | I'm down. Honestly, I'm kind of all over the place. Yeah, I hear you and so far this week |
| 0:26.2 | we've been sharing fun episodes like silly little moments together and that's because that's a big part of making this show |
| 0:35.1 | But you know, we've also spent a lot of time reporting on this pandemic and the tremendous human cost and |
| 0:42.8 | One episode you produced in particular Britt does a really powerful job of telling some of these stories and you know with the current state of the pandemic |
| 0:51.5 | Experiencing another surge many hospitals under extreme stress. This episode is just as relevant now as it was back then |
| 1:00.6 | Yeah, I wish it wasn't true, but it totally is we made this episode back in March when not many people had been vaccinated |
| 1:08.6 | Healthcare workers around the country were really struggling and we were fortunate enough that two emergency room workers came on the show to |
| 1:16.9 | Generously share their experiences with us. Yeah, I mean we owe so much to our sources |
| 1:23.8 | So I want to take a second personally before I leave to say thank you to all of you that have shared your lives your experiences |
| 1:31.9 | And your struggles with us through this pandemic. It is not easy and we appreciate you. Yeah, we really do and with that here's the show |
| 1:43.1 | You're listening to shortwave |
| 1:45.1 | From NPR |
| 1:48.5 | The coronavirus has disrupted all of our lives and that's especially true for healthcare workers |
| 1:56.0 | Nurses and tax and doctors and hospitals clinics nursing homes |
| 2:00.6 | They were some of the first to see how bad it could really get |
| 2:05.3 | Like Jameela Goldsmith an emergency room physician in Georgia |
| 2:09.3 | I remember reading the stories about what was taking place in Italy and |
| 2:13.6 | I was scared to death to be perfectly honest |
| 2:18.2 | It'll be a year ago next week that the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic |
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