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FM123

(10,050 posts)
8. Please give your friend a big (virtual) hug and thank you from us!
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 03:45 PM
Jul 2020

Yes, it's so bad down here that our local newspaper (The Sun Sentinel) had to write our governor an open letter begging for help. Of course DeSantis, like his buddy Trump, could not care less...

I have a friend in Florida who is a nurse. [View all] redstatebluegirl Jul 2020 OP
With no end in sight. StarryNite Jul 2020 #1
People who say that should have to do one shift at a hospital ICU. redstatebluegirl Jul 2020 #2
I agree! StarryNite Jul 2020 #3
Listening to my friend talk is heartbreaking. redstatebluegirl Jul 2020 #4
I am sure you are correct. StarryNite Jul 2020 #9
without PPE. nt. druidity33 Aug 2020 #25
The Alex Jones Effect. Frontline from this week. jayschool2013 Jul 2020 #12
Thank you for sharing this. StarryNite Jul 2020 #13
I just watched, and it was chilling Tiger8 Aug 2020 #30
This was amazing. A truly sick and twisted man. LuckyLib Jul 2020 #16
This message was self-deleted by its author JmAln Aug 2020 #22
Thank you for sharing..tell your friend she has dozens of well wishers here Thekaspervote Jul 2020 #5
I tell her that every time I talk to her. redstatebluegirl Jul 2020 #7
I think people who don't take it seriously should be denied medical care SoonerPride Jul 2020 #6
In a perfect world, only those who dismiss it would catch it. oldsoftie Aug 2020 #27
Please give your friend a big (virtual) hug and thank you from us! FM123 Jul 2020 #8
She told me last night that the bright spot in all this is she has made many good friends. redstatebluegirl Jul 2020 #10
My youngest daughter is a nurse in a COVID unit appleannie1 Jul 2020 #11
She doesn't have much family. redstatebluegirl Jul 2020 #14
Holy crap-- good luck with everything LymphocyteLover Jul 2020 #17
one mask a day, she made her own hair cap and I bought gallons of dairy farm/restaurant sanitizer appleannie1 Jul 2020 #19
Yikes! That's so unacceptable. It's all so fucked up. LymphocyteLover Jul 2020 #20
+1, ... and all so preventable, S Korea has 4.3% unemployment uponit7771 Aug 2020 #23
Please wish her well from all of us on DU leftieNanner Jul 2020 #15
K&R n/t Kitchari Jul 2020 #18
And the nurses... zentrum Aug 2020 #21
This is beyond a nightmare now DSandra Aug 2020 #24
...and a governor who wants to please only one guy....trump spanone Aug 2020 #26
So heartbreaking. And happening all over the country. Please let your friend know that she, and niyad Aug 2020 #28
Your friend is a Godsend Dreampuff Aug 2020 #29
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