Letter: Nurse’s grocery store encounter is shocking and unfair

I have a different view of how some people are seeing health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Treatment of nurse at
store shocking, unfair

I have a different view of how some people are seeing health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

My daughter is a nurse and as such is one of the front-line warriors fighting to keep people alive. They mostly receive accolades and praise for their work, but there is an undercurrent of fear associated with those who are exposed to the virus through their work.

Recently, my daughter went to the grocery store wearing her “after work” scrubs. One patron in the store came up to her and said, “How dare you come here and infect us. You need to leave.”

Needless to say, she was shocked and hurt by this person’s actions.

Everyone fears this virus, but taking the current situation out on medical professionals who are risking their lives daily is not fair.

Health care workers deserve our respect and support and should be championed not scorned.

Toni Mathues
Hayward

 

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