General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSurgeon general says he's lost 10 family members to coronavirus
Surgeon General Vivek Murthy on Thursday made a personal plea with Americans to get vaccinated and stop spreading misinformation about the coronavirus pandemic, revealing the toll the virus has taken on his family.
"Its painful for me to know that nearly every death we are seeing now from COVID-19 could have been prevented," Murthy said in remarks in the White House briefing room. "I say that as someone who has lost 10 family members to COVID-19, and who wishes each and every day that they had the opportunity to get vaccinated."
"I say that also as a concerned father of two young children who arent yet eligible for the vaccine, but I know that our kids are depending on all of us to get vaccinated to shield them from this virus," Murthy said.
Murthy testified during his confirmation hearing earlier this year that COVID-19 at that time had taken the lives of seven of his family members in the U.S. and India.
The surgeon general appeared at a White House briefing on Thursday hours after he issued an advisory calling health misinformation an "urgent threat" as the federal government looks for ways to overcome barriers to getting more Americans vaccinated.
snip
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/563219-surgeon-general-says-hes-lost-10-family-members-to-coronavirus
OAITW r.2.0
(24,504 posts)K/R
sheshe2
(83,791 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)And then I think about the knuckleheads pissing all over their efforts with their selfishness.
OAITW r.2.0
(24,504 posts)to front line healthcare workers. They treat them like hamburger servers. You exist to treat me! Most of these healthcare workers wants to put the Virus behind them, but too many stupid people are continuing to keep this nightmare alive for those that have to deal with their collective ignorance, everyday.
MerryBlooms
(11,770 posts)There are people refusing to be vaccinated who are treating our folks in local jails. I know of two unvax'd, anti-vax folks working in our Medford lockup- One is working in prisoner health dept. I am hoping FDA approves soon, then, states and workplaces have more power to mandate vaccines. Medford, Oregon, and Jackson county Oregon, is a Covid paradise. I think the folks around here are girding their loins and begging Covid to come at them.