I’ve just read an ABC News article re the ‘burn out’ of Australian nurses. For the last two years they’ve been dealing with the testing, tracing, screening, isolating, vaccinating and treating the disease on the COVID-19 front. Not to mention the backlog of existing non-COVID-related work.
Doctors in hospitals have also felt the stress of increased shifts, particularly when relief staff cannot be accessed from over the border. Like shop personnel, medical staff, including paramedics, have to wear masks all day when dealing with the public.
I wonder if anti-vaxxers and those who complain about having to check in and wear masks indoors, ever consider the plight of these workers? Perhaps they would, if confronted with a shortage of hospital beds and medical staff to address their own needs.
For four decades The Echo has printed the stories some people loved, some people hated, and some pretended not to read. If you want us to keep telling the truth, the real truth, not the sugar-coated version. We’ll need your support to keep the presses rolling. 
