 This is from Vice News. They interviewed a bunch of doctors working with COVID patients on the front lines in Louisiana and I already watched this earlier this week, but I wanted to show all of you this on stream because this is truly gut-wrenching and I really try to give people the perspective of doctors of nurses because truly it's easy for us to get like frustrated and demoralized and Sometimes become desensitized to the fact that we're living through a pandemic and that's kind of crazy when you think about it But they don't ever have the ability to feel, you know Desensitized they're living it every single day And the frustration that we all probably feel with anti-vaxxers is Exponentially, you know worse for them and you could just see on their faces here How worn-out they are so let's take a look here Hospitals across the South are at a breaking point due to the surge of coronavirus patients The governor of Louisiana says his state is seeing an astronomical number of new COVID cases Louisiana also has one of the country's lowest vaccination rates As a frontline worker, it has changed my life Tremendously, I'm no longer thinking about myself and also thinking about the people that I work with and also people in my Family, it's not a day go by that I don't Think that it may be our last day seeing each other embracing each other I'm spending time with each other. I didn't never think That a day of work would ever look like this It's almost like it's a movie that we're living in our real life Since the pandemic started the calendar somewhat goes out the window You have to be able to work on the fly knowing that you know Things are going to come from multiple different directions that you know at the same time and you know our ultimate focus is to make sure that we're able to Appropriately and adequately care for every patient that hits the door And so there's only no set hours to do that we get here when the work starts and we leave when the work is over I have never seen anything like it the Delta surge this time. We are seeing the patients are very much Sicker, they're very much younger the symptoms are very much different We have had to open a few more Units here at the hospital then we had to do in the beginning. I never ever thought I Would be in a situation like I am today Where I'm fighting To find beds to find nurses to find respiratory therapists every day to take care of patients I never thought I would ever be limited in a treatment that I wanted to give somebody. This is America We ran out of one of our drugs to treat coronavirus a week ago I never thought I'd have to think about the usual care things that I'd take for granted Well some days were I mean just to like put this in a different context We all have those days at work where it's just the worst day ever and you remember it and it's like man This this was a day where I seriously considered walking off the job now take that day and like Relive it over and over and over and over again like I'm sure that when these doctors and And nurses when they signed up for this job Anticipated some really difficult days and difficult conversations with patients But they're taking like their worst nightmare and their worst days and they're living it over and over and over and over again And the thing about this is even when it ends Even when it's over This isn't gonna leave them like that feeling of stress the anxiousness it's gonna live with them forever like these Healthcare professionals are gonna need Decades of therapy. I mean the PTSD that they're gonna experience The nightmares that they're gonna have it's just I don't think people truly grapple with how Big of a sacrifice this is yes so much so much PTSD It's really really worrisome Their well-being their mental health is important and these are human beings like I feel like the folks who are working on the front These are basically as close to superheroes as you can get in real life But still they're they're they're not superhuman they're human beings and What we're expecting of them is is so much yes Yeah, absolutely or because of So many deaths so many unexpected deaths we see this happening in more younger patients And and definitely that takes a toll and you know you feel horrible for the families You were letting them know that hey, I think we're gonna get there. We're gonna be off the ventilator and then you gotta make that phone call and That's pretty brutal Seeing seeing people younger than myself die is brutal dying from a virus from something though is preventable Oh It can take a little out of you But after you take your moment you get you get fired up and you get back in it you go take care of someone else I see a lot of people that need help mentally physically and Just sometimes just a conversation just we can't hug but sometimes I just want to hug somebody because I mean I walk past Patience, I mean family of patients and it's just in his own and I just I just my heart just goes out to him Imagine that though. It's like, you know, you're talking to people You have you're explaining to them the seriousness of this conversation Maybe they break down and you can't you can't hug them because it's a contagious disease I just I mean when we found out that my dad had cancer a while ago You know, they they took us all me and my family into this like Little private conference room and they talked with us and I remember like one of the nurses like hugged my mom like, you know They they don't like having these conversations They don't like having to tell people that one of their loved ones dies but to do it over and over and over again and Not even having the ability to do what is natural to them come comfort these people with a hug I mean it this is ruining them mentally. I I cannot imagine them doing this and you know feeling the desire to walk off They probably feel as if if they did that they'd feel guilty because how many people, you know Are they leaving to die if they walk off if you know, they're leaving their colleagues even that much more shorthanded I mean, this is truly a nightmare situation. I genuinely have no idea how these folks do this I genuinely don't think I would be able to do it. I'm not capable of it Often do see patients saying goodbye Things like I'm getting ready to go home Things like I'm getting ready to to leave and sometimes those are messages that they're ascending that they may not make it Everyone is overwhelmed. We are stressed We're exhausted We're tired We're frustrated Anywhere you can think of we are that at this moment Just this past weekend. I had a mental breakdown Just dealing with a lot at the hospital Seeing what these patients have to go through alone Then having to come home and be a full-time wife and mother And everything else anyone needs you to be and you can't like when you look at her Does this look like someone who just had a mental breakdown? I mean, she has it together like you wouldn't expect that she's going through this But they do such a good job at like putting on this brave face but I mean, there's only so much you can take and you know, it's not just that she's seeing Deaths, but it's the worst kind of death like these folks are dying alone. No family is allowed Because the virus is contagious. So I mean I just I can't imagine like this is the worst of the worst for these doctors Seeing what these patients have to go through alone then having to come home and be a full-time wife and mother and Everything else anyone needs you to be It's just to see the struggle that the patients are going through The struggle my co-workers are going through and it's almost we're all in a spot to where What can I do to help am I doing enough and it's like a weight Because even though you shouldn't feel like everything is on you Excuse me You don't want to feel like everything is on you But you want to make sure it was nothing else possible that you could have done you could have gave I've had co-workers What a kids I've gotten COVID So it's been back to me in a lot of ways Say my co-workers go through what they go through after a long day work And I go home. I pray I pray for everyone Because I see a lot daily and my line of work. I see a lot Excuse me for Many people who are on the front line with coronavirus that they're multiple traumas That they can experience some people have difficulty sleeping some people have nightmares fed nurses with Well, you'd like to call it post-traumatic stress disorder But we just can't seem to get to that post part. This is an illness that doesn't that right there is just ah PTSD Post-traumatic stress disorder but can't get to the post part. That's the thing. It's like they can't even begin the healing process They can't even start the healing and the damage is continuing to build up This I like I wish that I could like force every single anti-vaxxer to watch this video because all of the things that these doctors and nurses are describing is preventable Hospitals wouldn't be filled up if everyone was vaccinated. This is a very effective vaccine So this is all that's like the worst part about this. This is all Preventable and they know it's preventable. That's part of what's killing them, right? The worst deaths imaginable where you die alone in a hospital very sick It's preventable. That's what makes this so heartbreaking is not discriminate in the beginning We thought it only affected certain people. We may have thought it only affected people who were elderly or who had comorbid Conditions etc etc, but what we're learning as we go is that COVID-19 can affect anybody. Yeah, Selena. That's the thing It's like, you know, there was another vice documentary where The doctor would try to describe to people the necessity of getting vaccinated and they would think that the doctors and the nurses They're all like in on this big conspiracy. They're all crisis actors And the doctor was would say that like as I'm trying to convince them to get vaccinated They begin to get angry and they get worked up and then they become short of breath And so like they can't even reason with them because they get sick That's how like much they believe the bullshit that they that they've you know Been fed. It's it's just this is I don't think that people are gonna really truly understand How horrific this situation is until we like look back and read about it in the history books But right now this is truly just it's awful It can affect the elderly it can affect infants. It can affect healthy people It can affect sickly people. I think a lot of people who have not had family members who have fallen ill To this pandemic they may not understand, but I want everybody to know it is for real. It's not a hoax It's not fake people are suffering and people are dying. It's not a game. It's not a gimmick. It's real No, let anyone tell you it's not real. It is really really real One thing that's very clear to me is I'm sorry, but the fact that they have to say that it's not a hoax The fact that these people who see this every day have to actually come out and say this is real. Trust me It's gross They shouldn't have to say this they shouldn't have to come out here and convince people. Hey this thing that we're seeing It's real. It's actually happening like we're seeing people die. We're seeing them take their last breath alone in a hospital bed We have a great remedy for this which is vaccine Which is incredibly protective. It's just the best defense That you can have against this disease Hopefully Through enough vaccinations and enough previous infections. We won't have another surge like this, but I didn't think we were gonna have this damn surge I'm concerned how long we can sustain caring for people during these surges it It wears that's the things Lena It's like they they see all of this and then they have to convince others that they're not lying I mean it's just I can't imagine being in their position. I Can't I just I'm not strong enough mentally to deal with what they're dealing with I couldn't do it like every single person in this video is truly like they are much stronger than me And I think most people because how could you deal with this for such a long period of time? I mean the worst day on the job Relived over and over and over and over again and people think that you're lying It's it's so fucked up And where's on some people for me personally I'm not injured. I'm tired, but I'm not depressed. I'm not mad. I'm not angry I'm motivated to get the job done and get past this surge and Do whatever I can do to make sure that we don't have another one. Yeah So this is again from vice news. It's called on the front lines of a Louisiana hospital Let's go with the Rages really really Important I would encourage you to share this Because people they need to like stop Being so callous about this like I'll see friends on Facebook share like some dumbass photo like a meme of like I don't know just a chain link gate with the fence gone and they're like, oh, this is this is basically masks No, no stop being stupid Pay attention to what's happening. Stop being so fucking callous and get vaccinated for the love of God