Burn Down the “Healthcare Hero” Ideal
Stop calling healthcare workers “heroes”. Too many of us have gone unsaved.
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4 min readJan 31, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought a resurgence of admiration for the healthcare workers who are faced with overcrowded hospitals, scarcity of personal protection equipment, and just generally unsafe working conditions. It seems natural that the “healthcare hero” ideal would…