Welcome to the Osmosis daily report on the coronavirus pandemic. I'm Dr. Risha Desai and I'm the chief medical officer here at Osmosis.
I'm also a pediatric infectious disease physician
and I used to work at the CDC in the division of viral diseases doing outbreak research.
So today I wanted to talk about love for healthcare workers.
It's a really positive message in a time of what otherwise seems like a really dark time in human history. And some really cool
specific ways that people are showing that love that I wanted to share with you. So it has to start with New York,
that's the epicenter of this
pandemic right now. And, look at what happens every night at seven o'clock in the evening - across the city.
This is New York City, right now, happening every evening.
People are cheering...
They're celebrating...
They're really rooting on those healthcare workers making sure that they feel like they have
the entire community behind them. And there's another movement which is light it blue. In fact,
iconic buildings across the country are lighting up in blue. This is the one World Trade Center.
This is the Empire State Building. This is Coit Tower in San Francisco. This is LA live in Los Angeles.
This is an aerial view of Dallas, the entire downtown area. This is the Wrigley building in Chicago.
So you can see the entire country, all these iconic buildings, are lit up in blue
to remind us of the healthcare workers that are fighting on the front lines. And this isn't just happening in the US,
this is happening all around the world. In fact, in the Philippines there's the Mall of Asia.
And you can see what they did with the globe right outside. Is they "to our nation's frontliners,
we thank you" and a wonderful message with a picture of a number of healthcare workers there as well.
This is a scene from Spain. You can hear people applauding from their balconies,
foghorns, and car horns.
This is a scene from Italy where they're singing the national anthem.
Waving the flag.
This is Azadi tower in
Iran lit up
with a very inspiring message. You see the coronavirus in the lungs there and then a montage
showing all the things that people are doing to fight back all over the world.
And after this, they actually show some really incredible
imagery and as well as the names of cities that are still fighting with COVID19. So you see New York, Sydney
Paris, Berlin, and so forth.
Here's a really special message. This is from the fire department in
Florida sending a message to the healthcare workers.
So kind of heroes celebrating other heroes, you can see they're all waving signs. We love you. We
care for you. Stay strong. You see the healthcare workers on the other side
receiving this love and being really appreciative as well. And then there are these amazing stories where individuals are reaching out to other individuals
specifically to make sure that their needs are met. You know, making sure the nurses on the front line have food, have
washing detergent, toilet paper, whatever they may need that their needs are being met as well. So bottom line,
this is a hard time for everybody. I know everyone's
you know doing their best and I think that it's pretty amazing and inspiring to see these stories of individuals that are reaching out to
both extend love and and make sure that people are well cared for on the frontline. So
if every healthcare worker out there, just know that I love you and I care for you and osmosis does the same.
That we have your backs also.
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osmosis.org/covid-19. Remember to do your part to raise the line and to flatten the curve
We're all in this together. Be well.