We are filled with sorrow and rage. In the last year, violence against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders has surged 149% according to a recent article in Time. It is sickening and heartbreaking. The most recent attack gaining national attention happened last week in Atlanta on March 16th, the murder of 8 people, 6 of whom were Asian women in what has still yet to be classified as a hate crime.
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Read MoreThe climate among the nurses are the hospital she works at is this overall sense of deprivation and fear. “And that fear looks different for everybody… it looks like snapping at other people… it looks like lack of empathy towards others… A crass-ness…” It’s very low morale. There are people who are very angry and people who are very tearful.
Read MoreThings are bananas right now.
Nothing feels normal.
For days and days our regular life has been out of sorts
with high levels of anxiety
and loneliness.
Uncertainty.
Confusion.
You could say "disrupted" but I'm not sure that really even cuts it.
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