There have been many concerns regarding both patients and nurses. With minimum staffing issues, it can leave patients in this hard time worrying about what care they have while being treated in the hospital.

Representatives Kyle Mullica said “Relatively few hospitals in Colorado have only one staff member on each unit, but nurses are still overworked and “burning out”

 But sadly, things aren’t getting any better any time soon. With us in our 3^rd surge of COVID-19, nurses and doctors are more overworked than ever before. According to the Atlantic, “in the hardest hit areas, there are simply not enough doctors, nurses and other specialists to staff these beds”

Eli Perencevich, an infectious-disease doctor at the University of Iowa, also told the Atlantic “Worse is coming. Iowa is accumulating more than 3,600 confirmed cases every day; relative to its population, that’s more than twice the rate Arizona experienced during its summer peak”

In the future, many worry that more people will die because there will not be enough healthcare workers to treat them. There is lots of talk of the possible vaccine, but until then, we must rely on our frontline workers. The hardest part about that is that these healthcare workers are running on empty.

“The most precious resource the U.S. health-care system has in the struggle against COVID-19 isn’t some miracle drug. It’s the expertise of its health-care workers- and they are exhausted.”

During this incredibly challenging time for our doctors, nurses, and other specialists, we must take extra precaution. We must keep following protocols, because at the end of the day, we must respect these people who are out there working non-stop and risking their lives for the benefit of others.

“Medicines cure diseases, but only doctors can cure patients.” – Carl Jung