Nurse Jay Short, a mother of three, moved out of her home to protect her family from potentially being exposed to coronavirus
that the situation became more precarious for her when staff at her hospital became sick with the virus.
“That meant it was not just the patients who it was affecting now, it was staff too — and I knew I couldn’t bring it home to my family,” she told the outlet. “Other nurses are going home to their children because they don’t have any other choice, but I didn’t want to take that risk.” With an uncertain future ahead of her, Short asked people to take coronavirus seriously, and to abide by social distancing rules, to get the disease under control.
“I am literally begging you, stay home! Please just listen to the rules and follow guidelines! This is not a holiday!” she wrote on Facebook. “This is killing people! Do not wait for it to kill someone you love before you realize that you could have prevented it.”“My life is upside down without my babies, but I am making this sacrifice for the greater good,” Short added. “To protect the people I love the most and care for people who need it.
Coronavirus is highly contagious and can spread through air molecules from sneezing or coughing, or on surfaces, where
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