Writer's statement: I named this piece of writing medical heroes because the doctors and nurses who are putting their families and themselves at risk of exposure in order to cure the sick are heroes. My piece connects to the pandemic as these people working in the hospital to help cure patients are infected, they are in the front and center of the pandemic. I chose to submit this response because I feel like our medical workers are not appreciated enough for all the harsh circumstances they have to endure for long periods of time, and that was my inspiration for writing this. I hope the audience will be informed of all that they do and maybe donate medical supplies they have to help their local hospitals during the pandemic.

Journal prompt: Who is a hero that you have seen or heard about lately? How are their actions heroic? Should we celebrate heroes? Why/why not?

Some of the heroes I’ve noticed over social media lately are nurses and doctors. I think they are so brave for coming to work everyday to help treat and nurse corona patients back to health. They are putting themselves and their families at risk to save the lives of many others. Some even get the corona virus and die. Even with huge shortages of medical equipment and the risks, they are still brave enough to come to work. I’ve seen nurses on social media who have to work 8 hour shifts with the same mask on at all times and it is so hard to breathe in those things. Even with their harsh conditions, they still take care of all their patients, I think that is so cool and they need to be appreciated even more. All N95 masks should be donated to local hospitals so our heros can stay safe. Yeah it might be their jobs, but it is so unbelievably cool that they are all saving all of our lives. But it isn’t just a job. So many people in the medical field fighting to cure this virus have died. They gave their lives up to save others, they went beyond what they were expected to do and became heroes. You can’t help but to be so incredibly grateful for these workers.