'Nurses are enraged that, for our government and our employers, it's all about what's good for business, not what's good for public health.' —NationalNurses
pandemic response capped off a day of strikes and demonstrations Thursday with a candlelight vigil outside the White House, where healthcare workers gathered to commemorate colleagues who have lost their lives to Covid-19.The nurses attending the event, organized by National Nurses United , set out 481 candles to represent the 481 registered nurses known to have died of Covid-19 in the United States, which has the highest coronavirus death toll in the world. Overall, nearly 5,000 U.S.
"Unfortunately this is the third event or fourth event that we've had recognizing nurses who have died," said Julia Truelove, a Washington, D.C. nurse and NNU member."And we chose candles to represent that those were lights in their communities and their families, and those lights have not gone out, but just to remember the good they did in their communities."
"Nurses and healthcare workers across the country have been working incredibly hard," she added."And to know that our federal government is basing our protections on less than the best is unacceptable. One of the jobs of the government is to protect the public health, and to not have them taking action to do that is demoralizing, and we're desperate."The vigil came just hours after the U.S.
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