{"id":42176,"date":"2020-04-11T14:54:58","date_gmt":"2020-04-11T14:54:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=42176"},"modified":"2020-04-11T14:54:58","modified_gmt":"2020-04-11T14:54:58","slug":"the-big-takeaway-from-this-crisis-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=42176","title":{"rendered":"The big takeaway from this crisis is &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?hashtags=NYC%20%23pandemic%20%23coronavirus&#038;via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/coronavirus.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-42177\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/coronavirus-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/coronavirus-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/coronavirus-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/coronavirus-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/coronavirus-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/coronavirus.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Make no mistake about it, if there is a singularly positive outcome from the coronavirus pandemic, it well might be the enduring gratitude we all should feel toward those who are risking their lives in the front-line fight against this killer disease.<\/p>\n<p>I refer specifically to the world&#8217;s medical personnel, the firefighters and police officers.<\/p>\n<p>Doctors, nurses and various medical technicians are falling ill constantly, 24\/7, as they treat patients in hospitals all over the world. Many of them die as a result. Many others are fortunate to recover from the disease. What do they do, how do they respond?<\/p>\n<p>They suit up &#8212; don their masks, gloves and rubber suits &#8212; and head right back into the fight! That&#8217;s what they&#8217;re doing.<\/p>\n<p>Communities are making noise already in appreciation for what they&#8217;re doing on our behalf. In New York City, the epicenter of the crisis, residents are clamoring each night at 7 to honor the men and women who are thrusting themselves into harm&#8217;s way; they stand on street corners, on balconies, in front of shuttered businesses and they bang pots and pans.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the very least we can do to offer an expression of profound gratitude to these folks&#8217; unimaginable bravery.<\/p>\n<p>Let us not ever lose sight of what we are witnessing in real time as the world struggles against this pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>It is awe-inspiring.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?hashtags=NYC%20%23pandemic%20%23coronavirus&#038;via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Make no mistake about it, if there is a singularly positive outcome from the coronavirus pandemic, it well might be the enduring gratitude we all should feel toward those who are risking their lives in the front-line fight against this killer disease. I refer specifically to the world&#8217;s medical personnel, the firefighters and police officers. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=42176\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The big takeaway from this crisis is &#8230;<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[9236,6996,3362,9261],"class_list":["post-42176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-medical-news","tag-coronavirus","tag-first-responders","tag-nyc","tag-pandemic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42176"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42176\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42178,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42176\/revisions\/42178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}