The Pitt is the first popular culture representation Ive seen detailing how COVID has traumatized healthcare workers--even pop culture has resisted really talking about this. But that trauma and the resulting symptoms is central to the show.
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Two of the nurses who visit my mom(home hospice care) worked in hospitals during the worst of Covid. I have asked and listened to their stories, so much respect for what they have gone through.
Was just talking with a nurse about making it through the worst of it and not ever wanting to see that again
The Pitt has done a great job balancing that with memories experienced
Especially, the ongoing willingness people feel free to take out their frustration on healthcare workers
At work I enter rooms that trigger me. I hold my breath and remember all the people who suffocated as their lungs gave up. Seeing it on the screen the turning off the monitors. Reminds me that we all are still healing.
Waiting (impatiently) for this to get UK release. Really interesting how it’s addressed in Doctor Odyssey - only place doing actual public health messaging
The Pitt does it quite well, anti-vaxxers are not going to like the show. I dont know what it is, but I couldn't get past a few episodes of Doctor Odyssey, the romance/drama is entertaining but the rest of it not quite as compelling for me. Maybe i should try again.
I mainly got into it for Joshua Jackson I must admit! It’s captured my curiosity in what its plans are - though sounds like it’s in limbo on getting renewed. I save a few eps & it’s a nice dose of silliness with some heart
The Pitt is superb. I worked as a death investigator through covid. It was predictable that certain docs refused to acknowledge the virus on death certificates, and in patient care. I think our C19 deaths would have doubled had they been honest.
I still have nightmares from working in NYC. I was there for two years. Some of the most rewarding work I've ever done. But absolutely the hardest on my heart.
Im sorry. Ive heard the same from so many hcws. The protagonist of the show is clearly dealing with COVID PTSD--he has a full blown meltdown in the most recent episode--and that trauma is front and center in the show.
I'm not sure how connected you are with the health care industry, but there's very little mental health support. One of the first things I did after getting to NYC was organize travelers and staff who couldn't risk taking COVID home.
We were absolutely the only support for eachother.
I come from a family with a lot of people in the field in the US and elsewhere. And I saw the trauma work its way to the surface in different ways: some people just checked out and numb, others became militantly anti-masking/anti-Long COVID. All of it because of that lack of mh support you note.
Gosh that stinks. It's so frustrating because we know that kind of mentality will only hurt them and others. It's literally hazardous to their health. Maybe I'm too squishy for this world, but I vehemently hate seeing preventable pain and suffering.
It’s also doing a great job portraying the issues everyday Americans have to deal with: houselessness, addiction, abortion, gun violence, racism, misinformation, violence against health professionals, etc
And how it shapes his view of the work, the interactions among the ER team members; it's a really well executed depiction of the hard realities of a 'post-pandemic' US healthcare environment. All the flowers to Wyle, Welles, and the whole production crew - I expect Emmys for this season!
all of that makes it really hard to watch in some bits, that despair just bleeds through. But somehow the writers and actors make it so very watchable nonetheless.
It is an excellent show, no question. But I do wonder why, since there is that focus for the protagonist, no one wears a N95 routinely. It’s a jarring contradiction and demonstrates why those of us who are still masking are worried about the failure of healthcare workers to mask.
I get that. I also had a problem when they did an episode on a woman who was delivering a baby with shoulder distocia because that happened to me with our eldest.
It's the best show, and handles this topic so well. See also Doctor Odyssey. The show is absolutely ridiculous (and I love it!) but also covers this issue repeatedly. Latest episode is focused on it - I've only seen first few minutes but need to watch the rest!
Came here to suggest the same. It doesn't come up in most episodes, but it was interesting to see it included in that episode, after they laid the groundwork earlier.
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The Pitt has done a great job balancing that with memories experienced
Especially, the ongoing willingness people feel free to take out their frustration on healthcare workers
We were absolutely the only support for eachother.
The city felt like a graveyard, and having that tiny bit of human connection with people who understood was so important.
I just watched the PITT episode where Noah Wyle has a full panic attack and it's incredible and realistic.
I also just watched the threesome episode of Doctor Odyssey lollll