Shocking Selfies Reveal the Faces and Stories of Health Workers Fighting the CCP Virus Around the World

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With the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus cases around the world exceeding 400,000, according to Worldometers, the battle against the virus has taken a toll on healthcare workers. Selfies taken by doctors and nurses after grueling shifts are being posted to show the public the faces of those who are working non-stop to treat infected people.

Face of these heroes on the front lines, bruised by protective face gear, tell stories about the kind of pressure they are under, as the following images attest to. Shared on social media, such images went viral, garnering several hundred thousand views on various platforms.

Nicola Sgarbi is a 35-year-old doctor from Modena, Italy, one of the areas most affected by the virus in the world, with the second-highest elderly population in the world after Japan.

Sgarbi shared his post-shift photo upload to Facebook with a caption that read:

“I don’t love selfies. Yesterday, though, I took this photo. After 13 hours in ICU after taking off all my protective devices, I took a selfie. I am not and I don’t feel like a hero. I am a normal person, who loves his job and who, now more than ever, is proud and proud to do it by giving all himself on the forefront lines together with other wonderful people (doctors, nurses, oss, technicians, cleaners) ...

“That’s why I don’t care about the many hours at work, signs on, back pain, tiredness, sautéed meals and much more. This will all pass. It will also pass thanks to you and your hard work and sacrifices. It will pass if we are united in one immense joint effort. Don’t give up. Never. ??” He told CNN that in addition to posting the picture to let her know he had made it through a long shift, he also took it for posterity “to show it to my 1-year-old daughter when she will have grown up. I will be telling her about this moment.”

British doctor Natalie Silvey posted a picture of her weary face on Twitter on March 21, 2020. Along with her selfie, she wrote a caption sharing her forlorn spirit and a cautionary message, which read:

“This is the face of someone who just spent 9 hours in personal protective equipment moving critically ill Covid19 patients around London. I feel broken—and we are only at the start. I am begging people, please please do social distancing and self isolation #covid19.”

With almost 500,000 likes and over 124,000 retweets, Silvey humorously responded on Twitter on March 24 by saying:

“The irony of going viral during a pandemic isn’t lost on me. It has all been a bit overwhelming but I honestly can’t thank people enough & I know so many other healthcare workers have read them & everything said in them applies to every single person fighting this virus.”

It’s not just doctors who are posting photos of themselves—nurses are highlighting their invaluable contributions to fighting the virus. Nurse Sherry Dong, who works at the intensive care unit in the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, shared an upbeat picture of herself and a colleague on Reddit titled “Greetings from the front lines of COVID-19.”

The picture quickly shot to the top of the platform with over 77,000 likes. Dong told CNN, “My heart is grateful and my mind is heavy seeing medical professionals all over the world putting themselves at risk battling against this outbreak.”

Along with her post, she emphasized the importance of not hoarding precious medical supplies. “Our uniformed readers should make sure they do not contribute to the growing problem of supply shortages (ie: N95 masks, face masks, disinfectants, gloves, etc.) and consider donating to local hospitals,” she wrote.

The appeal of such photos during such a time of crisis around the world exhibits the honor behind the profession of being a healthcare worker and the sacrifices they make.

A view taken on March 20, 2020, in Cremona, southeast of Milan, shows volunteers looking on during the opening of a newly operative field hospital for coronavirus patients. ©Getty Images | MIGUEL MEDINA

The Epoch Times refers to the novel coronavirus, which causes the disease COVID-19, as the CCP virus because the Chinese Communist Party’s coverup and mismanagement allowed the virus to spread throughout China and create a global pandemic.