Dulce et Decorum Est: COVID-19 Health Workers and the Old Lie

Works Cited

Beggan, James K. “On the Downside of Heroism: Grey Zone Limitations on the Value of Social and Physical Risk Heroism.” Heroism Science: An Interdisciplinary Journal, vol. 4, no. 2, 2019, pp. 1-35, scholarship.richmond.edu/heroism-science/vol4/iss2/5

Breen, Kerry. “NYC hospital responds to photos of nurses wearing trash bags as gowns.” Today, 27 Mar. 2020, www.today.com/health/nyc-hospital-responds-photos-nurses-wearing-trash-bags-t176939.

“Capt. Sully reunites with passengers on 10th anniversary of ‘Miracle on the Hudson.’” YouTube, uploaded by ABC News, 16 Jan. 2019, www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaKPVz8HwHk&app=desktop

Carroll, Leah. “America’s Hero Problem.” The Atlantic, 7 Sept. 2011, www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2011/09/americas-hero-problem/244659.

Cipriano, Pamela F. “100 years on: the Spanish Flu, pandemics and keeping nurses safe.” International Nursing Review, vol. 65, no. 3, 2018, pp. 305-306, onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/inr.12483. 

“‘COVID On My Face,’ Colleagues Fall Ill: NYC Doctors, Nurses Plead For Help.” YouTube, uploaded by NBC News, 30 Mar. 2020, www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvVKVzQ72SI&app=desktop

“Doctors and Nurses Reveal the Devastating Reality of COVID-19.” YouTube, uploaded by The Atlantic, 4 April 2020, www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVp2U2p4lmE&app=desktop

Feiner, Lauren. “States are bidding against each other and the federal government for important medical supplies—and it’s driving up prices.” CNBC, 11 Apr. 2020, www.cnbc.com/2020/04/09/why-states-and-the-federal-government-are-bidding-on-ppe.html.

Guardian readers. “‘Helping your country do better’: what patriotism means in 2016.” The Guardian, 26 Jul. 2016, www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jul/26/what-does-patriotism-mean-to-you

“Health care workers say they’ve been told to keep silent on hazardous conditions.” YouTube, uploaded by CBS This Morning, 7 Apr. 2020, www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjuRE8ldWDk&app=desktop

Higgins, Eoin. “‘Insulting’ Frontline Health Workers, Trump—Without Evidence—Accuses Hospital Staff in New York of Stealing Protective Gear.” Common Dreams, 30 Mar. 2020, www.commondreams.org/news/2020/03/30/insulting-frontline-health-workers-trump-without-evidence-accuses-hospital-staff-new

Kellogg, Vernon. “Patriotism and Sacrifice.” The North American Review, vol. 207, no. 751, 1918, pp. 825–833. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/25121912

“New York Doctor On Front Lines Of Coronavirus Pandemic Dies By Suicide.” YouTube, uploaded by NBC News, 27 Apr. 2020, www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvXv57eKPB0&app=desktop

Owen, Wilfred. “Dulce et Decorum Est.” Poetry Foundation, www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46560/dulce-et-decorum-est.

“A salute to the heroes of coronavirus: Health care workers on the frontline.” CBS News, 29 Mar. 2020, www.cbsnews.com/video/a-salute-to-the-heroes-of-coronavirus-health-care-workers-on-the-frontline.

Smith, David. “Trump says US stockpile of protective equipment nearly gone amid coronavirus.” The Guardian, 1 Apr. 2020, www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/01/trump-coronavirus-stockpile-ppe-briefing#maincontent

Stuart, Tessa. “The Shameful Way America Treats Its Veterans.” Rolling Stone, 11 Nov. 2015, www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/the-shameful-way-america-treats-its-veterans-52825.

“Trump Defends Federal Response To Outbreak Amid Growing Medical Supply Shortage.” YouTube, uploaded by TODAY, 7 Apr. 2020, www.youtube.com/watch?v=Td97mE0ESjs.  

“Trump implies hospital staff stealing masks: ‘Maybe worse than hoarding.’” YouTube, uploaded by Guardian News, 29 Mar. 2020, www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEQ6CH4Wzek

“2009: Airplane crash-lands into Hudson River; all aboard reported safe.” CNN, 11 Aug. 2016, www.cnn.com/2016/08/11/us/hudson-landing-archive-news-story/index.html

Watkins, Ali, et al. “Top E.R. Doctor Who Treated Virus Patients Dies by Suicide.” The New York Times, 29 Apr. 2020, www.nytimes.com/2020/04/27/nyregion/new-york-city-doctor-suicide-coronavirus.html

Weise, Karen and Kate Conger. “Gaps in Amazon’s Response as Virus Spreads to More Than 50 Warehouses.” The New York Times, 5 Apr. 2020, www.nytimes.com/2020/04/05/technology/coronavirus-amazon-workers.html

Wright, Clare. “Lest we forget: a pandemic isn’t a war but our healthcare workers are heroes. The Guardian, 27 Apr. 2020, www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/apr/27/lest-we-forget-a-pandemic-isnt-a-war-but-our-healthcare-workers-are-heroes.

[ Back to Table of Contents