女医生在新冠重症病房工作 挚友不让她出席婚礼
联合新闻网
9/06/2021
美国一位女医生朗格（Emily Long）上月底透露，她最好朋友不让她出席婚礼，只因她目前在新冠肺炎重症监护室值勤。
朗格表示自己耗资数千美元准备参加好友的婚礼，还很努力地从紧凑行程腾出时间。她发了短信给好友告知自己已接受筛检、并采取相关预防措施希望让对方安心，岂料好友发现她在照顾染疫病人后竟「彻底吓坏」，还拒绝让朗格出席婚礼，因为她「会让很多人和好友感到不舒服」。
朗格原本在整形外科工作，但因最近美国疫情升温被转调到新冠肺炎重症监护室支持。
朗格的影片吸引了超过620万观看人次，许多网友对她的遭遇感同身受表示：「她绝对不算妳最好的朋友。这样做很不OK耶！你是医护人员，应该得到更多尊重」、「女孩，请告诉我她不再是你朋友了。很遗憾这种事发生在你身上」、「要不要先问问她，宾客是否都接受筛检了？」
Doctor reveals she was uninvited to wedding for working in healthcare during COVID
By Ellie Spina
9/06/2021
A doctor has gone viral for revealing she was uninvited to a close friend’s wedding simply because she’s a healthcare worker during COVID-19.
Last week, Dr. Emily Long shared a video to TikTok, venting her frustrations to viewers following an exchange with the bride-to-be. In the video, which has gained more than 4.7 million views, Long said she was ready to fly to her home state of Texas from Boston, Mass. following a 28 hour shift as a plastic surgery resident.
According to Long, she had spent “thousands of dollars” on pre-wedding events and was planning on utilizing her “limited” vacation time to attend. Things took a turn when Long contacted her friend to confirm details of the trip, resulting in the bride rescinding her invitation.
“When I texted her this morning to let her know that I was being tested and taking all these precautions before I flew in an attempt to make her feel comfortable, she totally freaked out when she found out that I take care of sick people,” Long said before adding sarcastically, “Who would have thought that a doctor takes care of sick people? I don’t know.”
Long ended her video by telling viewers that her presence would the bride “and other people” feel uncomfortable, adding that she was left with a non-refundable flight to Texas.
The video struck a chord with TikTok viewers, who called Long’s friend “a hypocrite” for uninviting her while still choosing to get married during a pandemic.
“Having a wedding in Texas and being concerned about COVID do not go in the same sentence,” one viewer wrote.
“How nervous could she really be?” another person asked. “She’s having a wedding in Texas.”
Others told Long similar stories of feeling ostracized from events because they or someone in their household works in healthcare.
“My daughter is an EMT and our whole family was uninvited to events,” one person wrote. “Yet she’s the very person that would take care of them in the emergency room.”
“My best friend of many years and I stopped being friends because she was so scared of me during the pandemic because I worked with COVID patients,” another said.
“I’m so sorry, I can see the hurt. I have a similar story,” a woman told Long. “I flew to a wedding with my husband, who was the best man and we weren’t allowed in the ceremony. “
“Isn’t it funny how last year, doctors and nurses were all heroes (which they are), but this year they are looked at as villains,” added another.
“That’s just f—-ing cruel,” someone else chimed in. “So last minute, and she knew you were working in the medical field the whole time anyway.”
In a follow-up video, Long revealed that she chose to cancel her flight in exchange for flight credits, and chose to stay at work instead.
“I am working because I have a commitment to my job and to my patients and to my program to — you know — be a professional,” she said.
