Post by Kathryn Smith
Re: 5 & 6
That’s such a relevant connection, Taylor! Let’s discuss it in class.
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In chapter 6, the author talked about the story of Rwanda and the challenges LGen Romeo Dallaire had to face. He watched extremist Hutus kill over 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus in 100 days in 1994. He asked countries to help him, but they refused. Dallaire was being blamed for this tragedy, but did any of these people know that countries was turning him down when he asked for help? He did all that he could do without the help of others and he left Rwanda feeling like he did not do enough and traumatized. (162-163)
This makes me think about all of the doctors and nurses who are overwhelmed by how many people they see on a daily basis who is being diagnosed with COVID. The have some many patients and its probably not enough of them to be able to take care of them like how they want too. This makes me think about funeral homes because they are being overwhelmed with bodies and some of them cannot give the bodies the proper burial because they have so many.
Are they feeling like they are not doing enough? Are they letting how many people that have passed away outweigh how many lives they have saved?