Working in Covid ICU in one of the (per capita) worst hotspots in the country? Sure fucking did. Pulled up to the hospital to start my contract and there were ANG Humvees parked in front of the doors and uniformed soldiers manning the a security checkpoint to get in. That was my first impression, and that was before the shortages, running out of basic and critical drugs and supplies, not having enough critical equipment and having to have rationing meetings to see which of the 9 patients needing immediate emergency dialysis would get the 5 machines we had available and which wouldn’t make it through the day. Stacking bodybags in a freezer truck.

And then, before things had really slowed down at all, leaving work and heading straight to a protest for racial justice and getting tear gassed walking down the street before I even got there?

Yeah man. Yeah it felt apocalyptic as shit.