Yesterday evening at 8 PM
millions of people stopped what they were doing to clap and cheer in the
streets as a tribute to National Health Service workers for healing the
coronavirus crisis. I was just starting the live HPANWO Show broadcast when
this happened and I heard somebody in my street playing a brass instrument. It
is audible on the programme, see: http://hpanwo-radio.blogspot.com/2020/03/programme-362-podcast-lisa-phillips.html.
Signboards across the nation flashed supportive messages and #ClapForCarers
went viral on Twitter, if you'll excuse the pun. Shops allowed people with NHS
identity badges to jump the queues at the door, which have become the icon of
the COVID 19 pandemic. Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52058013.
It is the first time anything like this has happened before. I am no longer an
NHS hospital porter, but I was one for twenty-three years. I am ex-NHS and
always will be. Until the day I die this will remain a core part of my
identity. I'd like to express my appreciation to everybody who took part in
this event. It means an awful lot to me; and I'm sure it does to all other
healthcare or former healthcare servicemen and women.
See here for
background: https://hpanwo-tv.blogspot.com/2020/03/coronavirus-livestream.html.
