Interesting LATI, my HCA daughter had just finished a 13 hour shift on her ward that first night and was exhausted and worried, as she sat to eat her 'tea', I said 'listen to the clapping, that's for you' and she was so upset by it, she said 'what good is that going to do?' I said 'it's a thankyou for what you are doing'. It took a few weeks for her to come round but on principle, she didn't like it much and there were a few work colleagues who felt the same. She just wanted more and felt clapping was insignificant.
I didn't really agree with her because I could see that at least it was some thanks but it took me a long time to come close to her level of thinking but in the end saw some sense in it. Mixed feelings on it all tbh, I just don't want the NHS to be forgotten and taken for granted again but totally love the recognition and appreciation they got with the clapping. We are a family of 5 adults, 2 in the NHS, who all had covid and I nearly ended up in hospital, the NHS workers have only had time off while they had covid. My HCA daughter still struggles with coughing, has worked on non IC covid wards since, gets the antibody test next week with the comment 'it doesn't show you are immune' and works like a dog. I have to have health tests soon to see if the covid had affected other parts of my body cause I had a blood test 3 weeks after having it due to being ill that I thought wasn't anthing to do with the covid. Doc wanted to check my cancer hadn't come back and it hadn't THANKFULLY. I was told though, it's the covid, you still are suffering and I'm over it for now so will ait and see if I have any repercussions.