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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, physicians, |
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nurses, and other health care workers have taken enormous risks to |
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care for critically ill patients, and tragically, far too many of |
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them have lost their lives in the line of duty; and |
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WHEREAS, Across the country, the COVID-19 crisis has strained |
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health care resources and made unprecedented demands on the medical |
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providers who serve our communities; health care workers have been |
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asked to sacrifice their own well-being to care for a surging number |
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of COVID-19 patients, while facing the constant fear of contracting |
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the virus and transmitting it to others; and |
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WHEREAS, The pandemic, to date, has claimed the lives of more |
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than half a million Americans; health care workers who have direct |
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contact with COVID-19 patients have faced significantly |
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higher-than-average rates of infection, and many have fallen ill; |
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these courageous individuals, who are burdened with tremendous |
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responsibility, have grieved for the patients they have lost, as |
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well as for their colleagues who have succumbed to the disease; and |
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WHEREAS, The members of the medical community who have fallen |
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victim to COVID-19 include emergency room doctors, orthopedic |
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surgeons, obstetricians, pulmonologists, neurologists, and |
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neonatologists; they also include nurses, resident physicians, |
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certified nurse anesthetists, nurse practitioners, specialists, |
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and other hospital staff, many of whom worked around the clock in |
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order to give their fellow Americans a better chance of survival; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, The health care profession requires unwavering |
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integrity, dedication, and compassion; those who passed away after |
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contracting the coronavirus left behind countless loved ones and |
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friends, and the loss to the institutions and communities they |
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served is incalculable; and |
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WHEREAS, We owe an eternal debt of gratitude to the men and |
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women of the medical community who are no longer here to continue |
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the fight against COVID-19, and we join in commemorating the lives |
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of these heroic Americans and their immeasurable achievements and |
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contributions; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the 87th Legislature of the State of Texas |
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hereby pay tribute to the lives of physicians and other health care |
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workers who passed away during the COVID-19 pandemic and extend |
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deep and sincere condolences to their families, their friends, and |
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their colleagues. |