A woman who accidentally slept through a Clap for Carers event was shocked after her neighbors took to Facebook to name and shame her for her oversight.
She was looking after her unwell son and fell asleep, leading her to totally miss the 8 pm Clap for Carers event which happens every Thursday. Unfortunately, the woman’s neighbors took notice of her absence.
She wrote on Mumsnet: “I clapped originally and it was lovely and everyone turned out for it here.
“Last week, after a rough night with DS (dear son) I fell asleep after he went down and missed the clapping.
“A post went on our community Facebook group actually naming and shaming me. I was mortified.
“I ignored it at the time but I can’t get it out of my head, it’s really upset me.”
At the start of the lockdown, Clap for Carers was organized as a way to show appreciation for the NHS staff and other frontline workers who were battling the coronavirus.
Every Thursday at 8 pm, those who are able to join are supposed to stand on their front doors or lean out of windows in order to clap.
But kind NHS workers took time to comfort the mortified mom, reports the Manchester Evening News.
One advised: “Just reply ‘sorry, didn’t think I should leave my vomiting child to clap’ to shame them back. Awful. I’m NHS, no-one in my street claps, including me.”
Another said: “As an NHS worker, I think that’s absolutely awful of people to name and shame you. The clapping is lovely and demonstrates the support the NHS is receiving right now.”
While researchers are working around the clock to come up with a vaccine and a more effective treatment option for those infected with the coronavirus, the prospects for returning to life as normal are still dim.
Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty said this week that tough social distancing measures may be the norm for “the next calendar year.”
He said: “In the long run, the exit from this is going to be one of two things, ideally.
“A vaccine and there are a variety of ways they can be deployed . . . or highly effective drugs so that people stop dying of this disease even if they catch it.”
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