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Heather, Emergency department RN
A few of us that could spare 5 minutes in the middle of the night gathered in a room just outside the ED, still draped in layers of worn-down PPE, including recycled N95s. We felt drained and estranged from our communities, because we were all exposed to COVID continuously and had to separate ourselves. We shut off the lights, and under the guidance of a disco ball and “September” by Earth Wind & Fire,we had a dance party 6 feet apart from each other. I hadn't even hugged another human besides my partner in 5 months at that point, and as we all ran out of the room after, I cried with gratitude for a brief moment of community and the realization of the effects of isolation and confinement.