Police are appealing for help to trace a teenager who has been reported missing from his home in Stirling.
21.01.2022 - 04:33 / starobserver.com.au
By Blade MandersImagine this; life is pretty good, you’re working an amazing job, caring for some of the most incredible and vulnerable people and then one day, on the drive home from what can only be described as a pretty unremarkable night shift, you hear a story on the news about a virus.Like you do with most things you see or hear on the radio, news or , you think nothing of it.Only, news of this virus spreads fast and hot, with numbers increasing daily; it isn’t long before this virus makes world headline news “Coronavirus has now been classed as a global pandemic.”That is when everything changed. Over the past two years, I have been tested.COVID-19 destroyed my goal of becoming a nurse in Scotland at one of the largest tertiary hospitals in Europe; it made me question my integrity.
It made me fearful, not only for my patients but also for my family, some of whom are immune-compromised. Working through this virus has had its good days and its bad.I have always considered myself a fairly resilient person.
Still, nothing prepares you for the fearful look in some people’s eyes as you explain the process of a PCR swab and direct that person to wait in isolation until their results come back.Nothing prepares you for the screams of young children as you put a swab up their nose.Nothing prepares you for the grim reality of just how bad this virus has affected people. I have held the hands of people awaiting COVID results, sick themselves, while their husband is on the ground floor of the hospital receiving chemotherapy.
Police are appealing for help to trace a teenager who has been reported missing from his home in Stirling.
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Gold, starring Hollywood heartthrob Zac Efron as well as acclaimed Aussie actors Susie Porter and Anthony Hayes is doing little to dispel this image.WATCH: Zac Efron stars in Stan's GoldWith the movie’s set based in South Australia’s desolate Flinders Ranges and Leigh Creek, Susie tells WHO that filming was no joke.“I went into the wardrobe truck and I’m like, ‘Ooh, what’s in there?’ And they’re like ‘Oh, scorpions.’ and I was like, ‘Oh, okay...’” she reveals. “And that was just in the wardrobe van!” Zac Efron (pictured) faced a harsh reality both on and off-screen for Stan's new offering Gold.While Susie was fortunate enough to not have to face off against terrifying wildlife in her scenes, for leading man Zac, it was a different story – and he even has the battle scars to prove it.Along with shooting in brutal environmental conditions and sharing scenes with potentially deadly creatures, the American megastar broke his hand during filming but kept quiet and pushed through until after production wrapped.“Zac Efron… he had to go through so much.
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