Healthcare workers may well be doing their job, doing what they’re ‘paid for’ but that doesn’t mean that this is an ordinary time and it doesn’t mean that this whole thing isn’t taking a physical and mental toll. 1/ It’s the constant PPE, that hurts your ears and makes your face itch. That makes you sweat and dehydrate and tired. It’s the rare opportunities to take a mask off because of limited office and break spaces.