When the beat drops, these health care workers know it's all about the footwork
Medical professionals across the country are participating in dance challenges on social media. It's helping them share smiles and blow off steam during the demanding coronavirus pandemic.In scrubs and swag, nurse Kala Baker lip-syncs and dances in TikTok challenges to hits like"Savage" by Meg Thee Stallion at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Missouri. @nursekala Nursing is Cindy's day job nurses afterhours @pcimom @brennasue1023 @em.
♬ DJ Yames Mashup 2 - dj_yames She has more than 35,000 followers after starting to share videos last month.Baker says her challenges, which she films after clocking out, help create solidarity with health care professionals across the country, especially in states hit hardest by coronavirus. She sees it as a way to"bring joy to a really dark place right now.
♬ #hiteverybeat - lulbabyynelii Dancing doctor Baker is not dancing alone. Stepping to Drake's"Toosie Slide" or swaying on beat in TikTok's popular #Leanwithitrockwithit challenge, health care professionals are using dance moves to entertain, inspire, and encourage each other. Resident physician Jason Campbell from Oregon Health and Science University films his moves once work is done, usually after 10- to 12-hour days, he says. @drjcofthedc Only SMEEZES allowed.
♬ She Gon Go - Trill Ryan "The videos are not meant to detract from or lessen the severity of the virus," Campbell explains. "They are meant to be a small reminder of simpler times and to give people a smile or a laugh -- to potentially give people the only smile and laugh they have had in their day." Campbell, who says he's an old-school Harlem-shake type of guy, says he began posting TikTok videos to inspire youth to pursue higher education.
♬ Oh Nanana - Remix - dj 6rb & bonde r300 When the world watches In Philadelphia, a team of nurses from Thomas Jefferson University Hospital nailed Ciara's"Level Up" dance. Nurse Jeffrey Salvatore says they often play that song to get motivated at their drive-through testing site. The team started dancing to keep warm while testing outdoors."It brings us joy," he tells CNN."It lightens our spirits while we are testing outside in the cold and in the rain.
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