"If a case is confirmed within the residence, you will be held responsible! When she discovered the content of the word left on her windshield this Sunday morning in Dourdan, Mira broke down in tears. This 24-year-old temporary nurse, assigned to reinforce patients with Covid-19, works in particular in the hospitals of Massy and Dourdan.
This Sunday morning, at 6.30 a.m., Mira is hiring. "When I saw this paper on my car, I first believed in a fine," she says. Then I read its content and I cried. In this message, signed on behalf of the "neighborhood", a local resident asked the nurse to "park far from the residence" and "take accommodation in the hospital for the good of all". "We run a real danger of having you by our side," accuses the anonymous author. We are all confined apart from you. Thank you for respecting your neighborhood and applying our advice. "
A "very hurtful" message
Shocked, Mira arrives late for work, but manages to calm down. "I was very upset with the neighborhood," she says. But at the same time, those who know that I am a nurse support me. And in the evening, many applaud at 8 p.m. This is paradoxical. I tell myself that only one person must have written this message. "
In the emergency room, his colleagues advise him to put down a handrail. What she has not yet decided to do, despite the insistence of her mother: “It is very hurtful, confides the latter. In the neighborhood, we are very discreet. We don't understand. Certainly, these are not insults or threats. But to say that my daughter is a risk is more than insulting her! "
Mira's entourage is quick to react. In response to the anonymous neighbor, his mother wrote another word, which she photocopied and mailed to the dozen mailboxes in the dead end where she lived. "If you respect this confinement, no one will be held responsible for this (contamination, note) except you. Keep your cool, let's be united with each other, ”one can read in particular.
Several neighbors support the nurse
Several neighbors find out what happened to Mira with this second letter. They want to support him the same day. "I was surprised that someone could speak for everyone, and I find it shameful of wickedness and stupidity," indignant Thom, a neighbor of the nurse.
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With his wife, they wrote her a word of support, "to show her that we were behind her, and again thank her." Other neighbors followed suit. They deny any "neighborhood agreement" and underline the "courage" of Mira. As a precaution, her car now remains parked outside her home, and not in the parking lot where she received the note.
"Ignore and continue my work"
It now wishes to reassure its author. "We live in a suburban residence, where we do not cross paths directly," she says. My car is parked 10 meters from my home. If everyone is confined, there will be no problem. If ever I am infected, the first affected will be my family, not my neighbors. "
The socialist mayor of Dourdan, Maryvonne Boquet, called the family as soon as she learned the facts. She ran into Mira's mother. "Her daughter was touched psychologically, deplores the chosen one. Accusing this nurse of carrying the virus is beyond comprehension. On the contrary, I invite you to remain calm and to support, without fault, the health personnel engaged, like Mira, in the fight against the epidemic. "
Mira decided to ignore this incident. Unlike one of her colleagues in the emergency room, who received the same word at her home. "We asked her not to touch the switches or the doors of her building," breathes Mira. She lived it very badly. She went straight to knock on everyone's door to say what she thought. It's less my temper. I decided to ignore and continue my work. "
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