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The Covid-19 pandemic will give extra poignancy to International Nurses Day today, which is celebrated to mark the contributions that nurses make to society.
It also has an additional local connection this year.
Thirteen-year-old Tyler Williams, a former Matakana Primary student who now attends school in Auckland, wrote the lyrics for a Healthvision video produced to mark the day. The music is by Jo Taylor, who also sings the song.
Tyler is the grandson of Pt Wells resident, Charleyne Garner who drives the school bus for Matakana Primary.
There are just over 58,000 enrolled nurses, registered nurses and nurse practitioners working across New Zealand and May 12 marks the anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth.
You can watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKhiw2V0rgY
The HealthVision Covid 19 song
Lyrics by Tyler Williams
Our circumstance has changed since COVID-19
Apart and yet together in quarantine
We laugh, we cry, we worry that life’s become a meme
Make light of this pandemic from quarantine
Nexflix Social Media, you’re my new best friend
Tik Tok the time goes slowly when will this ever end
Wash your hand and stay at home, with surfaces so clean,
Remain within your bubble, a life of quarantine
One day the world will heal and this all will be a dream
We’ll break the chain together from quarantine
Nexflix Social Media, you’re my new best friend
Tik Tok the time goes slowly when will this ever end
Our team in blue, are hard at work since COVID 19
They’re out there helping folks in their homes in quarantine
No doubt that they’re essential they’re working at full steam
They stay the distance while we’re in quarantine
Nexflix Social Media, you’re my new best friend
Tik Tok the time goes slowly when will this ever end
Our story ends, the tale is told of COVID-19
For those who work and those who stayed home in quarantine
Keep safe, keep well , wear PPE as you deem
We’re here to cheer you on until we’re all out of quarantine.
