key: cord-1035084-ava0tn0u
authors: İbrahimoğlu, Özlem; Mersin, Sevinç; Akyol, Eda
title: In 1969 man landed on the moon, how can we also eradicate COVID‐19?
date: 2020-06-15
journal: Perspect Psychiatr Care
DOI: 10.1111/ppc.12538
sha: 026a9e803e8832bf38808ff82e039a063d12edfc
doc_id: 1035084
cord_uid: ava0tn0u

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In 1969 man landed on the moon, how can we also eradicate COVID-19?

To the Editor, On July 20, 1969, American astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first person to land on the moon, with the Apollo 11 spacecraft.

Armstrong reached the surface of the moon with Edwin Buzz Aldrin and module-pilot Michael Collins. Upon landing, Armstrong's first words were:

"That is one small step for {a} man, one giant leap for mankind."

Thereafter, Armstrong and Aldrin walked for 3 hours on the surface of the moon. 1 They were wearing protective spacesuits with a life support unit. The spacesuits were to protect them from the extreme cold of space and high-energy rays and particles. The suits also maintained the balance of pressure and provided both oxygen and water, as well as a power Armstrong and Aldrin knew that if the space mission did not go as planned, their situation was a matter of life and death. In the same way, when the health care workers enter the ICU, which is infected with COVID-19, they must take the necessary protective measures to be safe.

They know that the slightest mistake can cause them and the people around them to become infected with the disease. Just as Armstrong and Aldrin's moon landing had a specific goal in the service of humankind, today's health care professionals are also united in similar ways.

They devote themselves every day to the care of all lives in the fight against this very threatening world emergency, COVID-19. It has

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