This “heartwarming” news story received the takedowns it deserved

Jamie Jones. Updated December 16th, 2020

Over to the United States of America, Southern California to be exact, where local news source ABC7 Eyewitness News had a “heartwarming” story to share.

The story focuses on Lorie Carafelli-Fleming, a nurse currently receiving leukemia treatments, and her co-workers who donated their personal time off so she could recover.

Needless to say, the idea of health care professionals having to sacrifice their own vacation days in order for a fellow healthcare worker to recover from a life-threatening illness didn’t leave many people feeling heart-warmed.

Here are 7 of the best takedowns:

there's nothing heartwarming about a system so screwed up that people can't even take time off themselves for their health https://t.co/LGNEqhVbmm

— sai (@Saisailu97) December 15, 2020

https://twitter.com/HSW3K/status/1338995576302612480

me taking in the horrors of US labor laws and healthcare even for nurses with cancer during a pandemic: HEARTWARMING!!!!!!!! https://t.co/DCJV4Mufyp

— David Mack (@davidmackau) December 15, 2020

Imaging having a heart that's "warmed" by this and not outraged https://t.co/TGrbRjFFos

— Maximillian Alvarez (@maximillian_alv) December 16, 2020

we need to turn the country off and then turn it back on https://t.co/RRi7ARFkQt

— manny (@mannyfidel) December 15, 2020

The dystopian bleakness of everyday American life is beyond the pale. https://t.co/eTuWD8Ahn5

— Film Crit Hulk (on blusky too) (@FilmCritHULK) December 15, 2020

BONE-CHILLING: In the middle of health crisis, frontline health workers scramble to save co-worker's livelihood, highlighting broken system.

*Fixed that headline for you. #CashReliefNow https://t.co/zlvTqOju5h

— Humanity Forward (@HumanityForward) December 16, 2020

In conclusion:

Every heartwarming human interest story in america is like "he raised $20,000 to keep 200 orphans from being crushed in the orphan-crushing machine" and then never asks why an orphan-crushing machine exists or why you'd need to pay to prevent it from being used.

— Anosognosiogenesis (@pookleblinky) September 25, 2020

Source: @ABC7