SandpitMedic, I get what you're saying and I agree with some of it, but I wouldn't expect the world or even the country to think more highly of us beyond a couple of months when this is over. That's about how long the honeymoon seemed to last for EMS after 9/11, when I was working in NY. I'm not blaming anyone; the public has a right to value our contributions any way they want. It's just that they have short memories and usually don't need us. Plus, most of them don't even understand what we do, even now. I think we'll just revert to "the ambulance people" in their minds, and stay that way between global crises.