Kansas City Chiefs guard Laurent Duverna

Kansas City Chiefs guard Laurent Duverna

11 weeks ago, helped his claim the Lombardi Trophy at 54. Now, the guard is trying to block something far more daunting than the ' defensive line -- COVID-19. Duvernay-Tardif, the 's only active medical school graduate, is working at a long-term care facility in his native Quebec, Canada. To prepare for his return Jonathan Bernier Jersey to hospital work last month, he took a "crash course" on everything from putting a surgical Luke Witkowski Kids Jersey gown on to sanitation, but that still didn't calm the nerves a sociated with a virus affecting the entire globe. "I felt nervous the night before," Duvernay-Tardif told , "but a good nervous, like before a game, and I packed everything neatly: scrubs, white coat, extra pens, even a second pair of shoes that I could leave in my locker, knowing they were clean."Before working on the front lines of the pandemic, Duvernay-Tardif promoted social-distancing measures to Montreal's young adults through social media and public service announcements. Shortly after, though, Canada's health ministry announced it needed the Andreas Athanasiou Women Jersey help of additional health-care profe sionals even students or those without fulfilled residency requirements like Duvernay-Tardif. https://twitter.com/LaurentDTardif/status/1255480581560905730?s=20Duvernay-Tardif sprang into action and applied, landing a position at a long-term care facility in Montreal. Tomas Tatar Men Jersey Because he doesn't have a license to practice medicine, Duvernay-Tardif told the he's handling duties nurses usually do such as delivering medication. Still, the McGill University product -- for both his undergraduate and medical degrees -- and six-year NFL veteran is happy to contribute, even if his presence raises the eyebrows of his new coworkers."One of the people training me turned and said, 'You're the football player, right?'" Duvernay-Tardif said. "When I answered yes, he said, 'Bro, you just won the Super Bowl.' 'Indeed,' I told him, and now I just want Patrik Nemeth Kids Jersey to help." Quebec needs as much help as it can get. As of Saturday, . Quebec alone accounts for more than half of those figures with 28,648 total cases and 2,022 deaths, respectively.

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