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On the eve of Thanksgiving, let鈥檚 spare a moment to thank our health care workers for their year of sacrifice, grace under fire, and resilience.聽

In the spring, we often applauded their dedication. We put up lawn signs showing our appreciation. But after a brief reprieve, cases are rising again. 鈥� We're tired,鈥� Lizette Torres, a registered nurse at Del Sol Medical Center in El Paso, Texas, told NPR recently.聽

To get through the dark days of winter, many health care workers are again turning to music for solace and inspiration.聽

Hospitals around the world have . For example, Journey鈥檚 classic 1981 track 鈥淒on鈥檛 Stop Believin鈥欌�� is often piped through the PA system when a coronavirus patient heads home. 鈥� 鈥� a reminder to patients to never give up and a motivational thank you to tired, never-stop-trying team members,鈥� says Veronica Hall, president of Detroit鈥檚 Henry Ford Hospital.

In other hospitals, the 1969 Beatles tune 鈥溾�� is the preferred victory anthem. In some cases, health care workers . Videos by Drs. Elvis Fran莽ois聽and William Patterson in Rochester, Minnesota, performing (in scrubs) John Lennon鈥檚 鈥淚magine鈥� and Bill Withers鈥� 鈥淟ean on Me鈥� have gone viral.

鈥� that鈥檚 really hard to do with any sort of pill or surgery, or anything like that,鈥� Dr. Patterson told "Good Morning America."

So, as we count our 2020 blessings, let鈥檚 sing 鈥� or perhaps hum 鈥� a song of gratitude for the practitioners and nurses faithfully delivering compassion to the front lines.