LOS ANGELES - Health care workers are urging the public to do their part amid the COVID-19 pandemic, asking everyone to practice social distancing through photos holding signs that read, “stay home for us.” On March 18, Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minnesota posted a collage of health care professionals holding signs that read, “I stayed at work for you, you stay at home for us.” The post has garnered thousands of shares and was followed by dozens of social media posts from health care workers at other facilities with similar pleas for people to take the pandemic seriously. “We made the sign because we wanted to reinforce how important it is to stay home right now to minimize the spread of COVID-19, and flatten the curve,” said Dr.