Latest Coronavirus - Yikes

[Carl Pickens]

Can we make this happen. Im going to say 2 hours

I’m ready..... I’ve been training hard

 

[mr.checkerboards]

They will never ever give those answers.... it is one big lie.

I understood it at the beginning. A new unknown virus and quick infection rates. 2 weeks to keep hospitals from being overrun ok. Now its way out of hand. Its become a political cat and mouse game.

 

[DancingOutlaw]

To reiterate, the concept is we have X number of beds available in intensive care and Y number of ventilators. If the number of CV19 patients exceeds either amount, we've got big problems. Having a loved one die because there simply wasn't adequate medical coverage available is a horrific option. This is why we quarantined then, and why we may have to again in the fall (or sooner) when the 2nd wave hits.

If we quarantine again corona is going to be the very least of our worries.

 

[ETV]

I think some places will attempt another lockdown. Cats out of the bag and we will see them try to exercise that power again.

It's political suicide at this stage during the election year.

 

[volbeast33]

I understood it at the beginning. A new unknown virus and quick infection rates. 2 weeks to keep hospitals from being overrun ok. Now its way out of hand. Its become a political cat and mouse game.

I did the quarantine thing at the beginning but now I realize it is BS.....

 

[mr.checkerboards]

I did the quarantine thing at the beginning but now I realize it is BS.....

Im just ready for it to be over with.

 

[volbeast33]

Im just ready for it to be over with.

For whatever reason.... they won’t let it end

 

[VolnJC]

Ive been opposed to a 2nd stimulus but think this might save some businesses
Could a $4,000 domestic travel credit be part of a second stimulus payment?

 

[mr.checkerboards]

For whatever reason.... they won’t let it end

Tell me about it, Ive been off since mid March and im ready to go back to work

 

[mr.checkerboards]

Ive been opposed to a 2nd stimulus but think this might save some businesses
Could a $4,000 domestic travel credit be part of a second stimulus payment?

Honestly I like the idea. Get money in to stimulate the economy.

 

[kiddiedoc]

ER / Hospital workers have been laid off? Hmm... got a link for that or you just making stuff up?

Interestingly, I just got off the phone discussing this exact issue, as we are looking to hire. I assure you: ER shifts have been cut, NPs are being let go, and staffing cuts are deep.

 

[VolnJC]

Honestly I like the idea. Get money in to stimulate the economy.

We would do our part...I have over 20 days of PTO time I have to take or lose by the end of the year....Company said I could do 2 or 3 weeks at once since I helped them out during the lockdowns when others wouldn't.

 

[kiddiedoc]

Unfortunately it may not be our choice. It appears that in the event of a public safety emergency the constitution goes right into the crapper and we can be forcibly vaccinated against our will.

I saw a posted interview with Alan Dershowitz a week or so ago explaining this very scenario in regards to governmental suspension of individual constitutional rights.

There's absolutely no way that the government will mandate a vaccine. Never say "never?" I'm saying "never."

Don't take that as me giving me opinion on the vaccine. I will wait until I see the research.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

We would do our part...I have over 20 days of PTO time I have to take or lose by the end of the year....Company said I could do 2 or 3 weeks at once since I helped them out during the lockdowns when others wouldn't.

Proprs to your company for giving you that. Ive been off since March and just got a letter that its looking like October, but after being in lockdown im ready to go somewhere, anywhere. Im actually flying down to Florida with my parents soon but id go somewhere else fast, quickly and in a hurry if we got that second check

 

[kiddiedoc]

Im just ready for it to be over with.

Try being a level-headed doctor through all this!

 

[MG1968]

With all these cities voting to defund their police departments, how will they enforce a second round of quarantines/shelter in place orders?

 

[BP4Prez]

ER / Hospital workers have been laid off? Hmm... got a link for that or you just making stuff up?

West Tennessee Healthcare furloughs 1,100: Citing a revenue loss due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Jackson-based West Tennessee Healthcare has furloughed 1,100 individuals of its 7,000-person workforce, according to The Jackson Sun.

This is just the local hospital system (West TN). I’m sure there are countless others all over the country.

 

[kiddiedoc]

West Tennessee Healthcare furloughs 1,100: Citing a revenue loss due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Jackson-based West Tennessee Healthcare has furloughed 1,100 individuals of its 7,000-person workforce, according to The Jackson Sun.

This is just my local hospital system (West TN). I’m sure there are countless others all over the country.

It's incredibly bad in East Tennessee, as well.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

Try being a level-headed doctor through all this!

I couldn't imagine what you've had to deal with through this.

 

[BP4Prez]

With all these cities voting to defund their police departments, how will they enforce a second round of quarantines/shelter in place orders?

Send out the social workers!

 

[volbeast33]

Tell me about it, Ive been off since mid March and im ready to go back to work

I work in healthcare so it luckily hasn’t affected my work any

 

[kiddiedoc]

I couldn't imagine what you've had to deal with through this.

Fortunately, as is the case around the world, children have been largely unaffected by the infection itself. However, the social isolation, lack of access to medical care, limited therapy services, etc has been devastating.

To date, not a single admission to our tertiary-care hospital in Knoxville. No pediatric deaths. And now, we have good studies showing that kids are not "asymptomatically" spreading the virus to the older/frail population.

It's been the hardest three months of my 16 year career

 

[volfanhill]

With all these cities voting to defund their police departments, how will they enforce a second round of quarantines/shelter in place orders?

While o don’t believe there will be another order like that, maybe community targeted ones, they don’t need the police. Companies aren’t going to violate those type of orders. They would be open to way too much exposure.

 

[volfanhill]

Fortunately, as is the case around the world, children have been largely unaffected by the infection itself. However, the social isolation, lack of access to medical care, limited therapy services, etc has been devastating.

To date, not a single admission to our tertiary-care hospital in Knoxville. No pediatric deaths. And now, we have good studies showing that kids are not "asymptomatically" spreading the virus to the older/frail population.

It's been the hardest three months of my 16 year career

I appreciate you and your posts. I am so worried about how this has impacted my 8 year old daughter. In many ways she has grown. Which is good. In many more ways it’s been bad, she has less desire to be social besides me and her mom, because until last month we were all she was around.

 

[kiddiedoc]

I appreciate you and your posts. I am so worried about how this has impacted my 8 year old daughter. In many ways she has grown. Which is good. In many more ways it’s been bad, she has less desire to be social besides me and her mom, because until last month we were all she was around.

Man, I hate to hear this. I'm seeing it every day. It kills me. I'm just trying to go above and beyond to be sensitive to the needs of my patients and to hear out and encourage my parents.

I see a huge proportion of my area's teachers and policy makers' kids. I'm not lying when I say that they are 95+% behind opening schools on time without restriction and getting these kids back to "normal."