Neverending Covid-19 Coronavirus
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ranbalam
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That's where my head is. Not that I want it of course, but I feel I'm just waiting to get it.
The indoor mask mandate is back in Salem, so I guess that's a good thing. I know that there are people being very vocal about it though.
The CDC released this morning some startling numbers with how high new cases are this week.
All I hope is things simmer down before March when I am going to a concert.
The CDC released this morning some startling numbers with how high new cases are this week.
All I hope is things simmer down before March when I am going to a concert.
ranbalam
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Me too. I have BBNG tix for March and it'll be my first show since Feb of 2020. (Durand Jones)
My COVID ICU in Miami Is Being Slammed Yet Again. But This Time It’s Different. — Slate
Omicron is causing cases to skyrocket in Florida.
apple.news
This article talks about Nurses and Traveling Nurses and hospital staffing levels as well as nurse burnout. It's an interesting read.
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CNN is reporting that the price for at home testing kits is going up. And prices are expected to soar this year.
The average price of home testing kits sold at Walmart, Kroger and Amazon are up by 35% since the beginning of December. And they are only going to continue to go up.
The average price of home testing kits sold at Walmart, Kroger and Amazon are up by 35% since the beginning of December. And they are only going to continue to go up.
duke86fan
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Honestly.. all this fear, all the situation, the fact that it's another surge despite last year seemingly getting better (finally out and enjoy ourselves if we are vaccinated)... But it feels like this will never end and we will have non stop news about this and never-ending variants because of either some people refusing to get vaccinated or because paranoia is too strong
This is where I'm at, but I don't really put all the blame the people who aren't vaccinated because the only way we were ever going to defeat this was to get the globe vaccinated quickly and that didn't happen because, profits (i.e. the gross profit motives of our billionaire class were more important than global human health). The statistics suggest that the number one thing that predicts whether a person is vaccinated is whether or not a person has health insurance. When those people who didn't have insurance were asked why they weren't vaccinated although the vaccine was free, the most frequent answer was because they were afraid that if they had a bad reaction to the vaccine, they were not going to be able to go to the doctor. The second most frequent answer was because they were afraid to miss work if they had side effects from the vaccine. We can't stop a national pandemic because we lack nationalized healthcare. The newest estimates suggest that 55 million Americans are not covered by any healthcare--private, Medicaid or Medicare. We cannot have close to 20% of Americans unable to see any sort of doctor and think that we are an advanced society that can handle pandemic.
Djxfactor511
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Well, my mother in law and two brother in laws tested positive yesterday (all vaccinated and boosted). We were with them all day/night New Years Eve and New Years Day. Probably the closest and longest known exposures we've had since summer.
My sister wasn't feeling good starting Monday just tested positive for covid. She just had Covid in October.
She is fully vaccinated and boosted.
Back in October she quarantined for 14 days. This time around her boss is telling her she needs to come into work
She's a brewer at a brewery, and she believes she caught COVID again on New Years Eve in the Tap Room where all the employees got together for a New Years Eve party along with the general public. Her boss is saying it's impossible she caught it there...
But I guess a lot of employees are sick. And they are being told the production line can't shut down do to staffing shortages. Essentially, they are being told they are essential workers and you are all vaccinated so come to work.
She is fully vaccinated and boosted.
Back in October she quarantined for 14 days. This time around her boss is telling her she needs to come into work
She's a brewer at a brewery, and she believes she caught COVID again on New Years Eve in the Tap Room where all the employees got together for a New Years Eve party along with the general public. Her boss is saying it's impossible she caught it there...
But I guess a lot of employees are sick. And they are being told the production line can't shut down do to staffing shortages. Essentially, they are being told they are essential workers and you are all vaccinated so come to work.
avecigrec
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My sister wasn't feeling good starting Monday just tested positive for covid. She just had Covid in October.
She is fully vaccinated and boosted.
Back in October she quarantined for 14 days. This time around her boss is telling her she needs to come into work
She's a brewer at a brewery, and she believes she caught COVID again on New Years Eve in the Tap Room where all the employees got together for a New Years Eve party along with the general public. Her boss is saying it's impossible she caught it there...
But I guess a lot of employees are sick. And they are being told the production line can't shut down do to staffing shortages. Essentially, they are being told they are essential workers and you are all vaccinated so come to work.
So what beer are we not buying anymore?
That is complete and utter horseshit.
Wormtown
The last year and a half they used digital trackers for contract tracing and people who tested positive quarantine.
With this latest wave they have thrown all that out the window. It's like they have given up on trying to prevent covid and using precautions that cost money and impact their production line. Now the attitude is that it's inevitable that you are going to catch it at sometime or another, and everyone's vaccinated so it will be mild. So let's work through it.
With this latest wave they have thrown all that out the window. It's like they have given up on trying to prevent covid and using precautions that cost money and impact their production line. Now the attitude is that it's inevitable that you are going to catch it at sometime or another, and everyone's vaccinated so it will be mild. So let's work through it.
Turbo
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I was reading an article saying that the 1918 pandemic ended because people just decided to ignore it after 2 years. They elected governments that ignored it ever happened. It wasn't over, but they were lucky because there was enough immunity that giant waves didn't happen anymore. People still died for a while, but nobody cared. By all accounts, it seems like we're destined to repeat history unless hospitals are overwhelmed... and even then the US doesn't seem to care because of the privatized systems.
And there it is, the reason that so many people were against vaccine mandates in the work place.
Your sister is sick. She is telling her boss that she's feeling ill, and her boss told her that she's vaccinated, thus, not sick and that she needs to come into work. How many people are being denied a sick day because they are "vaccinated essential workers"? What a load of crap.
It also doesn't help that my sister, and many other employees have no PTO / sick time or negative PTO balances because they quarantined last year. They don't have any PTO/Sick Time to take a day off for this wave.
ranbalam
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Kind of related to that - my friend called me last week because he didn't feel good and wanted advice. He felt fevery (no thermometer at home) and was shaking. He said his company (he's a virtual/studio casino dealer) allows for five paid sick days, but they also get a point against them for using said sick days, so he was thinking of going in so he didn't get the penalty point. I understand that people can abuse their time off, but to penalize for using what was earned seems so wrong. Sure enough, my wife said they do the same thing at her hospital. That's just insane to me. Is that common?
My friend ended up staying home, then eventually testing positive. Two days later his company shut down for the week because 75% or more of the staff were positive.
Yup, I had a 6 months wait to get an appointment with a specialist last year after getting a referral.
Everyone opposes medicare for all citing long wait times. Well guess what, we already have the long wait times unless you have the connections and money to skip ahead of the line.
LeeVing
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I'm sure I've said it before in the last 2 years...but that was the worst 3 nights of work I've had.
Our patient census across the whole hospital is up to the point we are making new areas to admit patients to. The PT area of the ortho department was makeshifted to house patients. And last night the pre/post op surgery area was housing patients.
We were told this high census "wasn't covid related" - but it is. Even when we are down to single digits on our unit - if you add up just the covid #'s across the whole hospital, that's what is making the census high....and the last few days we have been seeing the post-christmas increase of Covid. We went from 6-8 covid on our unit to 16-20. If I had any empty room in my assignment, there was pretty much a 99% chance a covid patient was going to take it.
And, while the omicron variant isn't "as bad" as the delta. People still are getting sick from it. The high majority I'm seeing aren't vaccinated, and staff have lost pretty much any compassion for people that choose not to get vaccinated. If one chooses to not get vaccinated, they should be the last to be admitted to the hospital - these people are taking beds from other actual sick people that have more pressing medical issues.
And now we have a testing shortage, so everyone seems to just be coming to the hospital to get tested...and more tests = more positive tests = more admitted patients.
We have been working short staffed for months and now that we are opening other areas to house patients we are stretched even more. A "normal" night with regular staffing I'd have 10 patients. Now I'm at 20-23 - or we get a random 1 to 1 and a CNA gets pulled to do that and I get the whole floor of 46.
Our patient census across the whole hospital is up to the point we are making new areas to admit patients to. The PT area of the ortho department was makeshifted to house patients. And last night the pre/post op surgery area was housing patients.
We were told this high census "wasn't covid related" - but it is. Even when we are down to single digits on our unit - if you add up just the covid #'s across the whole hospital, that's what is making the census high....and the last few days we have been seeing the post-christmas increase of Covid. We went from 6-8 covid on our unit to 16-20. If I had any empty room in my assignment, there was pretty much a 99% chance a covid patient was going to take it.
And, while the omicron variant isn't "as bad" as the delta. People still are getting sick from it. The high majority I'm seeing aren't vaccinated, and staff have lost pretty much any compassion for people that choose not to get vaccinated. If one chooses to not get vaccinated, they should be the last to be admitted to the hospital - these people are taking beds from other actual sick people that have more pressing medical issues.
And now we have a testing shortage, so everyone seems to just be coming to the hospital to get tested...and more tests = more positive tests = more admitted patients.
We have been working short staffed for months and now that we are opening other areas to house patients we are stretched even more. A "normal" night with regular staffing I'd have 10 patients. Now I'm at 20-23 - or we get a random 1 to 1 and a CNA gets pulled to do that and I get the whole floor of 46.
America calls out sick
As America comes down with Covid-19 again, stores, restaurants, airlines and other industries have few other options but to serve customers less — or not at all.
Business are closing left and right across America as staff call out. Businesses are seeing rates of covid infection among employees soar leaving to few staff to continue to remain open.