My woman runs a ED in a hospital.

Doctors are burning out, nurses are burning out...

People don't get it, they have at least a dozen dead every day..

And that's one hospital.

its a false narrative to bring down trump..
just wait for them to explain to your woman, what its actually like from their "numbers"

last week, 5 died in the fucking waiting room.

Five of them.

Know why? Every single room in the hospital is full of Covid positive patients.

500 rooms.

Jeez. Where are you at?

He was a glorious war god.

where this at?

This is an excellent point: advanced countries contained the coronavirus giving some rest to healthcare personal.

Imagine if they start to burn out now while winter is coming. Could be catastrophic.

Thanks Obama.

Health institutions and workers have seen decades of good lifestyle and record profits. I'm still wondering why they were so ill prepared from a supplies perspective given the volume of capitol that flows through the system and ~2 months advance notice.

For example, Mayo Clinic had record profits last year of $1 billion. Yet, they received anonymous donation so they could anti-body test their staff O.o. Which will lead them to identify the 'immune' so they can do blood/plasma treatments using fluid from their own staff. Probably charge for it too...

This post was edited by RedFromWinter on Jul 1 2020 11:22am

US healthcare system is extremely bloated. It's that way at various levels all throughout. I've long been a proponent of forcing some of these industries non-for profit. Insurance companies, hospitals, etc need to run at break even or slightly above, not look for ways to maximize the bottom line.

I think this is an area where centralization may be good. Unified hospital systems should be able to negotiate much better prices for products and squeeze suppliers into lower profit margins. Won't be good for those suppliers but definitely a positive for the general populace who's paying 30 dollars for a needle that costs 1 cent in steel costs and 10 cents in manufacturing costs.

Have you heard of a 'Primary Care Membership' plan? The concept seemed neat, like a monthly subscription to a gym that gives you access to a set amount of services/amenities. It would be awesome if common services could be streamlines and made cheaper. I do appreciate the Mayo Clinic and what they can do for nuance/special cases, but to get a blood check there and talk to a cardiologist is highway robbery.