Quote (NetflixAdaptationWidow @ Dec 31 2021 09:02pm)
Many places didn't make it through that time. Entire hospitals had to shut down all elective procedures for damn near all of 2020 and parts of 2021 and had to go as high as 4 nurses per ICU patient when the standard of care is 1-2 nurses per patient. We're better now than we were in 2020, but in low-vax areas, like specifically the hospital I did all my pre-med work in, was continuously swamped throughout 2021 because of the low vaccination rates.
I think you should listen to the people who actually have medical experience on issues like these, because everybody on the forum with medical experience has been telling you the same thing. Skinned, Bazi, Neptunus, and I all have significant medical experience and work in different facets of healthcare and have been pretty much in lock step explaining what's going on with our medical facilities and nobody has listened.
It's pretty sad honestly. A large portion of conservatives would rather listen to bitchute instead of the people on the ground dealing with the issues.
My boss is an oncologist and head of Phase 1 clinical trials and very nearly got pulled to help in the ER. My coworker's husband is a pediatrician and hasn't done adult treatment in 10 years and got pulled to help in the ER even though there's no way he can provide adult care on par with what's normally expected. Just for some examples.
i am listening to you right now
that being said, the mess in 2020 and early 2021 was more or less inevitable, but my original point was about firing healthcare workers for not taking the jab when you are already shorthanded
that must mean compliance is more important than treating people and the vaccines we have do not slow the spread
my mom works in a hospital (not healthcare though) and their ER is constantly full even without any rona patients, german doctors worked until they drop before the pandemic and nobody gave a fuck
dont get me wrong, i would make vaccine that provides the classic immunity mandatory for everyone tomorrow
the pandemic is slowly winding down and the worst is behind us, its not going to be permanent
however full emergency rooms will continue to be normal
btw, i am not saying its you or anyone else here, but you do realise how dumbasses there are even among doctors? i am tired of the "i am a doctor, i am right" argument, inam interested in results
i have seen people with the same education deny the existence of the virus or deny the existence of our immune system
the problem are not unvaxxed in general, the problem are unvaxxed AND unhealthy/elderly people