We are so screwed up at this point it’s almost unimaginable. We have created such hysteria around COVID that everything seems not to matter. Not the economy. Not anybody’s life. No other health matter. It’s just CIVID-19 hysteria 24/7.
Yesterday a large regional medical company announced they are laying off 3,000 people. NOw, why in the world would a large medical company be laying off front line health care workers?
Why? Because nothing else is being done except COVID and there isn’t enough COVID stuff to keep people engaged. And yet, the hysteria continues.
People dying of strokes and heart attacks and cancer? Tough! We don’t want to hear, see, or DO anything that does not contribute to the COVID hysteria! How can the masses be cowed and inder house arrest without the hysteria? How can we beat Orange man unless we totally demolish the country and throw everything into utter chaos?
I’ve been seeking and reading some of the lawsuits. The reasoning used by the courts to uphold whatever order would work exactly the same in a typical flu season, provided the governors call an emergency.
I retired from Univ of Michigan Hospital last year. We got an email about laying off employees. We have 28K hospital employees. We have total of 50K employees with School included. In 2018 we had 2.4M clinic visits. Our inpt visits are down. ER visits down. We are expecting to lose 1 billion dollars in next year. Hiring freezes, wage increases will not be give this year. They are considering stopping the 10% contribution for pensions. No mention of other benefit changes like insurance and retiree premiums, vacation days, etc.
This is one of the largest hospitals in Michigan and it has been decimated.
Other hospitals are laying off like Henry Ford 2800 employees. Beaumont 2K.
I have no idea what lies ahead but it’s insane that we have decimated hospitals because of Detroit and Wayne areas. 3,500 deaths out of 9.9 million people in Michigan.