Lord a mercy
That’s not What I hear from hospital folks I know at Vandy and St Thomas here
It killed their elective surgery business and the incidence and spread has been ten percent of models
They find it a nuisance
I just sat beside a nurse anesthesist Sunday at our rural pool club and discussed this
One of my 13 years olds buddies daddy is an orthopedic surgeon with Tenn Orthopedics and he and I sit and talk when we exchange kids frequently
He sat on my front porch last week and sounded just like most non doomer Freepers over this craziness
For clarification my ex mother in law aged 89 died in Boston two months ago from this as did my Uncle in Mississippi a wwii navy vet aged 94
Both were in nursing homes and neither got quinolones ....sadly
But as far as ravaging hospitals ..not here
And Texas and Tennessee have similar rates of infection
“That’s not What I hear from hospital folks I know at Vandy and St Thomas here”
“But as far as ravaging hospitals ..not here
And Texas and Tennessee have similar rates of infection”
I never said Texas hospitals were “ravaged”. Sorry you invented that.
Couple of notes: Texas has the fastest growing covid cases in the nation now. Up 51% in the past week (https://www.axios.com/coronavirus-cases-spike-in-texas-and-arizona-1819ce9f-8565-483a-b367-b678a607154d.html)
As for physicians and other health care workers: Some are really on the front lines and others are way, way in the back. ER Docs are front and center. Ortho? Way in the back. They mostly do elective surgery. Their surgeries are postponed. They’ve been at home on the couch. Their salaries are WAY down. Of course they are upset at the salary lost. They aren’t taking care of the covid patients.
Another note on face masks. Many FRers say they are worthless. They are just wrong.
Do you know that hospitals actually do a face mask fitting for health care workers dealing with infectious diseases. The face mask my wife wears comes in multiple sizes. During the face mask fitting, a face mask is put on, then the health care worker is covered (in plastic I think). Then smoke is pumped in and the worker sees if they can breathe the smoke or the mask fits “properly”.
The mask is designed to protect from ebola, covid, etc.
Guessing your Ortho friend has never done a face mask fitting. Why? Cause he isn’t on the front line.