CoronaVirus

bunk · 03-26-2020, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by cv129

Probably not. True story, a tech at my wife’s work was showing all the symptoms (fever, cough, shortness of breath, etc), but symptoms weren’t severe enough, she was turned down for testing, told to self quarantine. This was 1.5 week ago though.

Other than being uber rich, celebrity or politician, or you show all symptoms, it takes a lot to get tested when the kits are still limited.

Hopefully the test kits become more available. How is the tech doing now?

cv129 · 03-26-2020, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by bunk

Hopefully the test kits become more available. How is the tech doing now?

She’s doing ok. Don’t think she’ll have life threatening development. She was certainly exposed (her brother came from out of state with symptoms, she took him to hospital, then she started feeling not well).

bunk · 03-26-2020, 02:49 PM

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She’s doing ok. Don’t think she’ll have life threatening development. She was certainly exposed (her brother came from out of state with symptoms, she took him to hospital, then she started feeling not well).

I've been reading stories and people from work saying that folks in th healthcare industry are being infected. May or may not be related to the industry, but I hope they take extra precautions. Hiw is your wife doing?

geeteezee · 03-26-2020, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by bunk

I've been reading stories and people from work saying that folks in th healthcare industry are being infected. May or may not be related to the industry, but I hope they take extra precautions. Hiw is your wife doing?

Of course health care workers are being infected. It's a much higher risk occupation. My sister just quit her job, nurse in N. Carolina for 20 years at the same hospital. Inadequate protective equipment.

bunk · 03-26-2020, 03:33 PM

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Of course health care workers are being infected. It's a much higher risk occupation. My sister just quit her job, nurse in N. Carolina for 20 years at the same hospital. Inadequate protective equipment.

I meant even those with gloves and N95s

geeteezee · 03-26-2020, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by bunk

I meant even those with gloves and N95s

Ah, gotcha. Yeah, I've heard stories of medical personnel bleaching masks and reusing them. Lowers the micron efficiency.

Rusty · 03-26-2020, 03:42 PM

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Of course health care workers are being infected. It's a much higher risk occupation. My sister just quit her job, nurse in N. Carolina for 20 years at the same hospital. Inadequate protective equipment.

Just there is a spike of 35% for job posting in the health care field.

cv129 · 03-26-2020, 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by bunk

I've been reading stories and people from work saying that folks in th healthcare industry are being infected. May or may not be related to the industry, but I hope they take extra precautions. Hiw is your wife doing?

Healthcare workers, even those in the front lines, don’t have adequate protection. Some nurses (my wife’s cousin included) in departments other than those highly dangerous area are told not to wear masks, and some even say wearing masks will be fired immediately for insubordination (even if mask is nurse’s own, not hospital stock).

Wifey is a radiologist specializing in breast imaging, so she doesn’t come into constant contacts with others unlike ER docs. We are lucky on that.

bunk · 03-26-2020, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by cv129

Healthcare workers, even those in the front lines, don’t have adequate protection. Some nurses (my wife’s cousin included) in departments other than those highly dangerous area are told not to wear masks, and some even say wearing masks will be fired immediately for insubordination (even if mask is nurse’s own, not hospital stock).

Wifey is a radiologist specializing in breast imaging, so she doesn’t come into constant contacts with others unlike ER docs. We are lucky on that.

I work in a cardiology clinic and some of our Drs also work in the hospital. One of the receptionists at one of our remote sites said they've been asking for masks (we have them at our main office but not at the remotes). She said theyll walk out of they dont get them. I understand keeping a sense of calm... but comon, everyone knows what's going on and they need to protect the workers