My wife has asthma and is healthcare worker.
Her boss is an idiot and I'm being kind here.
They gave her two masks to use; and when she used one of them she got strange looks from the nursing staff.
I hate, they have this attitude, and it's none of their business! She needs to take care of her patients, and herself.
We need testing here so we know the correct trend, but here is a good example.
Yes, anyone with asthma should certainly be very cautious. There was a 20 something year old girl on the local news today stating that it was hard for her to breath, and she has no history of lung disease. Cases in my state quadrupled in 24 hrs, yet my hospital is still all negatives- that will change any day. I also attended a meeting today at work (every four hr requirement to discuss status and placement of hospital COVID rule outs) and was informed about two people in the nearby area that significantly and dangerously breached the rules of their self quarantine within 24 hrs. People simply can’t be trusted..
That graphic you posted of testing results in S. Korea is quite telling...nice find!
sounds like joining the military...no beards and they give you what they used to call a burr haircut. I went into military 1977, everyone had long hair back then-the amount of hair on the floor was crazy, lol.
That’s what I think about quite often through this, and at the time it felt like a was shaving off part of my identity and freedom. As healthcare workers, we are fighting a war- it’s just viral rather than physical, and we are right at the forefront because someone has to do it. While I think veterans are worthy of all the glory, recognition, and benefits they deserve, I think healthcare workers at the hands-on patient care level aren’t given any reciprocation or recognition for putting ourselves at great risk. If we are lucky, they will give us a free lunch in the cafeteria when the dust settles, and then do everything they can to keep us from getting yearly raises.
If things get real bad (not unlikely for RT), all relevant personnel will be mandated to show up to work extensive hours unless physically proven unfit to do so- and/or are quarantined themselves. They will send hospital security or involve local police to remove me from my house if I don’t respond to being called in during a state of emergency. We are already stretched to our limit and additional hours have already been asked of us within the past two days. Today I worked 14 hrs instead of 12.5. All hospital staff has already been exhausted by this.