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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Oct 21, 2020 11:56:40 GMT
They think it's their right to go around without mask. Right trumps sense of duty for these people. As if potentially saving an elderly or a vulnerable person is not as important as not wearing a mask. Most of them are also attached to some sort of illogical conspiracy theory. It's scary out there. These people think we're infringing on their rights - when there's a much bigger picture out there - the health and wellbeing of our community. But it's all about them.
Ever hear of Qanon? I was around a couple of these people a few weeks back and had to distance myself from them. Oof. I'm not saying all - I do not want to generalize - I'm saying 'some'. Some of these anti-maskers also think there's a secret underground cult of Hollywood actors who drink babies blood who are looking to take down the Republicans and Trump is our savior. I'm serious - you can't make this up - google it - it has a strong following of deranged nuts out there.
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Post by masterofallgoons on Oct 21, 2020 23:09:30 GMT
They think it's their right to go around without mask. Right trumps sense of duty for these people. As if potentially saving an elderly or a vulnerable person is not as important as not wearing a mask. Most of them are also attached to some sort of illogical conspiracy theory. It's scary out there. These people think we're infringing on their rights - when there's a much bigger picture out there - the health and wellbeing of our community. But it's all about them.
Ever hear of Qanon? I was around a couple of these people a few weeks back and had to distance myself from them. Oof. I'm not saying all - I do not want to generalize - I'm saying 'some'. Some of these anti-maskers also think there's a secret underground cult of Hollywood actors who drink babies blood who are looking to take down the Republicans and Trump is our savior. I'm serious - you can't make this up - google it - it has a strong following of deranged nuts out there.
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Oct 21, 2020 23:14:38 GMT
It's scary out there. These people think we're infringing on their rights - when there's a much bigger picture out there - the health and wellbeing of our community. But it's all about them.
Ever hear of Qanon? I was around a couple of these people a few weeks back and had to distance myself from them. Oof. I'm not saying all - I do not want to generalize - I'm saying 'some'. Some of these anti-maskers also think there's a secret underground cult of Hollywood actors who drink babies blood who are looking to take down the Republicans and Trump is our savior. I'm serious - you can't make this up - google it - it has a strong following of deranged nuts out there.
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Oct 22, 2020 1:06:26 GMT
Just found out that my cousin is in the hospital with Covid and a blood clot in his lungs. I love the guy, but he is a dumbass - he started feeling pain last Thursday, spent the whole weekend in severe pain, but refused to go to a hospital. Yesterday he finally relented and went, and was diagnosed. His wife doesn't have any symptoms, but is probably contaminated as well - in fact she may very well be the one who gave it to him, as she goes out much more than he does.
He is the first one I know personally who contracted Covid-19.
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Oct 22, 2020 12:09:30 GMT
Just found out that my cousin is in the hospital with Covid and a blood clot in his lungs. I love the guy, but he is a dumbass - he started feeling pain last Thursday, spent the whole weekend in severe pain, but refused to go to a hospital. Yesterday he finally relented and went, and was diagnosed. His wife doesn't have any symptoms, but is probably contaminated as well - in fact she may very well be the one who gave it to him, as she goes out much more than he does. He is the first one I know personally who contracted Covid-19. Sorry to hear it, hope he makes a full recovery asap.
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Post by mecano04 on Oct 22, 2020 19:40:03 GMT
Just found out that my cousin is in the hospital with Covid and a blood clot in his lungs. I love the guy, but he is a dumbass - he started feeling pain last Thursday, spent the whole weekend in severe pain, but refused to go to a hospital. Yesterday he finally relented and went, and was diagnosed. His wife doesn't have any symptoms, but is probably contaminated as well - in fact she may very well be the one who gave it to him, as she goes out much more than he does. He is the first one I know personally who contracted Covid-19. I hope he recovers but he might feel weak for a while afterwards. His wife should get tested ASAP.
Not saying it is the case here but in my experience, having heard or seen people from outside of the "healthcare world", it seems that some don't realize how bad it is and how easy it is to get infected until they get it.
It seems like the virus is some sort of bogeyman until people get sick then reality sets in pretty quickly and it's a shock.
Still, as bad or heartless it may sound, that's probably one of the best way to make people understand (not saying it's your case, just generally speaking) that this isn't a joke or a drill, having them see that one of their relatives, friends, coworkers or acquaintances has it with mild to severe symptoms.
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Oct 23, 2020 20:44:26 GMT
Nutbag threatens to sue teenagers making minimum wage at McDonalds!
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Post by Pangolin on Oct 24, 2020 7:24:54 GMT
Got a negative test result yesterday.  |
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Oct 26, 2020 10:16:37 GMT
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Post by Zos on Oct 26, 2020 10:19:25 GMT
Got to go for a scan in hospital saturday, can't say I'm looking forward to it. At least the consultation afterwards is being done by phone the following week. Probably need another operation and Hospitals are definitely not places I feel comfortable in being "high risk".
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Oct 26, 2020 11:38:30 GMT
Per ABC News -
In Utah (shocker) -
'Mom Code'
Utah parents are not testing their children so they can keep the schools open.
I live in such a scary world.
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Post by mecano04 on Oct 26, 2020 17:01:12 GMT
So one of my coworker has been coughing quite a bit for the last 4 days yet she denies having COVID19. When asked how she knows, it's just the silence.
Truth is we all know she only got tested once, back at the very beginning but she screamed as if she was being stabbed when the nurse inserted the stick up her nose so she avoided all other tests so far. My boss claims that for as long as her symptoms can be associated with something else (flu, col,d whatever...) they can't force her to take a test. We also know that she's not careful, often removing her mask and touching her face but they can't force her...
Feels like the system is failing big time when it can't force someone to take a test to know for sure whether or not that person has the COVID, especially when that person works in healthcare.
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Oct 26, 2020 17:04:15 GMT
So one of my coworker has been coughing quite a bit for the last 4 days yet she denies having COVID19. When asked how she knows, it's just the silence. Truth is we all know she only got tested once, back at the very beginning but she screamed as if she was being stabbed when the nurse inserted the stick up her nose so she avoided all other tests so far. My boss claims that for as long as her symptoms can be associated with something else (flu, col,d whatever...) they can't force her to take a test. We also know that she's not careful, often removing her mask and touching her face but they can't force her... Feels like the system is failing big time when it can't force someone to take a test to know for sure whether or not that person has the COVID, especially when that person works in healthcare. Have you tried pulling her aside and explaining to her that she's being selfish and endangering the health of her coworkers and their loved ones as well - which could set off a domino effect of getting others ill - all because of her ignorance?
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Oct 26, 2020 18:10:49 GMT
So one of my coworker has been coughing quite a bit for the last 4 days yet she denies having COVID19. When asked how she knows, it's just the silence. (...) Feels like the system is failing big time when it can't force someone to take a test to know for sure whether or not that person has the COVID, especially when that person works in healthcare.
That should be a no-brainer!
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Post by mecano04 on Oct 26, 2020 18:29:07 GMT
So one of my coworker has been coughing quite a bit for the last 4 days yet she denies having COVID19. When asked how she knows, it's just the silence. Truth is we all know she only got tested once, back at the very beginning but she screamed as if she was being stabbed when the nurse inserted the stick up her nose so she avoided all other tests so far. My boss claims that for as long as her symptoms can be associated with something else (flu, col,d whatever...) they can't force her to take a test. We also know that she's not careful, often removing her mask and touching her face but they can't force her... Feels like the system is failing big time when it can't force someone to take a test to know for sure whether or not that person has the COVID, especially when that person works in healthcare. Have you tried pulling her aside and explaining to her that she's being selfish and endangering the health of her coworkers and their loved ones as well - which could set off a domino effect of getting others ill - all because of her ignorance? Oh yeah, we (others and I) tried but you got to know something.
About 20 years ago, when I began working in a long-term care home (nursing home/whatever other names it may have, CHSLD being the acronym here in Québec), there where no requirements other than being 16 years old minimum and passing the medical evaluation. The high school diploma requirement came in about 6 months later and was made mandatory retroactively to the people who were hired within the last year or so.
So back to 2020 and my present coworker, she's an old-timer. She came to Canada over 40 years ago and would have been a housewife for the rest of her life had her husband not divorced her. She has no formal education whatsoever, she barely knows how to count and she's no genius by any stretch of the imagination. Thing is, she applied for work at a time when the only requirement was age and clearing the medical evaluation.
So even if she barely understands what needs to be done in these time (on top what she "understands" from her normal work), she only does things to avoid being reprimanded not because she actually understands what is being asked and why so.
That's something that I have yet to see a plan for, dealing with the old-timers who in some cases have very little education and limited understanding of what goes on. Don't get me wrong, some are not book smart at all but quite street smart but in the cases where they fall into none of the two aforementioned categories, then there is no plan to make them fall in line with the others.
For example, two weeks ago we had a meeting with a lady who was in charge of some COVID unit they set up (and doing meetings in every center/building) and she told the staff that we need to be careful and follow the rules, otherwise there could be consequences for us and the residents. She used real-life examples of employees who caught COVID19 and suffered from serious complications to try to scare people into following the rules. Problem is, there was still no demonstration on how to follow the rules (e.g. proper hand-washing procedure).
So they keep telling people to follow the rules but they don't show them "how", while they (the people at the top) know they're not dealing with NASA engineers. That's the part that doesn't make any sense.
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Post by mecano04 on Oct 26, 2020 18:30:32 GMT
So one of my coworker has been coughing quite a bit for the last 4 days yet she denies having COVID19. When asked how she knows, it's just the silence. (...) Feels like the system is failing big time when it can't force someone to take a test to know for sure whether or not that person has the COVID, especially when that person works in healthcare.
That should be a no-brainer!
Totally agree but it seems the government and the CIUSSS don't see it that way.
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Post by Aj_June on Oct 27, 2020 19:33:37 GMT
It seems to me that France might just see almost 80% of its population covid infected by the end of December because they are seeing such high daily cases. And so would its neighbour Belgium. Europe is actually bathing in the virus. Entire East Europe is seeing infections increase at a rate it never saw in the first wave.
America's 2nd wave? Some say America is having 3rd wave, some say 2nd wave and some say it is just continuation of the first. I think areas like New York, New Jersey etc are definitely seeing a new wave. Their peak was way back in may and they had seen very low levels of virus for months. But things have spiked up again in October.
Outrageous stupidity by people in India.Just because virus has been decreasing they think it's not that big issue now. But there's nothing that may stop infection rate from rising again. North can be quite cold in the winters and Indian winter starts in November. So this halt in increase of infection may just be temporary. No need to take things lightly.
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Oct 28, 2020 9:46:55 GMT
Its on the rise in Norway, 325 new cases in the last day
In the city i live in it has been 24 new cases in the last 14 days.
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Post by sjg on Oct 28, 2020 10:45:00 GMT
It seems to me that France might just see almost 80% of its population covid infected by the end of December because they are seeing such high daily cases. And so would its neighbour Belgium. Europe is actually bathing in the virus. Entire East Europe is seeing infections increase at a rate it never saw in the first wave. America's 2nd wave? Some say America is having 3rd wave, some say 2nd wave and some say it is just continuation of the first. I think areas like New York, New Jersey etc are definitely seeing a new wave. Their peak was way back in may and they had seen very low levels of virus for months. But things have spiked up again in October. Outrageous stupidity by people in India.Just because virus has been decreasing they think it's not that big issue now. But there's nothing that may stop infection rate from rising again. North can be quite cold in the winters and Indian winter starts in November. So this halt in increase of infection may just be temporary. No need to take things lightly. Yeah it's looking really grim for Europe now. Full lock downs are predicted in most countries soon so expect protests and riots galore. I've been watching the numbers still each day and for quite a while i could see India catching the US quickly. Then it slowed down fairly quickly and now the US is pulling away although I'm not sure whether cases are increasing in the US or whether it's just because India's cases are slowing. It's being reported here in the UK a vaccine will be ready in weeks so if all vulnerable and over 50's get it then the death rates should plummet and with the treatment of Covid getting better and better we should be able to let the young and fit population loose which will be the end of the nightmare.
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Oct 29, 2020 11:42:49 GMT
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