Even if they don’t practice in an area particularly hard hit by the coronavirus, the pandemic is already at every primary care doctor’s doorstep.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1299688
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1299688
“As hospitals buckle under the Hoax”
Might as well beat the RWNJs to the punch.
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Purely anecdotal, but what I’m hearing from medical provider friends is that when someone does have more severe symptoms, the speed with which this virus can kill is terrifying. Had one doctor tell me that an otherwise healthy woman in her 40s felt totally fine one day, but by later that evening she was short of breath, and within a couple of hours, she was intubated with lungs filled with fluid, and will likely not recover. Goes from seemingly fine to drowning to death in hours. Scary stuff.
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I got a call from by dentist today, putting off my semi-annual appointment until July (if then). Because of course they did, because there is no choice, because who would want to spend 15 minutes face to face with anyone right now, a foot apart?. But how do they survive? How do they pay their staff, retain their staff? This is a huge problem, one of a nearly infinite number of huge problems.
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“Goes from seemingly fine to drowning to death in hours”
When you have some time check this interview out.
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My wife and I just had a Zoom consultation with her cardiologist. It was frankly, great. We spent longer with the doctor that we do in the office where you mostly see assistants, etc. Her blood pressure is being monitored by visiting nurses who do just as comprehensive an examination as the office staff do.
Sure some things will always require an in person visit, but a lot of stuff, especially for existing patients does not. Diabetics, for example are being outfitted with continuous glucose monitors that the doctor can download reams of data from remotely and advise as to treatment modifications. The geniuses who run the insurance companies and Medicare/Medicaid can figure out how to make sure the docs get paid
If we are serious about reducing carbon emissions, we ought to adapt some of the changes forced on us by the virus on a more permanent basis.
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Seems like China discovered early on they could not allow their primary hospitals and clinics to become the perfect breeding ground for the virus. Separating the covid-19 patients from the primary hospitals with annex facilities was an important strategy.
At least on the national level, it seems like we’re just catching on to that. It’s not like we weren’t given a heads up.
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Telemedicine should be getting more reimbursement for the time being.
Also,as someone who’s switched to teaching by video and chat, I’d have to say it’s harder in many ways than the in-person version, at least at first.
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At least I have a good excuse to put off the colonoscopy for a few months…
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Enjoy your hiatus from receiving guilt trips about that. I am.
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Yeah, and a visit to the dentist for a cleaning…
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Same here. It’s too dangerous for them right now. They are at risk of going out to business but there are two things going for the clinics. The stimulus will probably help a lot of those companies, and they will never, ever run out of customers once the lights are turned on. Few services enjoy that.
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Go to this tweet and watch the video!
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Saw that a few days ago, very powerful.
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You just startin’ to get worried,
You ain’t going out no more
And it’s confusin’ to your mind.
Just consider this:
You can be scared when it gets too real.
F. Zappa
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As ‘Baghdad Don’ bullshits his way through another presser, the corona virus count is now up to 64,764 and is certainly over 65k w/CA’s numbers (not yet in the count). MI had 787 cases on Sat night. They’re now at 2301. That’s a 192% increase.
https://www.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/85320e2ea5424dfaaa75ae62e5c06e61
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Yeah, I wonder if ol’ Rush Limbaugh still thinks this covid-19 bug is just a bad cold cuz it’s a coronavirus like some versions of the common cold are… some hoax eh?. I don’t think I can stand hoaxes like this too damn often
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Self praise is almost never a good recommendation.
And let’s stop with the “miracle drug” shit.
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It is a constant, unrelenting drumbeat on Faux News. I just can’t describe how off the wall that website has gone compared to even 6 months ago. They are “all hands on deck” 100% batshit propaganda to save Trump and the GOP right now and find some way, any way, they can to create a narrative that lets them blame the liberals for what (for the moment at least) the liberals are suffering.
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