PersephoneDec 23, 2022

You know, I want to be wrong about #COVID. I want to learn that my degree of caution is unnecessary. I would love to stop alienating the people I love because their "careful" and my "careful" aren't the same.

It's just that the stakes are so high. The misinformation is so high. The good information that we do have indicates that to be truly confident, you need layers of protection (eg vax + mask + ventilation + distance + testing). My comfort zone is for a lot of those layers, more than most people feel is necessary.

I'd love to be proven wrong.

@novid #pandemic #CovidIsAirborne #LongCOVID #HighRisk

Show threadEd Suominen
@nicedragon @novid I’d love for that, too, but you’re not wrong and we both know it.
Dec 23, 2022 at 5:14pmWeb
Show threadTatiana TrifanDec 23, 2022
@edsuom @nicedragon @novid
Where I live, hospitals are in staff mode due to infections in health care staff and in the population.
CEV and #chronicallyill are thrown under the bus for a 3rd winter. People fail to understand that a health care in which ER is not accessible is not a functioning health care. Vulnerable people can have an acute bout or progression or their illness that often needs rapid intervention to save their lives. This is not possible when health care is in staff mode.
Show threadPersephoneDec 23, 2022

@Tatiana_Trifan I'm not familiar with the term "staff mode," and Google isn't helping.

But I do know that hospitals are struggling right now. A pediatrician I know is having a terrible time getting beds for patients who need them. The children's hospital that has cared for my kids sent out an email basically saying "don't let your kids get sick, and if they do, try to take them somewhere else."

Show threadTatiana TrifanDec 23, 2022
@nicedragon Sorry for the technical terminology. Staff mode means they are understaffed and have to cancel all non-essential care. For ER, this means increasing triage.
Show threadPersephoneDec 23, 2022
@Tatiana_Trifan I see, thank you. I can only imagine how stressful that is for the staff, and of course trying to get care under such circumstances... scary all around.
Show threadPersephoneDec 23, 2022
@edsuom Yeah, that's what I'm afraid of. I'm especially worried about people finding out that their "mild" case of COVID led to a sudden stroke or other catastrophic health event.