We overreacted!

[Jolly]

It's all a balancing act.

If the hospital guys don't go back to work fairly soon, there will be a lot less healthcare in the near future.

[Doctor Phibes]

It seems to me that where people can work from home, they should. And a lot of people can do, with a few adjustments, at least partially.

[Mik]

@Jolly said in We overreacted!:

It's all a balancing act.

If the hospital guys don't go back to work fairly soon, there will be a lot less healthcare in the near future.

DING DING DING. That's likely the first place we need to open up. Strangling the health system's revenue stream will not save lives in the long run. They are also the industry most able to cope with safety measures.

[Doctor Phibes]

I have to say, if I had a non-urgent medical appointment at this point I think I'd re-schedule whether the place was open or not.

[Mik]

Normal appointments are still going on. I have one next week via telemedicine. It's mostly the hospital services that are hurting.

This will boost telemedicine, which I think is good.

[Jolly]

@Doctor-Phibes said in We overreacted!:

It seems to me that where people can work from home, they should. And a lot of people can do, with a few adjustments, at least partially.

Healthcare is hands-on. Telemedicine is good for getting prescriptions refilled. Not so much for some other things.

[Loki]

@Mik said in We overreacted!:

@Jolly said in We overreacted!:

It's all a balancing act.

If the hospital guys don't go back to work fairly soon, there will be a lot less healthcare in the near future.

DING DING DING. That's likely the first place we need to open up. Strangling the health system's revenue stream will not save lives in the long run. They are also the industry most able to cope with safety measures.

The news keeps talking about hospitals being overwhelmed again if we open up too fast but I don’t think the public understands that overwhelming the vast majority of hospitals have been crushed by the loss of patients. ED visits and inpatients down by 50-75% is the more common story.

[Copper]

@Aqua-Letifer said in We overreacted!:

@Copper said in We overreacted!:

Look at the flattened curve - there is no spike.

I never said there was.

@Copper said in We overreacted!:

People will die.

Good safety tip!

Yes, you said we would have a skyrocket, then you said we would have a spike.

The whole point of the flattened curve is that we have a flattened curve - no skyrocket, no spike.

That seems pretty reasonable to me. It is based on an event that can be measured objectively. We wouldn't need a whole lot of emotion and snide remarks.

Just meet the goal. There is no time limit. Stay home and reduce the number of active cases. Then go back out. Simple and no real need to mock or accuse.

[LuFins Dad]

@Jolly said in We overreacted!:

@Doctor-Phibes said in We overreacted!:

It seems to me that where people can work from home, they should. And a lot of people can do, with a few adjustments, at least partially.

Healthcare is hands-on. Telemedicine is good for getting prescriptions refilled. Not so much for some other things.

I was fine with reading the temperature, pulse rate, weight, and BP to my doctor on the TelePhysical. The prostate exam however...

[LuFins Dad]

I had no qualms about taking Finley to his 6-month checkup and inoculations last week. what I wasn't comfortable with was the fact that we were the only ones there. This can't be maintained.

[Jolly]

@LuFins-Dad said in We overreacted!:

@Jolly said in We overreacted!:

@Doctor-Phibes said in We overreacted!:

It seems to me that where people can work from home, they should. And a lot of people can do, with a few adjustments, at least partially.

Healthcare is hands-on. Telemedicine is good for getting prescriptions refilled. Not so much for some other things.

I was fine with reading the temperature, pulse rate, weight, and BP to my doctor on the TelePhysical. The prostate exam however...

Just find a competent prostitute. Common procedure for a jon that's too slow.