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| SiliconWizard:
--- Quote from: Muttley Snickers on April 23, 2020, 11:10:59 am ---I had to go to the medical clinic today to see the GP for prescriptions, specialist referrals and a medical certificate and expected the place to be packed with people. To my surprise there is normally a two hour wait to see a doctor but the place was completely empty and I was able to be seen straight away. It turns out that it's actually a good time to be sick. ::) --- End quote --- Depends on where you live exactly. Many doctors have just shut down and only do phone or online for the time being. Not that great depending on what your condition is. If you're "lucky" to have a clinic nearby where you can go, that's already a lot better. Not everyone does. But the fact the place is almost empty is not particularly a good sign, as nice as it is for those who go there. It means many people are just staying home instead of getting a medical consultation they might actually need. Over here, it has actually started being a source of concern. If I'm not mistaken, I think there has been 40% less medical consultations since the confinement for GPs and 60% less for specialists. So people not sick because of the Covid-19 are actually worse off. As to hospital consultations, of course they are severely restricted as well to emergencies basically. So if you have a chronic and stable condition, or just something very mild, this is alright. But if you have something new which doesn't look like an emergency, but could still be concerning, ahem. Less so. |
| Muttley Snickers:
From my own experience we have it pretty good over here health care wise. I was self employed and kept reasonably fit and healthy for over three decades and rarely if ever got sick or saw a doctor, but when I turned fifty everything failed all at once which now means I am reliant on our health system and the diligence of others. One of the most difficult aspects of being self employed and suffering serious illness is having to tell your long term loyal customers that you are no longer able to provide a service or be of assistance. |
| james_s:
--- Quote from: Electro Detective on April 23, 2020, 11:19:38 am ---Hope you're keeping well :-+ but same deal here because there's hardly anyone sick enough to hit on the medical establishments and or their newly embedded corona FEAR :scared: :scared: :scared: is keeping them self imprisoned at home, and doing 'social distance' phone consultations instead :phew: --- End quote --- So are you suggesting it's ok to do nothing and we'll just lock down once the exponential growth really starts climbing out of control and hospitals are filling up? What part of "that's too late" do you not grasp? Have you watched what has been happening in New York? Do you think the area where you live is somehow fundamentally different? I thought it was overblown too but I was convinced once I started seeing the numbers grow explosively, and now I'm watching the exact same pattern happen in places all over. People blow it off because there are only a few infections, hospitals are below capacity, etc and then it blows up. Some hospitals near me were real close to having to start triaging and pulling people off ventilators when things started to flatten out, now they're finally getting under control. Speaking as someone living in what was the epicenter of the infection of the entire nation I can say that by the time you realize you've got a problem, it's too late. You are not invincible. |
| nctnico:
Some random ramblings about last week... a customer is hiring so I had to be part of job interviews using video conferencing. I also went to the customer's office for a face-to-face interview with one of the candidates. It was really nice to see some familiar faces in person again. Doing a job interview at a big table with the chairs far apart and taking turns to avoid crowding the room was also new. The low amount of traffic on the road was also very welcome. Like it is holiday season. Usually I go to that particular customer by train. Looking outside the window at the traffic jam which -more or less- extends from where I live to where my custome resides. Since public transport is a no-go I went by car but without the usual traffic jams getting there was a breeze. Not saying the road wasn't busy though. Today I went out on my bike. At some point I had to wait for a bridge which was open. Normally people would bundle up in front of the barrier (on the seperate bicycle road) but nowadays (nearly all) people wait in line so there is enough distance between everyone. Kinda interesting to experience but it is also nice to see that people adhere to the distancing rules. |
| james_s:
--- Quote from: paulca on April 23, 2020, 10:52:46 am ---Just had a conference call with the head of delivery. He said, "Home working is here to stay, even after this. Obviously it was always an option, but now we have proved to our clients we are fully operational with the building closed I don't see why we can't provide it as an option for all employees going forward." --- End quote --- I've been working from home 2-3 days a week for as long as I've been with this employer, now I'm home fulltime. Eventually I'd like to get back to going into the office a couple days a week but I dread ever having to go in every weekday. I'm really hoping that one positive thing to come of this whole mess is a lot more companies finally realizing that there's no reason to require everyone to be in the office every day, many people can work productively from home or wherever and with the tools we have available these days it's easier than ever. Commuting every single day is a waste of time. Working from home I work more hours on average yet feel less tired from it. Each day that I'm home is ~2 hours I don't spend killing time on a bus. |
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