re: Major overreaction by the government

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So you don't trust the experts who have devoted their lives to studying infectious diseases. Who do you trust then?

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These “experts” have devoted their lives to sky screaming at trump and climate change. Why would a normal red blooded American listen to a little wuss nerd that tells them not to go to work and get drunk with their podnuhs?

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Gimme a fricking break. I have a couple of friends on the front line of this shite and they feel like this is an overreaction.

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What do they do on these front lines? Because I do as well. I also work in risk management and insurance within the healthcare field and let me tell you, my clients don’t see it the way you do. They are concerned their systems are going to be overwhelmed. Some of them already are.

ER nurse, paramedic, and pharma sales

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ER nurse, paramedic, and pharma sales

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The only credible one of these would be the ER nurse. And they have, to put it bluntly, seen some shite. Not surprised he or she is a bit of a hard arse.

I deal with risk managers and chief medical officers, among others. everyone I’ve encountered are of the line of thinking that there is no way to know is this is an overreaction, ever. But an under reaction would be very apparent. This was quoted somewhere recently and mentioned by more than one of my clients. I tend to agree.

IF, IIFFF it gets as bad as feared, we're going to lose either way. The question is do we pay now or later. And which one is going to cost more?

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in my non-expert guess? yes

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We'll see I guess. Goldman agrees with me.

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It’s just a CYA, in the event of the worst case scenario. Which is more than folks dying. As you know, it’s lawsuits and reputational damage. A health system can’t afford to be on the wrong side of history on this.

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If it’s really THIS, that’s actually worse with regard to these actions being taken.

I disagree. The ambulance rider is hands on with it as well and the sales guy is involved with selling test kit stuff. When the paramedic tells me it's time to panic I will panic.

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Although it is a bit over reactionary people are not going to be ruined by this

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My neighbor manages several hotels in the Arlington-Crystal City, Virginia area and she is already being ruined by this. Hotels are at 30% occupancy and she just had to lay off quite a few people on Friday as a result of the lack of income.

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The ambulance rider is hands on with it as well

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Your EMT knows dogshit about a pandemic.

And pharma reps know next to nothing about patient safety in a health system. They know the drugs they are selling, and that’s where it ends. No shade, that’s the job. But they have absolutely no clue.