re: When Health Workers say they are Exhausted and Overwhelmed...

lsupride87 - "Covid ICU survival is higher than Overall ICU survival and units are constantly close to capacity whether or not covid exists. You need to find new talking points"

Wasn't hard to find that you are wrong.

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The head of the Utah Hospital Association this week warned the situation is getting so dire that hospitals there might soon need to ration care. Hospitals in North and South Dakota are seeking staff reinforcements to care for patients in crowded intensive care units. And in Wisconsin, hospitals are opening makeshift ICU wings even as they desperately look for nurses and other clinicians to staff the facilities.

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“We can keep converting ICU space,” said Jeffrey Pothof, an emergency room doctor in Madison, Wisconsin. “But the constraint will be the staffing … that’s the thing that worries us the most right now.”

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Hospitals overwhelmed: Exhausted staffs, surging COVID-19 cases push nation's limits

You need to find new talking points.

Better yet, instead of "talking points" try something new.

They're called "facts."

Don't know how quoting the head of the Utah Hospital Association or an ER doc in Wisconsin can be considered clickbait.

Are you saying they are lying and thus must be ignored?

Just because it doesn't fit your perspective doesn't make it untrue.

The OP said there was no ICU shortage, and for these States he was dead wrong.

Wearing a properly fit-tested N-95 mask all day would suck.

I appreciate pilots every time I fly. Whenever I disembark I always tell the pilots “Nice landing.”

PTSD is least common in combat arms roles.

And?

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triple the amount of patience

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You sounded so uppity... then this

I thought the same thing.

I know people in the industry. They get paid more and have to take more precautions when they work.

Tons of people outside of healthcare industry have had to adjust too. Most of these people who still have jobs are not getting paid more and are getting paid less.

My complaint is that this is what their industry was built for. You know you’re dealing with peoples diseases and viruses on a daily basis in that industry. I appreciate the work they do but there is nothing special about them.

Healthcare workers are just like garbage men. They have to constantly deal with your trash on a daily basis but it’s something they are compensated for doing and knew going into it.

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If a nurse works a 12 hour shift prior to COVID-19 or now, they are working 12 hours, what’s the difference?

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They were used to sitting around the main desk gossiping about the young Dr's and who they were fricking. Now they don't have as much time for that at work so they have to stay up late texting their co-workers about who's fricking who.

People who see real hardship are the least likely to complain about it.

Hardship is humbling. Pain is humbling.