BrianID
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All healthcare workers thinking that we need extreme government restrictions to keep everyone safe from COVID19 is one of the biggest lies being spread by the media. Many doctors and nurses think many of these restrictions are ridiculous. We know some of the restrictions will do little or nothing to slow the spread of COVID. The same number of people are going to get COVID if we take extreme measures like Michigan or we become more relaxed like Sweden. It will just be spread over a longer period of time with restrictions like Michigan.
I do think it was a good idea to have social distancing restrictions in places like New York. I think some minor restrictions or recommendations in western states would have been more than adequate. We can't just let our guard down but we really need to pull these restrictions back significantly because the psychological, economic and harm to our children's education is significant.
The other big lie is that health care workers are being overworked right now. Most doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers are working less hours and some have even been "temporarily laid off". Some of the healthcare workers that I work with may be overly stressed about COVID but I haven't seen anyone overworked. I have friends and family working healthcare all across the country and none of them are saying they have been overworked. Almost all of them worked less hours in April than average. Remember April was the peak month for COVID in the US. Private healthcare workers are not in the military and cannot be mandated to work more than what their contract states. Any nurse or doctor that worked excessive hours in hotspots like New York last month choose to do so. No one made them. I have a coworker that went to New York last month to help. After being there for a day, they told him they didn't need him any longer.
I do think it was a good idea to have social distancing restrictions in places like New York. I think some minor restrictions or recommendations in western states would have been more than adequate. We can't just let our guard down but we really need to pull these restrictions back significantly because the psychological, economic and harm to our children's education is significant.
The other big lie is that health care workers are being overworked right now. Most doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers are working less hours and some have even been "temporarily laid off". Some of the healthcare workers that I work with may be overly stressed about COVID but I haven't seen anyone overworked. I have friends and family working healthcare all across the country and none of them are saying they have been overworked. Almost all of them worked less hours in April than average. Remember April was the peak month for COVID in the US. Private healthcare workers are not in the military and cannot be mandated to work more than what their contract states. Any nurse or doctor that worked excessive hours in hotspots like New York last month choose to do so. No one made them. I have a coworker that went to New York last month to help. After being there for a day, they told him they didn't need him any longer.
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