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On January 11 2022 12:50 Mohdoo wrote:Show nested quote +On January 11 2022 12:36 evilfatsh1t wrote: theres now claims that djokovic provided false information on his immigration form also. this drama is probably more entertaining than the open itself I mean there's really no way he got admission based on what we know about his situation and the requirements. yes but getting caught falsifying legal documents gives more ground for the immigration minister to exercise his power. its one thing to be granted an exemption due to a technicality and another to get a free pass despite having falsified records
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On January 11 2022 14:46 evilfatsh1t wrote:Show nested quote +On January 11 2022 12:50 Mohdoo wrote:On January 11 2022 12:36 evilfatsh1t wrote: theres now claims that djokovic provided false information on his immigration form also. this drama is probably more entertaining than the open itself I mean there's really no way he got admission based on what we know about his situation and the requirements. yes but getting caught falsifying legal documents gives more ground for the immigration minister to exercise his power. its one thing to be granted an exemption due to a technicality and another to get a free pass despite having falsified records If they prove he lied and then let him play, after all the lockdowns people in Australia went through, I’d expect riots
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On January 11 2022 15:37 Mohdoo wrote:Show nested quote +On January 11 2022 14:46 evilfatsh1t wrote:On January 11 2022 12:50 Mohdoo wrote:On January 11 2022 12:36 evilfatsh1t wrote: theres now claims that djokovic provided false information on his immigration form also. this drama is probably more entertaining than the open itself I mean there's really no way he got admission based on what we know about his situation and the requirements. yes but getting caught falsifying legal documents gives more ground for the immigration minister to exercise his power. its one thing to be granted an exemption due to a technicality and another to get a free pass despite having falsified records If they prove he lied and then let him play, after all the lockdowns people in Australia went through, I’d expect riots funnily enough there were riots yesterday, except it was djokovic's fans that caused it. this also happened after he was cleared to play, not while he was being detained, which was weird.
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So their own version of events is that he tested positive, completely ignored local requirements for what to do when infected and immediately went to a bunch of public events and photo ops, and the Serbian government fully and enthusiastically supports him without even the slightest pretense that he isn't above the law there. Just shoot the Balkans into the sun already, I'll tag along, zero cultural/mentality improvement in the area during my whole lifetime.
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California Govenor Gavin Newsom now says COVID+ healthcare workers can return to work immediately if they are asymptomatic. No quarantine period, no tests needed. So we now live in a world where HCWs get suspended or fired for not getting vaccinated from COVID but they are approved to work while having COVID.
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On January 11 2022 21:28 BlackJack wrote:California Govenor Gavin Newsom now says COVID+ healthcare workers can return to work immediately if they are asymptomatic. No quarantine period, no tests needed. So we now live in a world where HCWs get suspended or fired for not getting vaccinated from COVID but they are approved to work while having COVID. And its sad that you see that as hypocrisy to be mocked instead of a dire message on just how bad hospitals are doing and how bad this Omicron wave is.
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On January 11 2022 21:41 Gorsameth wrote:Show nested quote +On January 11 2022 21:28 BlackJack wrote:California Govenor Gavin Newsom now says COVID+ healthcare workers can return to work immediately if they are asymptomatic. No quarantine period, no tests needed. So we now live in a world where HCWs get suspended or fired for not getting vaccinated from COVID but they are approved to work while having COVID. And its sad that you see that as hypocrisy to be mocked instead of a dire message on just how bad hospitals are doing and how bad this Omicron wave is.
I see it as both
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It's the same bullshit in Connecticut. I expect it's the same everywhere. Money over everything.
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On January 12 2022 01:03 JimmiC wrote:Show nested quote +On January 12 2022 01:01 Titusmaster6 wrote: It's the same bullshit in Connecticut. I expect it's the same everywhere. Money over everything. Im not sure its even that, health care is wildy expensive and the feds are picking up thr covid tab. Its an odd mix, if it was purely money you would have forced vaccination and super harsh penalties for amy risky behavior. Yes I agree. But since forced vaccination can't be a thing in the US, all the crap eventually settles down to the worker bees at the bottom. It's the employees that have to pick up and support the pieces, sacrificing themselves over and over again, wave after wave. I'm more in favor of "if we're short staffed, we're short staffed."
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On January 12 2022 01:22 Titusmaster6 wrote:Show nested quote +On January 12 2022 01:03 JimmiC wrote:On January 12 2022 01:01 Titusmaster6 wrote: It's the same bullshit in Connecticut. I expect it's the same everywhere. Money over everything. Im not sure its even that, health care is wildy expensive and the feds are picking up thr covid tab. Its an odd mix, if it was purely money you would have forced vaccination and super harsh penalties for amy risky behavior. Yes I agree. But since forced vaccination can't be a thing in the US, all the crap eventually settles down to the worker bees at the bottom. It's the employees that have to pick up and support the pieces, sacrificing themselves over and over again, wave after wave. I'm more in favor of "if we're short staffed, we're short staffed." Do you get paid for being off?
I’d largely agree with the last point, with the exception of genuine critical health and emergency services if they’re getting pushed past capacity
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On January 12 2022 01:30 WombaT wrote:Show nested quote +On January 12 2022 01:22 Titusmaster6 wrote:On January 12 2022 01:03 JimmiC wrote:On January 12 2022 01:01 Titusmaster6 wrote: It's the same bullshit in Connecticut. I expect it's the same everywhere. Money over everything. Im not sure its even that, health care is wildy expensive and the feds are picking up thr covid tab. Its an odd mix, if it was purely money you would have forced vaccination and super harsh penalties for amy risky behavior. Yes I agree. But since forced vaccination can't be a thing in the US, all the crap eventually settles down to the worker bees at the bottom. It's the employees that have to pick up and support the pieces, sacrificing themselves over and over again, wave after wave. I'm more in favor of "if we're short staffed, we're short staffed." Do you get paid for being off? I’d largely agree with the last point, with the exception of genuine critical health and emergency services if they’re getting pushed past capacity At this time, we are payed while off. The real question is, can people actually get time off?
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It's a balance where people's lives are at stake. If you drop healthcare staffing by 30% overnight, people will die. The remaining staff can only do so much. They're trying to mitigate the call-outs to as few staff as possible. There's a risk of spreading covid further, but that risk has been deemed acceptable.
https://globalnews.ca/news/8502714/ontario-incidental-covid-hospitalizations-january-11/
The province indicated that there are currently 3,220 people in hospital with COVID-19 — around 54 per cent of them were admitted because of the virus, while about 46 per cent were admitted for other reasons but tested positive for COVID-19.
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Of those hospitalized, 477 are in ICUs, which is up by 39. Around 83 per cent of those in intensive care were admitted because of COVID, while around 17 per cent were admitted for other reasons.
In other news, we now have figures from Ontario about hospitalization with/from covid. Hospitalizations as a whole are up, the majority of ICU patients are because of covid, not with covid. As "mild" as omicron is, it's crushing society as a whole because of how many people it's taking out.
Side Note: I managed to dodge omicron apparently and got a booster now, I think I'm probably clear til the next variant pops up.
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On January 12 2022 01:22 Titusmaster6 wrote:Show nested quote +On January 12 2022 01:03 JimmiC wrote:On January 12 2022 01:01 Titusmaster6 wrote: It's the same bullshit in Connecticut. I expect it's the same everywhere. Money over everything. Im not sure its even that, health care is wildy expensive and the feds are picking up thr covid tab. Its an odd mix, if it was purely money you would have forced vaccination and super harsh penalties for amy risky behavior. Yes I agree. But since forced vaccination can't be a thing in the US, all the crap eventually settles down to the worker bees at the bottom. It's the employees that have to pick up and support the pieces, sacrificing themselves over and over again, wave after wave. I'm more in favor of "if we're short staffed, we're short staffed." The problem is that with a short staffed overfull hospital people die despite being curable simply because there is no one to treat them.
Getting sick doctors and nurses to still come in isn't because of money over everything, its because you absolutely do not want to have to resort to medical triage.
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Omicron does not appear to be spreading within the staff at hospitals. It seems like it’s just “gotta live my life” folks who work at hospitals. And if it isn’t spreading among staff, and they are no longer symptomatic, it makes sense for them to work
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On January 12 2022 02:00 Gorsameth wrote:Show nested quote +On January 12 2022 01:22 Titusmaster6 wrote:On January 12 2022 01:03 JimmiC wrote:On January 12 2022 01:01 Titusmaster6 wrote: It's the same bullshit in Connecticut. I expect it's the same everywhere. Money over everything. Im not sure its even that, health care is wildy expensive and the feds are picking up thr covid tab. Its an odd mix, if it was purely money you would have forced vaccination and super harsh penalties for amy risky behavior. Yes I agree. But since forced vaccination can't be a thing in the US, all the crap eventually settles down to the worker bees at the bottom. It's the employees that have to pick up and support the pieces, sacrificing themselves over and over again, wave after wave. I'm more in favor of "if we're short staffed, we're short staffed." The problem is that with a short staffed overfull hospital people die despite being curable simply because there is no one to treat them. Getting sick doctors and nurses to still come in isn't because of money over everything, its because you absolutely do not want to have to resort to medical triage. I think we all know the problem. My fight is that I feel the US public has not really empathized or felt what healthcare workers had to go through as a whole. I think medical triage is absolutely appropriate, even in times when we don't have a pandemic. We would rather force healthcare workers to work while sick and infectious than force people to get a couple jabs.
Obviously people will think my opinion is biased since I'm a healthcare provider but it's hard to hide this frustration and anger any longer.
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On January 12 2022 02:04 Mohdoo wrote: Omicron does not appear to be spreading within the staff at hospitals. It seems like it’s just “gotta live my life” folks who work at hospitals. And if it isn’t spreading among staff, and they are no longer symptomatic, it makes sense for them to work I'm not sure what the distinguishing thing is Mohdoo but in my experience, with a positivity rate of almost 25% in CT, everyone is catching Covid whether they are "living life" or not.
One could argue, that for those with 2 vaccinations and the most recent booster, now is the "best" time to catch the virus.
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On January 12 2022 02:05 Titusmaster6 wrote:Show nested quote +On January 12 2022 02:00 Gorsameth wrote:On January 12 2022 01:22 Titusmaster6 wrote:On January 12 2022 01:03 JimmiC wrote:On January 12 2022 01:01 Titusmaster6 wrote: It's the same bullshit in Connecticut. I expect it's the same everywhere. Money over everything. Im not sure its even that, health care is wildy expensive and the feds are picking up thr covid tab. Its an odd mix, if it was purely money you would have forced vaccination and super harsh penalties for amy risky behavior. Yes I agree. But since forced vaccination can't be a thing in the US, all the crap eventually settles down to the worker bees at the bottom. It's the employees that have to pick up and support the pieces, sacrificing themselves over and over again, wave after wave. I'm more in favor of "if we're short staffed, we're short staffed." The problem is that with a short staffed overfull hospital people die despite being curable simply because there is no one to treat them. Getting sick doctors and nurses to still come in isn't because of money over everything, its because you absolutely do not want to have to resort to medical triage. I think we all know the problem. My fight is that I feel the US public has not really empathized or felt what healthcare workers had to go through as a whole. I think medical triage is absolutely appropriate, even in times when we don't have a pandemic. We would rather force healthcare workers to work while sick and infectious than force people to get a couple jabs. Obviously people will think my opinion is biased since I'm a healthcare provider but it's hard to hide this frustration and anger any longer. Oh I completely understand where your coming from, its a miracle and a testament to the healthcare workers that the entire system hasn't collapsed from just pure exhaustion. I don't know the nitty gritty of how it is in the US but here its been non stop pressure for 2 years now, if its not a Covid peak its working to reduce the backlog caused by the previous peak halting all non-critical care.
I'm all in favor of forced vaccination. Or a simply choice 'take the jab or sign here that you will renounce all medical care if you catch Covid' and lets all get on with our lives. If people want to keep being stupid they can take their chance with god.
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