Co-vid reality

[IndySkies]

First, some background, I used to lurk on this site, years ago, posted later, mostly topics about how management treated nurses, jokes, and psycho babble.  Came back back years after that, just to look how professional nurses felt about the pandemic.  I can kind of understand reluctance to take the vaccine, except, that ‘normal’ flues are Co-Vid type of viruses, (This does not equate Co-Vid as just the ‘flu’), which gave them a template to speed research and production. I understand skepticism in regards to our government, it’s been lying to me personally, since LBJ.

But, Co-Vid is real.  I don’t care if came from eating bats, or was a lab leak. it’s here, it’s real and it’s here to stay.  I remarked on someone else’s topic about I’m glad it’s not Bubonic plague, etc., because I cannot believe how our fellow Americans believe that having to commit to relative minor inconveniences as wearing a mask is an attack on their freedom. Our ancestors, ‘The Greatest Generation’ lived through the depression, and World War II, created the society that we enjoyed, (at least for awhile), experienced quarantines much more deadly, restrictive, that what we are experiencing, (ours is more widespread, cause it’s more aerosol in origin). 

I responded to another topic, or maybe the same one, where is desire to find real info about Co-Vid cause they didn’t trust official sources, (they also expressed skepticism about masks).  I wrote that the Kansas City Star, ( a newspaper, remember them?), did a survey of Kansas. (You can only find redder states in the Deep South, or maybe sporifice Western populated states). Every county that had mandatory mask implementation, incidences of Co-Vid went down, ever county that did not, COVID increased. His response, was to ask for citations, (guess he never heard of the internet). This response tells me he just wanted confirmation of his pre-conceived conclusions, and not the truth. Now all over MSN, and Yahoo news sites, and other, the largest study, can’t remember the country, found the same thing.  Of course, skeptics won’t believe.

Heres my thoughts, don’t take the jab, it’s your choice, (but capitalism is realistic, especially insurance, it’s not going to pay for your hospitalization if you’re not vaccinated, just you wait and see).

If  masks are ineffective, (and they are not to prevent you from getting it, but to prevent you from spreading it, mostly). Why do we wear them in surgery? Or why during invasive procedures, or accessing Dialysis catheters, or obtaining blood cultures. 

I am tired of wearing masks, ( and the isolation procedures you have to go through, numerous times a day)I

I am tired of COVID+ patients complaining that they didn’t sign up for this. Non compliant with Vasotherm cannulas, pull off Bi-pap masks, refuse proning , refuse Intubation until WOB becomes too much, think Medications should work immediately, and why can’t they get what Trump got. 
 

Wearing a mask is not a sign of weakness, that you are afraid of getting the virus.  You may be the virile strong person that the virus has little effect. You wear it so your fellow man, (which could be your parents, grandparents), from getting it. 

Don’t get the jab, it’s your choice.  Your organization fires you because of this, it’s their choice. They’ll be be hurting ‘cause your such a good nurse, and you’ll discover most organizations ‘hate’ their nurses, you look like  a cost to them, not a benefit.  Nursing shortages have always been there, there are numerous schools cranking out AD RNs right and left. (Why do think BSNs have never became the entry level for Registered Nurses?). It pays better, and has a better rep than teaching, and most hospitals don’t care if you only stay a couple of years, in fact they rather you didn’t cause cheaper ones are always coming down the line.