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  1. COVID: I'm ready to leave the hospital until the end of the pandemic guilt

    macawake replied to CardiTeleRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Since you asked, yes I do. I think that if patients were being assaulted on a regular and systematic basis like these posters claim, multiple someones would actually have made formal complaints...

  2. Perspectives on the Pandemic | The (Undercover) Epicenter Nurse | Episode Nine

    macawake replied to guest584920's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I did not. It’s not necessary to have done so in order to spot the lies. One RN’s perspective? Really? Making a more than one hour long movie? Did she ever contact the police about what she...

  3. Perspectives on the Pandemic | The (Undercover) Epicenter Nurse | Episode Nine

    macawake replied to guest584920's topic in Disaster Preparation

    This is disinformation and in my opinion has no place on a nursing

  4. Could masks be another vector?

    macawake replied to guest584920's topic in Disaster Preparation

    You actually believe that studies are ”removed”? That’s strange because I can easily find studies that point in different directions when it comes to the ability of masks reducing transmission....

  5. COVID: I'm ready to leave the hospital until the end of the pandemic guilt

    macawake replied to CardiTeleRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    As an RN, are you the one who places patients on vents? You say that physicians and respiratory therapists are forcing you? I you witness assaults occur at your place of work, posting anonymously...

  6. Covid Vaccine

    macawake replied to Nurseybl06's topic in Disaster Preparation

    When you write your reply inside a quoted post it means that the post you write can’t be quoted but shows up like the above blank. When you use this ”format” it’s more work to than I’m...

  7. Now that the Covid 19 vaccine is just around the corner... Will it be mandatory?

    macawake replied to NewRN'16's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Isn’t it at least as likely that it will be individual employers who will mandate that healthcare staff have to take a vaccine in order to remain employed at their facility, rather than the...

  8. Covid Vaccine

    macawake replied to Nurseybl06's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Well, as I’ve said a few times I absolutely agree that we should do our due diligence and research the relevant published data before we make a decision. When you ask questions like how long a...

  9. Covid Vaccine

    macawake replied to Nurseybl06's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Welcome to AN! You haven’t identified yourself as a nurse (or paramedic etc.) so I’m unsure of you have any healthcare related education? The claim that an unvaccinated individual is at...

  10. Covid Vaccine

    macawake replied to Nurseybl06's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Welcome to AN! Which vaccine are you referring to when you say ”this vaccine”? Pfizer/BioNTech’s and Moderna’s vaccines are mRNA vaccines but there are several others currently in phase 3...

  11. Covid Vaccine

    macawake replied to Nurseybl06's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Welcome to AN! I agree that you should read the vaccine studies. Right now we only have the interim data released by the various pharmaceutical companies conducting vaccine trials and I too will...

  12. How soon can we expect to see cases go down now that Biden is president?

    macawake replied to DesiDani's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Would it be possible for you to not ask your questions in the form of gramatically challenged riddles? Is the first ”some” the same ”some” as the second ”some”? Or are we talking different...

  13. Feel like I'm handling this pandemic as well as others

    macawake replied to mermer_rn's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Hi OP, it’s me again ? I just wanted to add one thing that struck me when I read your post. Since you work PRN and float to different units you might not get the benefit of support of people you...

  14. Feel like I'm handling this pandemic as well as others

    macawake replied to mermer_rn's topic in Disaster Preparation

    You are not handling this poorly. There is nothing wrong with you. You are a human being having a normal reaction to an abnormal situation. Frontline workers who deal with the effects of the...

  15. A Few Words from Dr. Anthony Fauci

    macawake replied to jeastridge's topic in Disaster Preparation

    The Covid-19 pandemic is worldwide. You’re free to agree or disagree with the various measures that different countries have implemented in an effort to combat this virus, but when you try to...

  16. COVID-Positive Nurses Working: Irresponsible or Smart?

    macawake replied to J.Adderton's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I don’t think that is what they’re suggesting. The plan seems to be for Covid-19+ nurses to care for patients who are also Covid-19+, not that sick nurses care for immunocompromised patients who...

  17. COVID-Positive Nurses Working: Irresponsible or Smart?

    macawake replied to J.Adderton's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Nor it would seem the general public that the nurse might meet on the way to and from work. The whole idea of having infectious individuals ”out and about” is just contrary to infection...

  18. COVID-Positive Nurses Working: Irresponsible or Smart?

    macawake replied to J.Adderton's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I think that this pandemic has taken a heavy emotional toll on many frontline nurses and other healthcare professionals. But guilt? No. If anything we should be kind to ourselves and acknowledge and...

  19. COVID-Positive Nurses Working: Irresponsible or Smart?

    macawake replied to J.Adderton's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Irresponsible or smart? I don’t think that is the right question to ask. The irresponsible part was getting to the point in the first place where hospitals no longer can care for all patients...

  20. President Trump was likely largest driver of COVID-19 misinformation “infodemic” per Cornell University study

    macawake replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    ”The only way this stops is if people rise up” Considering the Governor was recently the target of a terrorist kidnapping plot, this is particularly distasteful. I have absolutely no...

  21. How soon can we expect to see cases go down now that Biden is president?

    macawake replied to DesiDani's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    I have to admit, I’m actually struggling a bit to not become annoyed with your question. Coming from a nurse the question is simply a bit more naive than I’d expect. Unless it’s only a veiled...

  22. Will a vaccine actually solve the problem?

    macawake replied to SansNom's topic in Disaster Preparation

    No, I didn’t ”conveniently” leave anything out. https://www.who.int/csr/don/06-November-2020-mink-associated-sars-cov2-denmark/en/ It’s absolutely warranted to keep an eye on this....

  23. Covid Vaccine

    macawake replied to Nurseybl06's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Since we’ve only lived with this ? for less than a year, we will not have the luxury of long-term studies. No vaccine has been approved yet. Once one is, I will review the details of the trial...

  24. Will a vaccine actually solve the problem?

    macawake replied to SansNom's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I’m not sure why you say that SARS-CoV-2 has an astounding ability to mutate? It’s really not that fast and as far as I know we haven’t seen (m)any significant changes in its genome so far? I...

  25. Polite way to deal with AWOL CNA’s?

    macawake replied to Beepbeepbeep's topic in General Nursing

    Well they clearly have no qualms about being rude to you, so I wouldn’t lose any sleep over how they perceive you if you decide to put your foot down. I don’t mean to imply that expressing the...