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CentralMass

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4. My nieces husband is a respiratory therapist that has been on the front line.

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Tue Jan 4, 2022, 03:35 PM

Jan 2022

My understanding is thst he was often the person holding the phone or tablet to allow patients to say their last goodbyes to family and being with the patients in their final moments.. I can only guess the toll that on must take on him and the other frontline medical personel.

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Reddit: nurse relates how traumatic it is to take care of even compliant unvaccinated covid patient. [View all] Swede Jan 2022 OP

So why are we bothering to treat people like PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2022 #1

Because he's a human being who needs medical care. WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2022 #7

He's also a human being who deliberately ignored PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2022 #8

. WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2022 #9

So given that health care resources are limited, PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2022 #10

No idea! I do know that "ignoring science" is a shitty barrier to raise, though. WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2022 #11

I personally don't think that ignoring science is a shitty barrier. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2022 #14

. WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2022 #18

When willfully unvaccinated people take up hospital beds so that PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2022 #19

Well said PatSeg Jan 2022 #17

When say "universal health care" we actually meant it fescuerescue Jan 2022 #12

:) I did, I did!! Lots of us did and do. Hortensis Jan 2022 #15

There is no employer who could make me rake care of an unvaccinated malaise Jan 2022 #2

Wow. I pity people who have to work with these sorts captain queeg Jan 2022 #3

My nieces husband is a respiratory therapist that has been on the front line. CentralMass Jan 2022 #4

Damn. This was BRUTAL. LowerManhattanite Jan 2022 #5

A must read dalton99a Jan 2022 #6

Yes. nt crickets Jan 2022 #13

Worth reading just to understand what happens when things go wrong. Renew Deal Jan 2022 #16

Late to this thread, but... hippywife Feb 2022 #20