Folks if you're qualified to get a COVID booster do so ASAP. If you're not vaxxed please do so ASAP. If you're not vaxxed against influenza do so ASAP. It's going to get apocalyptically bad ASAP in hospitals and healthcare systems.
It’s a crazy world.
Doctors getting their third shot to avoid even the possibility of ECMO.
While others are trying to get home ECMO in order to avoid getting their first shot.
“We don’t know about the long term effects of the vaccines.”
Yes we do. mRNA is taken up into your cells and the COVID19 spike protein is manufactured and the mRNA is then quickly degraded. The spike protein is recognized as foreign and you build long-term immunity, that’s it.
Nurses who abuse their power over perceived notions of who is deserving of pain relief should not be allowed to hold a license or practice nursing. This is not okay. If you see it, stop it & report it.
Today has shown police don’t need de-escalation training, they choose who to escalate on, that’s not a training issue. Police don’t need unconscious bias training, they are conscious of their bias.
I can’t go into detial, but I saw my first self-identified non-binary patient in the ED recently. After asking their pronouns and offering my own, it felt important to tell them I am also non-binary. I’ll never forget how their eyes widened with joy. Representation matters.
The President is taking:
—Remdesivir
—Regeneron
—Dexamethasone
—Zinc
—Aspirin
—Vitamin D
—Pepcid
—Melatonin
The President is NOT taking:
—Hydroxychloroquine
—Azithromycin
—Oleander
—UV Light
—Bleach
—Demon Semen