rickair7777

How come all of the DOCS aren't quitting? You didn't answer that, and it's the million dollar question...

DeltaboundRedux

"Society".

Given the racial demographics of the vaccine hesitant (not me, BTW), one might almost call your ideal society incredibly racist.

DeltaboundRedux

Yeah, I can't believe I'm going to have to jump the gun and commit to Operation "Move to FL, Commute to ATL" a decade early. Current governor is based.

Like 50% of other ATL A's. (?-ish). The jumpseats of many a MD-80/717 are cursed with all the old-man smell from the ATL commuters.


Then again, FL was THIS CLOSE (49.6% vs. 49.2%) to being blessed with the benevolent leadership of Andrew Gillum.

Not to judge or anything, but getting caught drowning in your own excreta, whilst overdosing on crystal meth, and paying for your own personal orgy with male "sex workers" (sans-wife), seems like a less-than-ideal governor for pandemic leadership. Hell of a story (with PICTURES!!!, but ya gotta go international, because reasons).

"Florida Man" is a meme for a reason. It's on the cusp of become another fantastic utopia run by very highly credentialed "TOP MEN" like CA, VA, or NY.

Also, trust the media. Because CNN/MSNBC was all over this just like Gerry Hart. Right? RIGHT?!?

Flyfalcons

I took the vaccine. But you cannot argue it has had the level of testing that other vaccines have had.

TransWorld

Reminds me how long did it take to eradicate smallpox? Where were the last remaining strongholds? Third world countries. Yep.

Good news is more third world areas have come out of abject poverty, now considered second world / developing since the smallpox eradication. If I recall the numbers, the world has gone from 40% extremely poor to 10% extremely poor in the last three decades. I believe that cutoff definition is less that $1.90 per day per person.

MIddle3rd

They are not usually employed by the hospitals. They are independent contractors or part of smaller groups.

TransWorld

True in some cases, but they could have their ability to see patients at that hospital revoked. Same as throwing them off property.

Secondly, a lot of hospitals are using hospitalists as the attending physician, instead of having your primary care doctor see you in the hospital. There also are Emergency Room physicians. Are they part of a group of independent contractors or are they direct employees?

rickair7777

Not true, most are actual employees these days. Some outside docs have staff privileges, but they are of course subject to the same vaccination requirements as anyone else who works in the hospital. Some state mandates apply to ALL healthcare professionals, period.

The federal mandate applies to all workers and facilities who get medicare, etc funding... so there may be a few high-end plastic surgery clinics in Beverly Hills who are exempt from that.

rickair7777

Yes, losing staff privileges is a career-ender. That's been a contentious issue in the past, when hospitals revoke staff privilege without any sort of due process.

Nantonaku

Then maybe you just answered your own question. Are nurses different? I can’t imagine *most* doctors are spending hours a day reading research papers. So doctors and nurses both have the same antidotal evidence doctors just have more to lose.