Our pharmacists have been super well behaved in that regard.
I had to explain to an ED Med rec tech that it doesn’t matter if she’s only seen the same 6 friends since March, she’s around covid+ patients every day and she’s the issue in her friend group.
RNs and medical residents have been hit or miss. I get it, as soon as I had confirmation of my antibodies I was ready to go on a trip. But I didn’t. Maybe if I were 26 I would’ve made worse decisions.
But friends in parts of the country that weren’t hit hard initially have been the absolute worst. It’s infuriating and frustrating to see how different parts of the country (and other um persuasions) have interpreted the scenario.
Oh, if I were 26, I would be taking advantage of these rock bottom fares and traveling wherever I'm allowed to enter, that's for sure. It pained me to cancel everything that I had planned this year + early next year. But, ya know, responsible adult... yah yah yah.
On the upside. Instead of traveling this year I will pay off my refinanced student loans. After finishing off my credit card debt earlier this year.
My new TV arrives today, lol. I spent way too much this pandemic. On the upside, I'm also extremely proficient in fixing and cleaning things now, because the concerns over infection have prompted me to avoid calling service professionals unless it's absolutely necessary. I still won't touch anything beyond my subpanel/main panel for electricity, though (but I'll gladly work on an outlet/light switch).
I re-cabled my garage door and managed to get it back on track the other day (it nearly fell on me as it contorted overhead). I probably should have called a professional, but hey... it's fixed!
I could have written this post. I stopped checking social media. It’s just too frustrating to see people who know better influence the spread.
I just roll my eyes... like, I don't know what's worse, people who just don't give a crap and do whatever with no apologies, or those who claim to be having a safe/distanced party of 25 people inside a house.
one of my ED Rn's just got married - they had 250 people at their wedding. Their response is that they can do what they want, but then they turned around and asked me about the vaccine and that they don't want their grandma to get sick so they will do what they can. hypocrit anyone?
I get it, people don't like to be told no. There's some level of cognitive dissonance and denial that I'm actually familiar with. It's like moving here to earthquake country... you kind of have to put the idea that you could be crushed to death in your home, office, or car out of your mind, otherwise you wouldn't be able to function.
Okay, not exactly the same as the covid superspreading wedding, but I've always wondered what rationalization goes on in peoples' heads when they do stuff like that.
It's a little bit difficult for me to relate since I'm not in a "mandatory travel quarantine state", but do you really think someone deserves to lose their job and possibly career over this?
Sometimes I think our Covid shaming has gotten a little out of hand. There are plenty of responsible ways to travel and vacation during a pandemic (drive, isolate with your spouse). It's a bit presumptuous assuming someone is travelling in the most dangerous way possible and infecting the most vulnerable with Covid at every turn. Honestly even air travel hasn't been shown to be a significant contributor.
I know I'm risking a public beating for this, but it's got to be said. Blaming people for getting Covid just doesn't sit well with me. It's a weird precedent for an infectious disease.
Someone replied already, but it bears repeating.... if you knowingly violate local health orders that apply to you and then lie to your employer about it, yeah you deserve to be fired.
We have employees that knowingly violate the orders by having these small/medium sized parties, and they've been owning up to it after calling out of work and subsequently testing positive for COVID. They should NOT be fired, and for reasons of privacy, shouldn't be called out.
But lying to your employer is a whole 'nother thing. It's like going to a country where TB is endemic, getting night sweats on your return, and lying about it. I agree, though, that an employer can't/shouldn't ding you for that specific activity in your off-time.
