Texas doctor, 28, dies of Covid: 'She wore the same mask for weeks, if not months'
Adeline Fagan tested positive in early July and died in September – one of more than a dozen health workers to have died from the virus
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Texas doctor, 28, dies of Covid: 'She wore the same mask for weeks, if not months' - US health workers lost to Covid skew younger and lack protective
- Thread starter SilentPanda
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www.theguardian.com
Seeing people my age or younger dying scares the living fuck out of me, what the fuck was that thread about scientists encouraging young people to build herd immunity?
What a fucking shame, this administration's ability to allocate resources to our health professionals. Man was just out of med school and is already dead.
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Don't want to be that guy (it's a terrible loss regardless), but young people dying is the exception and not the norm based on survival stats
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Why do you keep posting covid fearmongering articles
Yeah but this thread is about young doctors who bravely work in the frontlines and die for this stupid pandemic that could have been prevented if our leaders weren't dipshits
For some further perspective, n95s are really supposed to be one time use only. But here we are, reusing them and other PPE for months at a time... still.
I'm still using the same N95 since July with a regular facemask on top that I change daily. I'm still unable to get anymore from my employer. Some people are just resorting to doubling up on surgical masks. Others just spent money on respirators with capable filters, but these still have to be modified to cover the exhaust port (to prevent exhaled breaths from leaving).
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I feel like there are hospitals with insane amounts just sitting. Seems like a distribution problem just waiting to be solved.
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Fearmongering( the spreading of frightening and exaggerated rumors )
I don't think the article is false or a rumor?
I think the majority of people are aware that most young people (under 30 especially) survive COVID. The problem is to act like young people can't be affected at all or they should just go about there normal lives like nothing is happening. Young people seem to spread the disease just as much if not more than other age groups.
Anyway. it's a terrible shame that healthcare workers on the frontlines are also succumbing to it. These people are heroes and it's unbelievable that so many have had to work without the proper protective equipment.
and yet here we are with your terrible post for all to see. As a healthcare worker, I ask that you please see yourself out and don't come back. These kind of takes are not wanted or useful to the conversation.
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Don't want to be that guy, but coronavirus can kill you and you wouldn't know until it kills you, so you should follow all applicable guidelines and safe practices instead of assuming your age is 100% useful as a barometer of whether or not coronavirus will kill you.
You don't want to be that guy, but you went ahead and became that guy. Next time just shut up and don't post.
Ok? The point of this was our country sucks so much we don't even get our hospitals and clinics supplied with equipment.
There have been lots of stories of hospitals lacking PPE. Here in Seattle where the pandemic epicenter was, hospitals were taking PPE donations from the public. ICU nurses were reusing masks, definitely. Even in NY when it was bad around there.
You should tell that doctor her death was statistically unlikely!
I won't pile on more than others (rightfully) have, but it's absolutely insane that we are a first world country that doesn't provide a baseline of medical for its populace nor proper equipment for its health workers. But man, that fly over at the start of the pandemic was sooooo inspiring and helpful for healthcare workers. /s obviously.
Jesus this is so fuckin tragic man :(. My little cousin is doing her residency in a covid ward and it just worries me :/
Actual scientists or economists?
Scares me that those people have platforms. "remember the pandemic ? Just catch it guys, it's ok"
These hospitals make boat loads of money not sure why they're not supplying masks for their nurses? I'm in charge of our COVID supplies at my work and just ordered 4000 more masks today. Our supplier has every type of mask in high supply. The people running these hospitals are to blame along with our govt.
It really hits you hard when you realize that medical professionals are being put on the chopping block with increasing odds against them as the second wave arrives (well the first one never really left) and malicious pieces of garbage right wing politicians and right wing influential figures and outlets are propagating anti-mask rhetoric despite new cases hovering around 10s of thousands per day.
And of course, that doesn't even begin to deal with the fuckery of "free market" rhetoric as a way for cities to bid against one another masks and supplies while the brokers and suppliers and other ancillary members participating in this scheme make enormous profits.
RIP that poor nurse.
And of course, that doesn't even begin to deal with the fuckery of "free market" rhetoric as a way for cities to bid against one another masks and supplies while the brokers and suppliers and other ancillary members participating in this scheme make enormous profits.
RIP that poor nurse.
How is showing the ineptitude of this administration and the criminality of this medical corporation "fear mongering"?
If you don't like it, ignore the thread.
On topic, this is heart breaking. :(
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Scientists call for Covid herd immunity strategy for young News - COVID
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/06/scientists-call-for-herd-immunity-covid-strategy-for-young The declaration https://gbdeclaration.org/
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To me this is the equivalent of going into a thread about a plane crash and saying "Statistically speaking it's the safest way to travel!".
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Scientists call for Covid herd immunity strategy for young News - COVID
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/06/scientists-call-for-herd-immunity-covid-strategy-for-young The declaration https://gbdeclaration.org/
I was using the same N95 for some time with a surgical mask over it for some time before I was able to order them directly from a supplier.
There's not much research on how long you can use a disposable mask for, but you have to assume that anything past a single use is taking some risks in a healthcare setting, and it's tragic that employers across the country were treating staff as expendable.
There's not much research on how long you can use a disposable mask for, but you have to assume that anything past a single use is taking some risks in a healthcare setting, and it's tragic that employers across the country were treating staff as expendable.