[riptip]

I am so not looking forward to being cooped up again. Am hoping we get through the worst of this in 4-6 weeks. Hopefully cases will stay low in TV because most of us are vaccinated. I prob will refrain from the squares for a bit. Best to all of you!

[Kenswing]

Originally Posted by riptip

I am so not looking forward to being cooped up again. Am hoping we get through the worst of this in 4-6 weeks. Hopefully cases will stay low in TV because most of us are vaccinated. I prob will refrain from the squares for a bit. Best to all of you!

I don’t worry about things that might happen. Besides, I doubt our governor would allow another lockdown.

[Dana1963]

Originally Posted by riptip

I am so not looking forward to being cooped up again. Am hoping we get through the worst of this in 4-6 weeks. Hopefully cases will stay low in TV because most of us are vaccinated. I prob will refrain from the squares for a bit. Best to all of you!

We all must rely on personal choice. Just because someone says it’s nothing to worry about may not be taking your best interest. I never follow the crowd.

[Madelaine Amee]

Di Santis is not going to lock down Florida during high season. Also, TV is probably one of the safest places to be. Many people wearing masks and have had their shots and boosters. All good.

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by Kenswing

I don’t worry about things that might happen. Besides, I doubt our governor would allow another lockdown.

Hence my Tom Petty quote...

[pauld315]

I had this Omicron, I am fully vaccinated and 68 years old. It was like a mild cold. This variant isn't causing those who were vaccinated to be admitted to the hospital. I don't know where the OP went through a lockdown but we only kind of had one for one month the first year. DeSantis is not going to lock down the state for a glorified cold.

[CoachKandSportsguy]

Actually, lockdown is the least of the worries, the original poster has recency bias.

The real worry, which is happening in smaller hospitals, and having reduced services in larger hospitals, is sick hospital workers. Now, everyone's first thought about hospitals are doctors and nurses. But those are NOT the workers who are getting sick:

Janitorial staff is getting thin which results in slower room cleanings between patients, slowing down available rooms.
Food service staff is getting thin, cafeterias closing to only be available to serve patients.
admin and back office staff getting thin, meaning that reports for doctors and management to make decisions are slowing down,
as well as regulatory reporting.

XRay technicians are getting thin, as well as cardiac lab staff in places. . .

All these contribute to less available beds for sick people and for normal car and fall accidents with broken bones, etc.

the math is if hospitalizations are cut in half with less severity, but the transmission is 2x as fast or more, the same or more patients will need beds. . .

So make sure you drive carefully and be up on all your doctor appointments and drug refills or prescriptions so that you don't have to see the doctor to continue medications.

and yes, I listened to internal medical center meetings in the morning, so its not MSM or TV or web site reports, but actual multiple hospitals' reporting and decisions. . .

[CoachKandSportsguy]

However, if you want real life web pages:

Florida hospital shuts down labor and delivery unit amid staffing shortage

Historic Long Beach Hospital To Close Emergency Department – CBS Los Angeles

Crawfordsville restaurant feeds healthcare workers after hospital cafeteria closed temporarily

More than 200 staff members at Windsor Regional Hospital off work due to COVID-19 or isolation

NJ hospitals face staff shortage as COVID hospitalizations climb

https://www.ksnt.com/health/coronavi...hospitals-icu/

Google: hospital closed shortage

[CoachKandSportsguy]

Close friend, hospital staffing recruiter:

Travelling nurses are now up to $200 per hour, plus living expenses. . .

[triflex]

There won't be a lockdown in Florida.

[Boomer]

I don’t think there will be an official lockdown, even in my home state, Ohio, which is in a mess with the hospitals being full of mostly the unvaccinated. The governor has mobilized the National Guard to assist in some hospitals in the state.

Even though we are vaccinated and boosted, we are reining in some things we have been doing until this post-holiday surge shakes out. We have been pretty blasé about our masks, but will be wearing them again and more carefully picking and choosing where we want to go, for a while. (Please don’t get all grouchy and bent outa shape, golfing eagles, we will not be wearing our masks while driving in our cars. )

Omicron is so highly and quickly contagious that we have decided to be more careful for a while. We are still in Ohio, for now.

NJ, MD, OH, & NY are getting pounded with hospitalizations. And lots of people have traveled in the past few weeks.

Omicron might not be quite as good at killing people — but it sure is good at hitching a ride. The holiday exposures are taking their toll. I think we are in a wait-and-see phase, so that’s what we are choosing to do for ourselves. We are seeing this thing hit close to home, with people we actually know.

We have plenty to do around here anyway. But we hope our self-imposed, semi-house-arrest does not have to last long.

Semi-optimistic Boomer

[tophcfa]

Originally Posted by CoachKandSportsguy

Actually, lockdown is the least of the worries, the original poster has recency bias.

The real worry, which is happening in smaller hospitals, and having reduced services in larger hospitals, is sick hospital workers. Now, everyone's first thought about hospitals are doctors and nurses. But those are NOT the workers who are getting sick:

Janitorial staff is getting thin which results in slower room cleanings between patients, slowing down available rooms.
Food service staff is getting thin, cafeterias closing to only be available to serve patients.
admin and back office staff getting thin, meaning that reports for doctors and management to make decisions are slowing down,
as well as regulatory reporting.

XRay technicians are getting thin, as well as cardiac lab staff in places. . .

All these contribute to less available beds for sick people and for normal car and fall accidents with broken bones, etc.

the math is if hospitalizations are cut in half with less severity, but the transmission is 2x as fast or more, the same or more patients will need beds. . .

So make sure you drive carefully and be up on all your doctor appointments and drug refills or prescriptions so that you don't have to see the doctor to continue medications.

and yes, I listened to internal medical center meetings in the morning, so its not MSM or TV or web site reports, but actual multiple hospitals' reporting and decisions. . .

Totally agree, this is spot on. It’s very easy to ignore or underestimate the importance of this right up until the time when you, or a loved one, desperately needs a hospital bed and none are available. Trust me, it totally sucks. Been there, done that, and never want to be there again.

[gettingby]

Originally Posted by riptip

I am so not looking forward to being cooped up again. Am hoping we get through the worst of this in 4-6 weeks. Hopefully cases will stay low in TV because most of us are vaccinated. I prob will refrain from the squares for a bit. Best to all of you!

Turn off CNN, live your life. My son-in-laws mom just came down with covid a few days ago. She’s had 2 shots and isn’t due for the booster just yet. I txt her yesterday and this was her response: “ Great! I guess because of the vaccine. I felt like I had a cold Friday and part of Saturday. No fever, no aches, no loss of taste or smell. Just congested but even that is almost gone.”.
Looks like we’re all going to catch this cold sooner or later. Good thing we live in a free state.

[msilagy]

Have you heard of anyone dying in TV? This too shall pass.

[symc655@gmail.com]

Everyone do your part and don't pass along bad information. If you don't work in healthcare and have not experienced this public health crisis on the front lines your opinions are not facts. We are still intubating patients and putting them on ventilators, unvaccinated. WE are tired RN's. The complexity is hard to explain to lay people. Everyone will have a different response to immunizations and symptoms based on their genetics and immune systems that's why we all look different. Stay safe