SWMBO - She who must be obeyed. Yer main squeeze. ??AWD? must mean somebody??s main squeeze has all wheel drive. (around here nothing??s impossible).?ÿ?????ÿ
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Well, yes.?ÿ Google gave me this answer and it doesn't make sense to me.?ÿ How are a SWMBO and an AWD related when put together as a single acronym?
Inquiring minds want to know - especially since I read it on 2 different threads this morning....
Fair.?ÿ I'm being critical, as in March, to tell a patient that had recently suffered a Pulmonary Embolism, and with the severe lack of understanding of the disease process of SARsCOVID19 then, that you have a 25% of dying from that, it seems like an easy deflection of a more difficult discussion. Mind you, we're just getting a quick glimpse of this patient doctor relationship, and I am making a HUGE critical assumption.?ÿ Sorry for hijacking and nearly violating your HIPPA rights EddyCreek,although you did share that anecdotal story here in a safe setting of respectful discussion.
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And worshiped daily
I live in NC, a state that is usually listed as the worst in the nation in health insurance.?ÿ I have never received anything concerning free exercise programs.?ÿ The point of my rant was that five minutes before Covid everyone on Earth hated the evil, lying, blood-sucking pharmaceutical companies.?ÿ Now, however, if a person even mentions that they are concerned that the vaccine has not been monitored for long term side-effects, said person is labeled an "anti-vaxxer".?ÿ?ÿ
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Two days ago I called a guy I last worked with over 30 years ago to offer my condolences.?ÿ His wife got Covid, first just a little cough but two days later she had trouble breathing so he took her to the ER.?ÿ They checked her out and immediately admitted her to the hospital.?ÿ She was on a ventilator for 22 days, and the next time he got to see her after dropping her off was when they pulled the plug (he said they had him dressed up in a space suit for the occasion).
He got it a few days after she did, no inkling of the onset until he passed out in the bathroom and had to crawl to his phone to have his son take him to the ER.?ÿ He's on the mend, slowly.?ÿ Generally okay during the day, but symptoms return at night.
It's ugly stuff.
The two most important women in my life both received their first dose of the vaccine on 12/30/20. Both are doing fine and only have mild soreness around the injection site. One?ÿof them is my 94 year old Mother. The other is my wife, an RN who sees hundreds of patients a week.?ÿ
Nope... but I caught the bug.?ÿ Just like the flu.?ÿ I'm younger and doing good now.?ÿ
My MIL has been in the hospital since Nov 22nd.?ÿ She has a lung issues and Covid attacked her and my FIL struggled?ÿ but getting better now.?ÿ She is better but still working on getting off oxygen so she can come home.?ÿ Very difficult not able to be with her but we have constantly been texting and zooming with her.?ÿ?ÿ
That's what is so bizarre about this.?ÿ One person gets it and it's nothing more than a minor inconvenience for a couple of days.?ÿ Someone else gets it and is dead within a week or ten days.?ÿ My daughter's former sister-in-law, a very athletic woman in her early 40's, had it last February and March and was affected severely.?ÿ She has recovered to maybe 85 percent of her normal health.?ÿ She contracted it again recently.?ÿ This time it is almost nothing compared to the first time.
One thing to keep in mind is that the statistics are skewed on deaths as the payoff is better for the providers when it is declared a COVID-related death.?ÿ The daughter of one of Mrs. Cow's best friends lost her husband about three weeks ago at the age of only 27.?ÿ His death had nothing to do with this disease.?ÿ He had a lifelong issue with his heart.?ÿ That was what killed him in a matter of two or three days.?ÿ Upon arrival he was tested for COVID.?ÿ All tests were negative.?ÿ Within minutes following his death, the medical staff was observed by the widow running swabs up his nostrils for additional COVID testing.
Oh yeah.?ÿ I don't deny its an issue and the Government definitely abused it to take advantage.?ÿ ?ÿI just try to keep my dependence on drugs minimal.?ÿ
the payoff is better for the providers when it is declared a COVID-related death
How does that work? Aren't they paid per service and not per diagnosis?
I've also read arguments that a congressman's death was not due to COVID because he died after surgery for a blood clot. But he had been diagnosed and treated for COVID and blood clots are a common complication of it. There was no mention of clotting problems before the diagnosis.
There is a lot of argument over how to count.
Can someone explain why perfectly healthy people get tested? If you test negative what is to prevent you from becoming positive 10 minutes later somewhere else? I don??t understand the rationale behind this.
It has been proven that some people can get the virus and become infectious to others while having no symptoms (asymptomatic).?ÿ Plenty of people have been tested simply because they were wanting to be certain they were fine prior to doing something they would not do if they had the virus, say visiting someone who is undergoing chemotherapy.?ÿ A significant percentage have discovered they are positive.
