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Current state of healthcare is scary.

My girlfriend is an ICU nurse and works at a highly reputable hospital in California. She says that the number of nurses quitting or saying they're going to leave relatively soon is quite concerning. The ICU is already pushing for a 1:3 nurse to patient ratio to sustain the shortage. I know this is

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Apr 3, 2022

Read this from internet -- A letter from Italy

I am writing to you from Bergamo, Italy, at the heart of the coronavirus crisis. The news media in the US has not captured the severity of what is happening here. I am writing this post because each of you, today, not the government, not the school district, not the mayor, each individual citizen ha

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Mar 10, 2020

New job

Finally leaving ICU medical from doing data entry. Going to an E-commerce company that pays better plus it's exactly what I'm looking for. I'm stoked but I have messed up in the past. I have been the type that gets angry but didn't talk about it. I am kind of anti social at times. I can be stuck-up

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Jun 21, 2019

Covid-19 numbers

Corona virus fatality rate is high for 60+ people, and severely high for 80+ people. I am just wondering if this is based on the assumption that every severe case got the required medical attention (mechanical ventilation broadly) ?? Now, if the US cases keep on rising, and the number of severe cas

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Mar 20, 2020

What you must know why COVID-19 is really scary!

https://youtu.be/Fqw-9yMV0sI 1) These viruses have spikes on their cell-walls, that's why they are categorized as Corona. 2) We have known 6 types of Corona Viruses so far. SARS and MERS viruses were discovered BEFORE they became pandemics at their mortality rates. 3) COVID-19 is the 7th type of

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Mar 12, 2020

Acknowledgement: Amazon raised the bar for employee well being

This post is an acknowledgement to Amazon’s handling of #covid19 #covid second wave crisis that hit India in Mar/Apr this year. They went above and beyond to ensure employee well being. For folks who don’t have the entire context, India faced a massive second wave due to delta variant in Mar/Apr/M

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Jun 27, 2021

Coronavirus is concerning to me. Here is why.

1) The numbers we have so far are not cohort based. That's the first problem getting to a 2% number. 2) The average stay in hospital for those who are "recovered" is 5 weeks. 3) The US has no surge capacity for ICU beds. We have fewer ventilators and CT scanners then China. 4) Even not soing the

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Feb 26, 2020

Brother needs bailout

My older brother is personally financially responsible & personally frugal. He works for the state in a job he loves that pays enough to live on by most people’s standards (about 150k after taxes). He used to be in pure finance M&A and made 5-600k / year (10+ years ago) but he hated his work life.

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Oct 8, 2023

Death rates about covid 19 is misleading

#covid-19 I still have some friends working in medical field in China, this is what I’ve heard: We have observed very different covid 19 death rates across countries: While Germany and South Korea is less than 0.5%, Italy is reaching 7%. It is even different within China: 0.7% outside Hubei and 3.

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Mar 15, 2020

Raising money for a friend involved in an accident

Reaching out to blind community for help guidance. My coworker, who happen to be my friend as well was involved in an accident on 4th of July and has been in ICU ever since. The insurance is covering a decent amount of expenses but the road to recovery is really really long. Accenture has supported

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Jul 28, 2021

Europe? range(26, 30) straight single F: Terrible dating in SH, CN :(

Back to be based in my hometown since 2018. From more administrative roles to more technical ones but just become officially jobless today. Volunteered for code in place last year. Had a date with an old friend knowing for years, no chemistry; had dated a guy connected via Reddit but still didn’t wo

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Jun 16, 2022