Op-Ed: Doctors like me have a lot of anger at this new COVID-19 surge (via latimesopinion)
There was the muscled firefighter who said he was afraid of needles. And the newly pregnant patient who had worried that the vaccine would make her infertile. And the young man who had partied hard at a weekend bachelor getaway, then lied about his vaccination status to the check-in nurse when he turned up at the hospital.Anger among front-line healthcare workers remains professionally hidden behind our masks and the oaths we swear to our patients and profession.
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey, a Republican, is suddenly a heroine to those of us caring for unvaccinated COVID patients, calling out childish resistance like Grandma after a double bourbon: “What is it going to take to get people to get shots in arms? I don’t know — you tell me. Folks are supposed to have common sense. But it’s time to start blaming the unvaccinated folks, not the regular folks. It’s the unvaccinated folks that are letting us down.
There is no cure for COVID — just as there was no cure for smallpox and polio. But we’re rid of those scourges now: They were eradicated by vaccination campaigns. So if Gov. Ivey wants to continue to testify, the drinks are on me.Even Lindsey Graham knows that his breakthrough COVID “would be far worse” without vaccination. He’s also been wearing a mask, so here’s a toast to you too, senator.It’s hard not to be sympathetic to the very sick.
In places like Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Louisiana, Mississippi, West Virginia and Wyoming, where less than 40% of people are vaccinated and hospitals are smaller, fewer and farther between, real trouble is looming. They could face the same kind of healthcare near-collapse that we saw in Italy and New York City last year.People there are hearing, finally, the sounds of this war growing closer. They are seeing friends getting sick, hearing from local hospitals and leaders like Gov.
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