A coworker showed up to my job with all the patented symptoms down to the respiratory difficulties, and feels he has it...openly expressed it..but couldn't get approved for testing by the hotline...so im assuming hes ineligible for that new sick leave stuff if it hasn't been officially confirmed??
Lol general manager was in the room while this was being disclosed...pretty much was like...and started talkin about the mortality of the flu yadda yadda tryna calm us...and when you get into the dynamics of our position (we enter 20 to 40 businesses and or residences a day...non essential btw)) its even more ridiculous...i was more worried about my health through that alone...combine that with a coworker seemingly having it and an essential non response by the company (gloves..cleaning products...pep talk) i took an indefinite hiatus...idk how this will end up, but thank god i can afford it
So, it has begun
Just got a noti on my phone
Somebody at my job been in self quartinee since Tuesday, so they "clean" today
Welp, good thing I'm already a germapobe
have a nice day breh
Totally agree there's no way to quantify how often it happens, and while I will see providers make mistakes, most, if not all, know that antibiotics (for bacteria) aren't designed for viral infections but the placebo effect is real for some patients. People (patients and providers alike) sometimes feel more comfortable "doing something" meaning prescibing/taking a pill, even if unnecessary, instead of telling people to go home with just reassurance that things will just take time to improve on their own. Making things worse is you have places that allow patient demands to dictate the care they provide, so instead of recommending rest and supportive care, people end up getting a "Z-pack and a steroid shot" to make people happy and feel like something is being done while from the provider standpoint being something they can bill for. It's screwed all the way around. I See it all the time and then people end up wondering why they aren't getting better with antibiotics that aren't going to work anyway.
