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    BugI02

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    We get paid for what we do. We have five levels of charges based on complexity of the complaint and what we do for the workup. More tests and prescriptions/meds is more complex and higher charge. Then there's a critical care charge. We add on things like EKG charge, bedside ultrasound, splinting, sutures, etc.



    See above. I get paid to do stuff. More people equals more stuff.

    We have not changed our staffing in case there's a surge. 40% lower volume likely wipes my bonus and doesn't allow for standard salary. We will pay PAs and office staff full rate and just eat the difference in our checks

    Curious about something, Doc. Would you prefer to be on the clinic model (as in Cleveland Clinic, for example) where I believe the Doc are clinic employees and some variation of salary, or do the good times as an independent outweigh times like these?
     

    indyartisan

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    Russia has a lot of people but fewer coronavirus cases than any country near its size, fewer than little Luxembourgh. I figure either Russia is not a really hot tourist destination(except for burny) or they just are not testing anybody.



    ETA - Or they lie as bad as china does.
    They closed the border early and knew better than to let a hoard of
    Chinese in.
    Same with Poland. Low numbers compared to most.
     

    maxwelhse

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    Kinda, in a wishy washy, we were already doing that statewide sort of way, almost.

    I know I'm dumb, but it doesn't ready as wishy washy to me and we're not doing that state-wide yet:

    WHEREAS, due to potential severity of COVID-19 and the need to take urgent action, the following is effective Monday March 23, 2020 at 8:00 am
    NOW, THEREFORE, the Board of Commissioners of Decatur County, Indiana, do hereby:
    1.) Declare that a public health emergency exists in Decatur County due to COVID-19.
    2.) For a period of two (2) weeks, only critical or essential business should remain open. All other non-essential businesses should remain closed.

    Sounds like the county is on lock down for 2 weeks. Am I missing something?
     

    maxwelhse

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    A young friend of mine who sews posted on Facebook today that she was taking orders for "homemade cloth paper towels". Umm, homemade cloth paper towels are just called towels. Some people don't know how to function without paper towel.

    Sounds like your friend is seizing on a good business opportunity. Taking stupid people's money is always a good racket.
     

    BugI02

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    This may sound crass. But, **** old people. Yeah, they’re all expendable. No good to society at all. Hell. They don’t contribute anything. Just a burden. Let ‘em die I say. 6 million boomers taking dirt naps? Meh.

    Are you people ****ing serious?


    Come and get me, millennial. I'm well armed and I know where you live
     

    eldirector

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    Sounds like it SHOULD be on lockdown.

    Should <> shall, are to, or will

    I know I'm dumb, but it doesn't ready as wishy washy to me and we're not doing that state-wide yet:

    WHEREAS, due to potential severity of COVID-19 and the need to take urgent action, the following is effective Monday March 23, 2020 at 8:00 am
    NOW, THEREFORE, the Board of Commissioners of Decatur County, Indiana, do hereby:
    1.) Declare that a public health emergency exists in Decatur County due to COVID-19.
    2.) For a period of two (2) weeks, only critical or essential business should remain open. All other non-essential businesses should remain closed.

    Sounds like the county is on lock down for 2 weeks. Am I missing something?
     

    BugI02

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    I’ve been seeing lots of rumors about lockdowns, and National Guard, and ISP, and who knows what else. There simply aren’t enough bodies to enforce any large scale lockdown. And what would they even do about people who are still out anyway? We are already trying to limit putting people in jail because of this outbreak, so where will they go? The rumors are more dangerous than the virus right now.

    Plus as a bicyclist in a city full of bike paths, how many bike patrol officers you got?
     

    nonobaddog

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    Less than 1/2 our population. Less than 1/4 our density.

    True but misleading. It doesn't make any sense to consider huge parts of russia like siberia and much of the country like that. Russia has 146 Million people most of which live in the european part.
    When you consider where the people actually live it has about 110 Million people in a much smaller area compared to the whole country, yet their coronavirus numbers reported are much better than other comparable groups of people/areas.
     

    Vigilant

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    I know I'm dumb, but it doesn't ready as wishy washy to me and we're not doing that state-wide yet:

    WHEREAS, due to potential severity of COVID-19 and the need to take urgent action, the following is effective Monday March 23, 2020 at 8:00 am
    NOW, THEREFORE, the Board of Commissioners of Decatur County, Indiana, do hereby:
    1.) Declare that a public health emergency exists in Decatur County due to COVID-19.
    2.) For a period of two (2) weeks, only critical or essential business should remain open. All other non-essential businesses should remain closed.

    Sounds like the county is on lock down for 2 weeks. Am I missing something?
    Should instead of WILL. I think most of this is BS fear mongering, but maybe I’m bitter because it’s financially draining me.
     

    Alpo

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    Moscow 12 million souls.

    Pop density 15 K per sq mi

    NYC 8.7 million, but larger when you factor in No NJ.

    Pop density 26K per sq mi (67K in Manhattan)

    Greenwood IN 2K per sq mi. :rockwoot:
     

    smokingman

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    https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/21/...po-workers.html#click=https://t.co/hwSy9aewRT
    Posting a few stories from the article,but more are at the source.


    “I have been coming in sick because I’m worried that I’ll lose my job or just be punished if I call out,” said Angel Duarte, a package handler at a UPS hub in Tucson, Ariz. “I am 23, and I have no savings, and I have a 4-month-old son.”

    A package sorter in a UPS facility near San Francisco said she had been going into work every day, even though her “throat feels like broken glass.” The worker, who requested anonymity, said she was petrified that she would lose her job if she called in sick. “I can’t afford to be homeless,” she said.


    Another UPS package handler, Jeff Donigian, who works in Manchester, N.H., said he had been showing up to work feeling ill and coughing. He told a supervisor; he was told to go in anyway.

    Dan Baker, a part-time package handler for FedEx in Nashville, worked through a sore throat and stomach problems this month. When he developed a fever, he told his supervisor he needed a day off.
    “I really need you here today,” Mr. Baker’s supervisor told him in a text message reviewed by The New York Times. He took the day off anyway. The company marked his absence as unexcused, meaning he got a demerit. Too many demerits can get a worker fired.




    On Wednesday, Gov. Mike DeWine of Ohio urged businesses to take the temperatures of all employees before they entered workplaces and to be “aggressive in regard to cleaning surfaces and having soap/hand sanitizer available.”

    Mr. Perry said a manager had told him that the governor’s directive was not a “mandate” and that UPS’s Columbus trucking facility did not have the necessary resources to comply.

    I am posting only a few of the stories,there are many more from both delivery and grocery workers.
     

    BugI02

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    If its determined that China did engineer this virus and unleashed it willingly or by accident, they need to pay much more than money.
    I think our government already knows the answer to this. They will keep it a secret for now until we stabilize and also get independence from Chinese meds and other things I suspect. But I truly believe this will cause a complete shift in the whole of how we deal with China. Trade but also diplomatic.
    I see open aggression increasing on both sides in the near future.
    China has always been very aggressive but I believe it will increase and we will not be so nice about their moves.


    [video=youtube;eGOtZDk6wRc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGOtZDk6wRc[/video]
     
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