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Originally Posted by Marcellus
Serious question, if the hospitals are mainly empty and running at 50% or less capacity from everyone you talk to who work in them, how is this so much harder on the doctors and nurses than normal?
I know a ton of people who work in medicine, they are all "underwhelmed" at this point. Maybe in NYC or specific areas its a bit much but in 95% of the country its not.
Now once electives and minor procedures open back up they are going be slammed I am sure.
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The departments that deal with acute respiratory illness are near, full or above capacity which is a small portion of the hospital because we don't normally need them at this rate, and having to deal with every patient as suspicious for COVID is time consuming, mentally and physically exhausting .
So yes most of the Hospital is quiet but the people dealing with these patients are dealing with a lot and putting themselves and family at risk .
Not every hospital/region is the same but just because it isn't affecting everyone doesn't mean it doesn't exist.