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In many countries, healthcare workers are exposed (to varying degrees) on a daily basis.
by krona 6y ago
In many countries, healthcare workers are exposed (to varying degrees) on a daily basis.
- Symmetry 6y agoGood point. I'd hope they'd receive regular testing as well.
- kaitai 6y agoUnfortunately, your hope is unfounded. My spouse is a physician and when coughing (acute bronchitis) could not get a test without job consequences (being forced to take 10 days off and reschedule all patients regardless of the outcome of the test). There has been an exposure in a neighboring ward through a fellow healthcare worker and tests are not being made available broadly. Remember, in the US healthcare workers generally have to go through insurance to get approved for tests, etc., even though they work in healthcare -- they're not at this time provided anything more than the general public in terms of diagnostics. (At least spouse gets free masks at work, haha...)
- rusk 6y agoYes ... and they are getting reinfected. The fatality rate among medics is quite high relative to general population
- krona 6y agoThe fatality rate among medics is quite high relative to general population 'Quite high' could mean anything, but if you're implying 'higher than' then that isn't supported by the statistics I've seen in a dozen countries.