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How hard is scheduling for a doctor's office? I've never seen one in all my life within 15 minutes of my actual appointments, and it's usually closer to 30 or 45 minutes when you factor what Seinfeld calls "the other littler waiting room" - with my kid's pediatrician it was almost 2 hours!
Now we're waiting for a phone consultation for her, as the pedi isn't doing in office visits, and it's still a half hour late. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS TALK ON THE PHONE! HOW LONG CAN THAT TAKE?!
Even if it is a long process, why don't their schedulers ever take the proper wait into account? How hard is it to learn and adjust?
Scheduling for doctors must be the job physicians give their lazy family members to justify a free paycheck...
Hold on, pants are off, better turn my head to the left and cough.
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Nah, that is my brother. Nyarlathotep. I am the drunk one. Not nearly as frightening.
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This is like the whole Lloth and Lolth thing again, isn't it?
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Nah, that is my brother. Nyarlathotep. I am the drunk one. Not nearly as frightening.(≖_≖ )
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This is like the whole Lloth and Lolth thing again, isn't it?
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Don't get me started.
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I suppose it could be. I started using this spelling back in the mid 90s when I signed up for an egroup. I was tipsy that night and misspelled it. Or maybe I never knew how to spell it correctly until someone pointed out that it is properly Nyarlathotep. By that time, I had used it in so many different locations it was just too much trouble to try to change it. I have since seen other people misspell it "my" way, but I have the moniker on so many sites and for so long, I feel like I was one of the first to so misspell.
And that kids, is story time for today. Always remember to be sober when you pick a user name.
Two accident-caused traffic jams on this morning's commute, it's suddenly like driving in NYC here.
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How hard is scheduling for a doctor's office? I've never seen one in all my life within 15 minutes of my actual appointments, and it's usually closer to 30 or 45 minutes when you factor what Seinfeld calls "the other littler waiting room" - with my kid's pediatrician it was almost 2 hours!
Now we're waiting for a phone consultation for her, as the pedi isn't doing in office visits, and it's still a half hour late. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS TALK ON THE PHONE! HOW LONG CAN THAT TAKE?!
Even if it is a long process, why don't their schedulers ever take the proper wait into account? How hard is it to learn and adjust?
Scheduling for doctors must be the job physicians give their lazy family members to justify a free paycheck...
Hold on, pants are off, better turn my head to the left and cough.
So, blame insurance companies.
I asked my doctor about it once. They're required to schedule 15 minutes per appointment as per their insurance agreement. Time how long it takes you to see your pediatrician some time; it's nothing remotely close to 15 minutes.
So they obey their insurance obligation by scheduling every 15 minutes, then work through lunch and until 6:30 or 7:00 pm to actually meet with all their patients.
Everybody hates it. Yet it's how every office works. (Our usual time is roughly 40-45 minutes after the scheduled appointment time. Better in the mornings, worse in the afternoons.)
EDIT: And yes, I have *no idea* why insurance companies would care about the volume of patients, but both my pediatrician and my doctor gave me the same exact story, so either it's true for unknown reasons or it's the agreed-upon lie they've all decided to tell.
Traffic in Madison is cancelled until Memorial Day, at the earliest.
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Yeah, I'm gonna go there. Flame on, Fritzy.
If there's one thing about the coronavirus response in the U.S. that's killing me, it's the absolute, 100% lack of community we're showing, even in the ultra-liberal Bay Area.
We've been asked to wear masks. We've received calls about it. They even (finally) mandated wearing something over your face when you go to the store.
Do I think it's effective? No, not particularly.
But I am a civic-minded soul so I dutifully put a bandana over my face when I go out.
And that makes me one of about 30% of the population around here. Everyone else just ignores the rule.
If we can't even agree to minor inconveniences in the name of overcoming a major pandemic, the pandemic's going to win. Every. Single. Time.
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I just hurt myself worse working from home than I ever have at the office...other than that one concussion I gave myself...
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I keep hurting myself, well my back, working on these CONFOUNDED ROOTS.
(Yes, I'm older than you, and yet, I'm still young enough to be stupid and hurt myself. Again. Pulling these CONFOUNDED ROOTS!)
Fergit the shovel and the hatchet.
Fergit airmailing CY via catapult,
(Although I would luv to see that!) :)
Bring me the Thermite and Napalm. And a Tiller tricked out by 'Tim the Tool Man Taylor'.
I am DONE with this $#@% !!!
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I keep hurting myself, well my back, working on these CONFOUNDED ROOTS.
(Yes, I'm older than you, and yet, I'm still young enough to be stupid and hurt myself. Again. Pulling these CONFOUNDED ROOTS!)
goblin babies blame Cosmo Jimmy Fallon for The Roots slow-torturing Ragadolf.
Honestly I just haven't picked up a mask due to not knowing where to do so. I've thought about ordering some online.
Well, most people around here who ARE wearing something are using bandanas, and I've seen a few people just using T-shirts, but at least it's something that shows you're at least trying.
We've still got around 10% of the population who feel that anything, even staying 6' away from you, is too much trouble.
I have a heck of a lot more sympathy for people who are saying, "You shut down my job and you haven't funded my unemployment, so do SOMETHING you so-and-sos" than I do for people who are saying, "Well, I know you're advising 6' distancing and something on my face but nah, I'm not going to do that."
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Runners use something called a buff that is affordable and simple (think a long stretchy fabric tube that can be a neck warmer, a face covering, a hat (of sorts), a sweatband, or the like).
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=buff&ref=nb_sb_noss_2
There are also numerous websites that show patterns if you have someone who is semi skilled with a sewing machine. I am blessed with a MIL who loves to sew, so I sport my avengers masks or my marathon maniacs buff when i go out.
There are also a number of website show how to make no sew options out of t-shirts or bandannas.
Actually - you only need one website
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/diy-cloth-fa ce-coverings.html
Do whatchoo gotta do.
But I do recommend doing something. Warm is bad, dead is typically considered worse.
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Still waiting to find out if it can be caught again. Or even if we actually had it last month.
Aiymi and I *might* have had it in February. Of course, there were no tests, both of us tested negative for the flu, local doctors were still operating under the assumption that you had to have been in contact with someone who had been to China recently, etc, etc, etc. Granted, we had been in contact with Zelda, she had been sick with *something*, and she had been at an event in Chicago so she could have come into contact with some dude's uncle whose sister had been to Bumblef%!#, Oregon who came into contact with a hitchhiker who had just been in Seattle where he french-kissed a dockworker after that person had been...my point is I don't care when the first confirmed case came in to the US or when the first confirmed case happened in Illinois. It's been here undocumented, as it were, for a long time before we had any way to confirm anything.
The reinfection question is a big gaping hole in everyone's knowledge right now. My best guess...BOILERPLATE LEGALESE NYLARTHOTEP BOILERPLATE I AM NOT A DOCTOR/LAWYER/PLUMBER/GARDENING SPECIALIST THIS IS NOT ADVICE...is that it's going to be a lot like other viruses in that regard - you'll be immune to reinfection for a limited time. A week to a month. But, again, nobody *actually* knows at this point.
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I have some bandanas I need to start wearing, especially since TN is reopening in a couple weeks. Meaning my chances of exposure are gonna skyrocket if I don't do something.
That said masks haven't been recommended or required here by anyone so its mostly us paranoid or highly cautious folk who've bothered. Everyone else who has been out and about is just business as usual.
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Check out the reinfection stories from Korea. 111 cases of reinfection. Not clear if they got a second strain or dormant virus reactivated. But basically, expect some reinfection, and on a pretty short time frame.
And no, I am not a doctor. Sister is, but she is a ob/gyn and epidemiology is not her thing.
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O.O
That is horrifying.
Hmm.
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Well, the researchers are still on it, but so far my impression is that this is a slow-mutating virus, so it's not going to be anything like the accursed seasonal flu (fingers crossed).
I just need to get the darned thing once and survive it. And there's the issue; I'm in a high-risk group.
So, mothers give their kids immunities via their breast milk. Why can't the kids return the favor when they're older?
"Hey, Impus Major! Go catch the coronavirus, let your immune system beat it into submission, and then come back and grant us immunity!"
"OK, Dad!"
Honestly, I'm not nearly as concerned about the kids bringing it to me as the people at the store (another reason I'm refusing to go to any chain stores). My kids are very conscious that a slip-up could kill me. A handful of people at the store just don't give a ****, and that's all it takes.
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Yeah, that's kind of the same boat I'm in. Right now things are mostly fine, but dad and I have had to work and when the shutdown ends here we're going to have a lot more people out and about, and exposure starts getting closer to when than if.
Kansas is being saner about it, so if I can get thru the month of May without catching I should be home free. The time between is what concerns me.
Well, the researchers are still on it, but so far my impression is that this is a slow-mutating virus, so it's not going to be anything like the accursed seasonal flu (fingers crossed).
I just need to get the darned thing once and survive it. And there's the issue; I'm in a high-risk group.
So, mothers give their kids immunities via their breast milk. Why can't the kids return the favor when they're older?
"Hey, Impus Major! Go catch the coronavirus, let your immune system beat it into submission, and then come back and grant us immunity!"
"OK, Dad!"Honestly, I'm not nearly as concerned about the kids bringing it to me as the people at the store (another reason I'm refusing to go to any chain stores). My kids are very conscious that a slip-up could kill me. A handful of people at the store just don't give a ****, and that's all it takes.
Actually, it is likely that it's exceptionally fast mutating, faster than flu. There are estimates that there are 30+ strains around now, which would explain quick reinfections and significant variance in symptoms.
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Yeah, that's kind of the same boat I'm in. Right now things are mostly fine, but dad and I have had to work and when the shutdown ends here we're going to have a lot more people out and about, and exposure starts getting closer to when than if.
Kansas is being saner about it, so if I can get thru the month of May without catching I should be home free. The time between is what concerns me.
Yeah, I have to say, say what you want about the highest-taxed, close-to-the-most-liberal state in the union, but holy cow:
(1) The school district has closed for the semester, all students are getting P/NP in all classes, and all Ps will count as full credit for colleges. So Impus Minor can shelter at home indefinitely at our discretion.
(2) DVC has shut down for the semester, all classes are online, and Impus Major will receive full credit for his classes. So Impus Major can shelter at home indefinitely at our discretion.
(3) Both Global Megacorporation and GothBard's company mandated work-from-home before the orders came down. In other words our companies care more about our health than our government. But that means that we can both work from home pretty much indefinitely. GothBard's company hasn't even hinted at making her come back, and Global Megacorporation's honest reaction was, "Holy carp! You guys are even better from home than you are in the office! Don't be in a hurry to come back!"
So we're extraordinarily lucky in having both a government and companies that are more concerned about health than wealth. Or at least willing to put on that veneer. I think our companies are just enjoying the cost savings of getting just as much work without having to pay for power, lunches, etc. But still, steady work-from-home pay is a godsend.
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Actually, it is likely that it's exceptionally fast mutating, faster than flu. There are estimates that there are 30+ strains around now, which would explain quick reinfections and significant variance in symptoms.Well, the researchers are still on it, but so far my impression is that this is a slow-mutating virus, so it's not going to be anything like the accursed seasonal flu (fingers crossed).
I just need to get the darned thing once and survive it. And there's the issue; I'm in a high-risk group.
So, mothers give their kids immunities via their breast milk. Why can't the kids return the favor when they're older?
"Hey, Impus Major! Go catch the coronavirus, let your immune system beat it into submission, and then come back and grant us immunity!"
"OK, Dad!"Honestly, I'm not nearly as concerned about the kids bringing it to me as the people at the store (another reason I'm refusing to go to any chain stores). My kids are very conscious that a slip-up could kill me. A handful of people at the store just don't give a ****, and that's all it takes.
Interesting...
Here's the journal of virology article that talks about the slow mutation rates for coronaviruses, or for a lighter read, Livescience or the Washington Post.So I only know what I read...
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(3) Both Global Megacorporation and GothBard's company mandated work-from-home before the orders came down. In other words our companies care more about our health than our government. But that means that we can both work from home pretty much indefinitely. GothBard's company hasn't even hinted at making her come back, and Global Megacorporation's honest reaction was, "Holy carp! You guys are even better from home than you are in the office! Don't be in a hurry to come back!"
So we're extraordinarily lucky in having both a government and companies that are more concerned about health than wealth. Or at least willing to put on that veneer. I think our companies are just enjoying the cost savings of getting just as much work without having to pay for power, lunches, etc. But still, steady work-from-home pay is a godsend.
It's not that they value your health more than wealth - the management had simply have enough brain cells to understand the possible disruption of your work by mass infection at work could easily lead the company to dead stop, and in the current situation hiring and training new workers to replace sick ones would simply not cut it. That risks was greater than the risk of remote work inefficiencies.
If more often greed combined with actual intelligence and reasonable thinking, the world would be a better place than it is.
Actually, it is likely that it's exceptionally fast mutating, faster than flu. There are estimates that there are 30+ strains around now, which would explain quick reinfections and significant variance in symptoms.Well, the researchers are still on it, but so far my impression is that this is a slow-mutating virus, so it's not going to be anything like the accursed seasonal flu (fingers crossed).
I just need to get the darned thing once and survive it. And there's the issue; I'm in a high-risk group.
So, mothers give their kids immunities via their breast milk. Why can't the kids return the favor when they're older?
"Hey, Impus Major! Go catch the coronavirus, let your immune system beat it into submission, and then come back and grant us immunity!"
"OK, Dad!"Honestly, I'm not nearly as concerned about the kids bringing it to me as the people at the store (another reason I'm refusing to go to any chain stores). My kids are very conscious that a slip-up could kill me. A handful of people at the store just don't give a ****, and that's all it takes.
Interesting...
Here's the journal of virology article that talks about the slow mutation rates for coronaviruses, or for a lighter read, Livescience or the Washington Post.So I only know what I read...
Ok, I might have overestimated in comparioson to flu (or more accurately, underestimated rate of flu mutations), but COVID-19 already passed the 25/years standard for coronaviruses. NY Post, New Zeland Herald Post.
Ok, I might have overestimated in comparioson to flu (or more accurately, underestimated rate of flu mutations), but COVID-19 already passed the 25/years standard for coronaviruses. NY Post,...Actually, it is likely that it's exceptionally fast mutating, faster than flu. There are estimates that there are 30+ strains around now, which would explain quick reinfections and significant variance in symptoms.Well, the researchers are still on it, but so far my impression is that this is a slow-mutating virus, so it's not going to be anything like the accursed seasonal flu (fingers crossed).
I just need to get the darned thing once and survive it. And there's the issue; I'm in a high-risk group.
So, mothers give their kids immunities via their breast milk. Why can't the kids return the favor when they're older?
"Hey, Impus Major! Go catch the coronavirus, let your immune system beat it into submission, and then come back and grant us immunity!"
"OK, Dad!"Honestly, I'm not nearly as concerned about the kids bringing it to me as the people at the store (another reason I'm refusing to go to any chain stores). My kids are very conscious that a slip-up could kill me. A handful of people at the store just don't give a ****, and that's all it takes.
Interesting...
Here's the journal of virology article that talks about the slow mutation rates for coronaviruses, or for a lighter read, Livescience or the Washington Post.So I only know what I read...
Yep. That doesn't surprise me, but I suspect it's because it's hitting such a large population.
Similarly, I'm no doctor, but I'm of the opinion is that its amazing variegation isn't due to mutation, but because it's such a big hunk-o-RNA it's like playing the genetic lottery to see what happens to you.
Ah, well, hopefully we'll all have better information in 18 months or so...
Power just went out in my neighborhood.
This should be good.
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Two accident-caused traffic jams on this morning's commute, it's suddenly like driving in NYC here.
you don't know what driving in NY is li-
Oh wait, you do.
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The high schooler at about 4:30 this afternoon looks around and says, hesitantly "so, do we have to pick up these piles and bring in some more mulch to dress things up" I replied "Yes, but that's a job for Morning Me, he's usually pretty jacked up on coffee".
What's loud and sounds like apples?
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My friend wanted to cosplay for Groundhog Day. I told her "Gopher it."
Repeat that?