Community Chat

[KarenQVC]

anymore.  I felt to honor health care professionals, I should watch the ER/ICU scenes.

Just today, I turned one off.

How about you?

[kaydee50]

I haven't watched medical shows since Dr. Kildare!!!  Much prefer legal shows like Law & Order.

[deepwaterdotter]

These scenes are a stark reminder of the reality of our current environment.  More needs to be done if these scenes are to ever go away.  When I see these scenes, I get mad and motivated to do what I can to eliminate COVID in the United States.  

[suzyQ3]

@KarenQVC, are you talking about TV shows or the news?

[DiAnne]

I am assuming you are talking about the news coverage.  I actually wish they would show more then maybe the people that think this is a hoax would realize what they are doing is harmful to others.  

[wilma]

As a person who has spent lots of time in hospitals as a patient, I have very little desire to watch fictional shows and movies about medicine & health. 

Regarding our current crisis, it is difficult to see what it going on. I saw a video where the doctor was explaining to a patient about intubation. She told the patient it was her best chance because her breathing hadn’t improved with other measures. The doctor was telling her what to expect during & after the procedure. Once the patient consented, a few other medical professionals entered the room and the video ended there. 

I actually think it might help some of the “nonbelievers” if they watched some of this stuff. Maybe they need to see the bodies in the refrigerator trucks. Just horrible what is happening to people. 

[Witchy Woman]

@KarenQVC 

Nor can I.  I just leave the room. 

My sis is an RN and sent me a picture of her dressed in full protective gear ready to care for Covid patients.  This was a few weeks ago.  She and a friend posing together looking like they were going on a space walk.

It made me cry.

She knows about intibation as she does it on a fairly regular basis caring for critical heart patients.  However, the Covid patients are another matter.  She said few of their patients recovered as most had underlying conditions.

They were the hospitals that had refrigerated trucks on standby for the bodies.

She's in NJ, so the worst is behind them for the moment, but my heart aches for those workers doing battle every day.  All I can offer is prayers.

[skittles2]

I'm an retired RN, so I'm speaking from my RN feelings and my personality...

I don't know which the OP is referring too. TV fictional scenes, or news? However, I watch: comedies; reality; soaps;Hallmark type movies.  the hosipital scenes in those are nothing intense. I do not watch local news- too upsetting; usually children or animals. I gave up dramas and intense -type of shows, years ago. 

I need laughter, easygoing, some absurdity...life is too crazy, stressful at times for me to purposely watch more of it on tv.

But I do feel they should be showing Covid in the hospital, of course, with staff and patients' permission.

Most people think it's only pulmonary issues (which are horrific) it's not. There are strokes, organs failing, amputation of limbs, fingers,  all body parts are affected, many of these concurrenty within the same patient, and long term too. 

They should see and hear what is really happening, all of it, maybe they'll think about what they may be bringing home to their family, or the person in line behind them that may have a high risk person in their family.

Maybe more will think-

what if  *I CAN* make a difference?

[chiclets]

Individuals CAN MAKE make a difference by speaking out to the Mayors and Governors of cities that do not mandate laws and continue to allow the congregation of people and groups of rioters and protesters who parade all around.

These people are spreading the virus wider than what people think.

Afterwards members of these groups who have been in contact will all individuals go about their activities. They go shopping et cetera. They are touching all things on grocery shelves and are in contact with individuals who they only have contact with in such settings. This again spreads the virus especially when they travel to other areas and states.

Not everyone wears a mask, nor social distance.

Think about the person who is preparing your take out food. Where was that person. He could have been in a group activity.

You can only control your habits but you can complain about the activities that are surrounding your neighborhoods. You can social distance in controlled environments. Even stores are becoming lacking in providing sterile wiping. Complain. 

Covid is not going away and it is a reality. You can not blame Congress or anyone. A lot was done. Hospitals were built and equipment was purchased. Stimulus was given. People are dying and the Covid infected some more harshly than others. States did not comply on an even scale across the country due to Governors and Mayors.

Sometimes it feels as though we are all doomed by the virus and by the violence around us. The virus is not leaving and the violence will not be ending.      

To answer the Thread Question, No. I do not watch medical shows or animal shows. Reality is too harsh and mean. I have cried so many tears.       

[Lali1]

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@chiclets wrote:

Individuals can make a difference by speaking out to the Mayors and Governors of cities that do not mandate laws and continue to allow the congregation of people and groups of rioters and protesters who parade all around.

These people are spreading the virus wider than what people think.

Afterwards members of these groups who have been in contact will all individuals go about their activities. They go shopping et cetera. They are touching all things on grocery shelves and are in contact with individuals who they only have contact with in such settings. This again spreads the virus especially when they travel to other areas and states.

Not everyone wears a mask, nor social distance.

Think about the person who is preparing your take out food. Where was that person. He could have been in a group activity.

You can only control your habits but you can complain about the activities that are surrounding your neighborhoods. You can social distance in controlled environments. Even stores are becoming lacking in providing sterile wiping. Complain. 

Covid is not going away and it is a reality. You can not blame Congress or anyone. A lot was done. Hospitals were built and equipment was purchased. Stimulus was given. People are dying and the Covid infected some more harshly than others. States did not comply on an even scale across the country due to Governors and Mayors.

Sometimes it feels as though we are all doomed by the virus and by the violence around us. The virus is not leaving and the violence will not be ending.             

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The problem I see with states complying is most all did in the beginning of this. Then people got fed up with staying home, not working etc. So states with low numbers opened up. It was inevitable for more state to have more cases just due to spreading. 

As for the protests I completely agree with you. I'm so fed up with people ignoring those spreaders and harping on people who wanted to go back to work or church or wanted to go on with daily life.