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Is this as you stated, a fact?
its almost like you cant look this stuff up for yourself..
https://www.npr.org/2020/04/09/831397897...people-off
https://www.columbiatribune.com/news/202...g-covid-19
and hundreds of other places. these two are mere examples..
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its almost like you cant look this stuff up for yourself..
Or almost like you don’t read the links you post? COVID-19, or hospital capacity has nothing to do with this facility closing. From your link:
Pinnacle’s hospital in Boonville closed in January when state inspectors found issues with the building’s HVAC system that affected the hospital’s sterilization room. The cost of the fixes was too much to keep the hospital open.
“We do this thing not because it is easy, but because we thought it would be easy.”
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Don't discourage 'em Mr. Edge... otherwise you will be slowing down Darwin in this time when he is doing his most important work. Kander, we agree, go to the party.. enjoy.
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glinda, your not supposed to even be here.. troll.
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... let me help you out...
There are always layoffs everywhere even in times when there is record low unemployment. So sure, you can find some hospitals somewhere laying off workers.
But the real question is, what percentage of hospital staff are being laid off? 10%? .0000001%? How many extra workers have been hired since the onset of COVID-19 preparedness? Is there a net gain or a net loss?
The internet will tell you anything you want to hear. But is the link you find a microcosm of a much larger event, or does it reflect the larger, bigger, broader scope of an event?
That is, are hospital workers getting laid off all across the country, in large numbers, because they’re not needed?
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Originally posted by HereOnThePrimalEdge
its almost like you cant look this stuff up for yourself..
Or almost like you don’t read the links you post? COVID-19, or hospital capacity has nothing to do with this facility closing. From your link:
Pinnacle’s hospital in Boonville closed in January when state inspectors found issues with the building’s HVAC system that affected the hospital’s sterilization room. The cost of the fixes was too much to keep the hospital open.
Many hospitals and clinics about the US are presently hurting, directly as a result of Covid19, because non essential services they usually provide have been shut down. As a result, their revenue streams have dried up to a trickle. It's true, it's true!
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It's true, it's true!
This discussion started with a comparison between the flu & COVID-19.
Is COVID-19 worse than the flu?
Someone pointed out that hospitals were overwhelmed with patients, which doesn’t occur in a normal flu season.
Someone else countered that, no, in fact hospitals are not overwhelmed, they are laying people off.
Hospitals are laying off staff in areas not related to the treatment of COVID-19 patients. But does that indicate they’re not at all busy treating COVID-19 patients, or is it that they’re focused mainly on treating COVID-19 patients?
You might also ask, if hospitals are no more busy than in a normal flu season, why do healthcare workers have a shortage of PPE? Have you ever heard of a PPE shortage in a normal flu season?
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Easy for those of us that are financially secure, but Ige's Labor Department still hasn't paid some people unemployed for over a month now. How will they cope with another month? Let's hope the (until recently) hard working citizens of Hawaii are taken care of soon.
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