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When the right thing feels wrong:
My little was a bit crabby and listless last night, started coughing overnight, was flushed and coughing, âMama I need a tissue for boogersâ this am - the last request while I pondered my own sore throat, occasional cough, slightly runny nose.
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My little was a bit crabby and listless last night, started coughing overnight, was flushed and coughing, âMama I need a tissue for boogersâ this am - the last request while I pondered my own sore throat, occasional cough, slightly runny nose.
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To be clear Iâm fine. My little is ok too. Seems a cold. Iâve worked SO MUCH SICKER THAN THIS (IV fluids on break sick, influenza (masked) sick)
but
I failed the hospital fitness for work screen.
I wondered if throat was sore because itâs dry, if runny nose is allergy-
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but
I failed the hospital fitness for work screen.
I wondered if throat was sore because itâs dry, if runny nose is allergy-
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- did the headline test:
âInfectious Diseases doc goes to work with mild symptoms, worsens , diagnosed with COVID19, 10 contacts quarantined.â
Ok, no. That would be bad.
Book swabs (tomorrow morning earliest.) Call for call coverage.
People in medicine know how cringey...
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âInfectious Diseases doc goes to work with mild symptoms, worsens , diagnosed with COVID19, 10 contacts quarantined.â
Ok, no. That would be bad.
Book swabs (tomorrow morning earliest.) Call for call coverage.
People in medicine know how cringey...
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That feels. Inconveniencing a colleague significantly (Iâm on call) for a probable daycare cold? I still feel terrible about that. Way worse than the cold. Taking a little fir a nasopharyngeal swab (second one, not fond of it) -also guilt inducing. If I didnât though, weâd
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Isolate for 10 days. If I tested neg and she didnât test Iâd have to assume sheâs pos and isolate for 14 days after her 10 days. 
The right thing seems hard, and wrong.
This whole business requires kindness and empathy for all. (My colleague was lovely btw.)
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The right thing seems hard, and wrong.
This whole business requires kindness and empathy for all. (My colleague was lovely btw.)
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We have MASSIVE rates of COVID19 in Alberta...
We canât cut corners
We canât take chances
We must assume itâs COVID19 and act accordingly.
Be strong, powerful, confident, focussed, and careful.
And itâs the home stretch.
/fin
We canât cut corners
We canât take chances
We must assume itâs COVID19 and act accordingly.
Be strong, powerful, confident, focussed, and careful.
And itâs the home stretch.
/fin
