I am sure you would all like to join me in a vote of appreciation to our doctors and other healthcare workers, who are working hard at great risk to their health, and even lives, to say nothing of the risk to their families.
Especially from this, which is the main anti-doctor and anti-science site on the internet.
Condor, I am joining you in this vote of appreciation as right now the medical personnel are like soldiers on front lines battling this horrible virus and they are every day humble heroes in trenches of this bloody battle.
Regarding this forum being "anti-doctor and anti-science" I have to disagree - the majority of people here are very appreciative of Dr. Costantini, Dr. Mischley and some other doctors whose names I don't remember. And I see so many scientific articles/studies regarding PD posted here that sometimes I feel overwhelmed with flood of information. Personally, I love doctors, my mother was a physician, however I don't always trust them because at home I've heard of numerous doctors' mistakes (some with grave consequences) memories of which got unfortunately stuck with me. Also, I personally know someone who got crippled for life from a botched surgery few years ago - she is a single mother of a daughter with Down Syndrome and now herself is in a wheelchair. Like in any other profession there are good and not-so-good physicians.
It seems that people here have variety of opinions about doctors depending on their personal experience and I think it is good to be able to share and compare "notes" regarding medical care.
Totally agree with condor’s first paragraph!
Still trying to work out why he’d even bother mentioning the second paragraph. We’re all in this fight of our lives together!! Let’s unite and support each other emotionally, and stay well 😊
I absolutely agree with you, Jennyjenny2.
And I find second paragraph sneaky...
I absolutely salute and appreciate our doctors and nurses and their courage and commitment with this virus. I am not anti doctor at all. I have a great GP and an amazing cardiologist! Twenty years ago I had the best GP you could find until he became very ill. Some people on this site may doubt doctors and I understand. I am not that impressed with my neurologist but I wonder if in part it is because the choices for treatment are somewhat limited. I have learned more on this site.
Count me in
A huge vote of thanks to "all medical personnel" who are risking their lives in the trenches against this sometimes deadly virus. I understand in New York, some medical personnel have even come out of retirement to help relieve the burden being placed on the regular staff. Some doctors in my area are not seeing any patients right now and are postponing appointments until further notice unless it is an absolute problem that must be attended to now. Some are doing only phone appointments in order to reduce the spread of the virus.
Again, a very huge debt of gratitude to "all of the medical personnel" working under these extremely difficult conditions! It is just crazy that many hospitals do not have all of the safety equipment that is needed!
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My biggest thanks in addition to the doctors also goes to the nurses and anesthetists who continue their services despite the poor pay compared to the huge workload, personal risk and sense of helplessness in the face of an incurable disease that kills all who can.
They thus brought the medical profession back to the correct motivation which made it highly appreciated: sense of duty.
Thanks a lot.
Agree with all of the above.
I 2nd what Marc just said. Heroes.
When I hear of suicides among medics in Italy it really highlights the pressures health workers are under. They are amazing.
??? In Italy?
“Carlo Palermo, head of Italy’s hospital doctors’ union was almost in tears when he told reporters in Rome that two nurses had committed suicide as a result of the emotional trauma, the Associated Press reported.”
In Italy, 73 doctors have died.
Source: nypost.com/2020/04/04/coron...
he does his job as a trade unionist, in Italy there are about 400,000 nurses and 10,000 positive among the health personnel, it is certainly not an easy situation. The two cases are from last month. One in Monza and one in Jesolo, I do not enter into merit out of respect for people.
You “do not enter into merit”?!? Pls translate.
why isn't it clear?
I have given an appropriate context since I know it because I live in Italy. I have given the places of the two suicides and anyone can do the google search on their own if interested in deepening.
I help you with a site that concerns doctors who died from covid which have risen to 88, while nurses are around 30 throughout Italy.
The number will go up again.
All the names with their specializations and job position are reported.
Here also policemen, drivers, gardeners, bartenders die, the virus does not spare any category and is widespread.
Some small towns have been tested and 70% of asymptomatic positives have been found.
The worst thing is. residences for the elderly, when entering those places is a small massacre (10% die).
At the end of this site you will find infographics of the evolution of the contagion in Italy and a poem dedicated to the dead in WW II of the poet Ungaretti. that I carry the literal translation:
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“Stop killing the dead
don't shout anymore,
don't shout if you still want to hear them,
if you hope not to perish.
They have the imperceptible whisper,
they no longer make noise
of growing grass,
pleased where man does not pass. "
Giuseppe Ungaretti
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"The great poet meant that those who do not respect death cannot hope to" not perish ", that is, to save their soul, but will face moral death, even more frightening than physical death (as St. Francis had already said in the Canticle creatures). The right attitude towards the dead is that of silence, which can allow us to still hear their voices; and certainly not that of indiscriminate violence which, mixing the groans of the living with the roar of bombs in a cemetery, erases all traces of humanity in the authors of it. " The final comment is by FRANCESCO LAMENDOLA.
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Interesting, I think you’ve just entered into merit,
I hope the poet's message is clear too ...
This breaks my heart!! :.(
I wholeheartedly agree that all our medical and healthcare workers deserve all our support in this unprecedented pandemic. Including those retired doctors and nurses who have now gone back to work to support them. Many are living away from their families in U.K. to keep them safe.
I don’t agree that this is an anti doctor or anti science site. It includes an amazing breadth of information that I have really found so helpful. We have a good GP and Neurologist but they don’t have PD.
And we also should be thankful for all the grocery store workers. They never signed up to be in the trenches. But they are exposed to hundreds of people every day, and at a low pay rate. Every time I go to the store, I thank them for working.
Please include nurses, nursing assistants and ancillary staff in your appreciation. As a retired nurse ( I was asked by Gov. Cuomo to help out, but can not due to my PD) I greatly appreciate the job that all the hospital staff are doing, working as a team. Here in my NY neighborhood people are cheering, blowing horns, and giving thanks at 7PM every night for the brave people who are putting their well being and perhaps their lives on the line every day.
Count me in. and Thanks to all essential services workers, including cleaners and others.
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