Recently, when speaking with a friend, who has and is NOT in the same political vein as I. We discussed what areas our country would need in the future after this pandemic has dwindled. The topic of medicine was the discussion. Right now, there are areas of medicine that are becoming nearly obsolete due to the attention the pandemic has drawn; and the extra personnel needed from other areas of medicine. As well, as the excessive hours of involvement needed from many individuals in the medical fields.
Our first response to one another in that
conversation, was that… at least one of our children needs to go into medicine on
some level. The future for our teenagers
is distant for the needs that are required now, and within the next five years
for the United States.
The next five years, medicine, I will venture to say
will be on the decline. This would be due
to burn out, early retirement, and the changing parameters of how we treat
immediate illness, infections, and mental illnesses. That, as opposed to treatments for long term
illnesses, injuries, addictions (alcohol primarily), and chronic diseases (such
as diabetes, COPD, and the like). Those aforementioned four areas have
recently, and will take a back-burner seat in medicine over the next five years
in this country.
So, what we are facing in the now, is a shortage of
nurses, PA’s and doctors, due to the growing number of people infected with
COVID-19. That is what this pandemic has
revealed. However, this is a historic set of circumstances for the world. Not
just the United States. But we need to address this properly, NOW. That being in the medical field, is like
being in a war zone. And this was totally unexpected by the majority of people
alive in the United State today. NO, these healthcare workers did NOT sign up
for this historic event. As well, my friend and I agreed this is a war that our
everyday medical staff has NOT signed up for. And we need lay-people to wrap
their minds around that.
Those of you who don’t believe that the pandemic is
real, you are doing a grave disservice to this country. YES, I WILL shame you
and those like you, for such a dangerous attitude. NO, I won’t despise you. Only
I will abhor and speak AGAINST your attitude. I will tell you to ‘grow up’. I
will tell you that you are probably deathly afraid of something. That your ‘something’ that you are afraid of, has almost nothing to do with
the pandemic. It has to do with the fear of your own inequities. I will tell
you GET OVER YOUR INSECURITIES and DO THE RIGHT THING. Instead of bashing and
denying the TRUTH that we ARE in a PANDEMIC and dire-straight situation as a
nation because of it. Regardless of anything else, that, would be a truth.
A TRUTH WE all need to work together on, putting egos
aside. Doing just that, is how we overcome the injustices that have been
revealed and shouted out in this nation, brought to US by a pandemic
situation. If YOU think more chaos is
needed, then you ARE THE PROBLEM. And no, you are not striving to better these
United States. And that, I DO ABHOR. GET
IT FOLKS, TOGETHER. #GIFTOGTHER #GIFT, #TOGETHERASONE
--- Jody-Lynn Reicher
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