Hello; Made my first trip to a doctors office yesterday. There were practices in place but I saw holes in them. To be sure I knew there is no 100% safe way to have multiple people in and out of an office building. They did the best they could.
The best thing being it was a dermatologist office so some less chance of a patient being there for a virus infection. ( I hope). I had to call from my truck from the parking lot. Then they called me in allowing only four at a time. Sad part will be if I catch the virus as I had no new issues for once. (Note to those who are now young - Be careful out in the sun. I have been told by the doctor I have a lot of sun damage.) Usually a big round of cryosurgery every time I go in the last 20 years and a couple of biopsies. All clear for once.
Saw where the guidelines for testing are changing. Did not make sense to test those who are not sick after it was determined the virus is so very widespread. Testing everyone you can who may have been exposed works early in an outbreak when there is a fighting chance to effectively isolate the virus. Not so much now.
My guess is they have so very few tools in the shed to use at this time so they kept on with what had worked in the past. Makes me think of the record keeping and paper grading I kept on doing so I could backup the grades students earned. Even tho no fault could be pointed out in my procedures when several students failed in a semester, the principals would call me in for a conference. When I stood my ground slightly after I got tenure I was basically told to change the grades. After I got time enough in to have a pension I then refused to change the grades myself. The principals would then call me in and tell me if I refused to change the failing grades he/she would do it themselves. In one school system they had a form for changing grades. One semester I had 17 failing students so i went and got 17 forms. I signed all the forms but left them blank. Took them to the principal and let him fix a grade to them . After all I had been working personally with the students for 18 weeks while he likely never met them, so it made sense he knew the grade they deserved. I digress.
The best thing being it was a dermatologist office so some less chance of a patient being there for a virus infection. ( I hope). I had to call from my truck from the parking lot. Then they called me in allowing only four at a time. Sad part will be if I catch the virus as I had no new issues for once. (Note to those who are now young - Be careful out in the sun. I have been told by the doctor I have a lot of sun damage.) Usually a big round of cryosurgery every time I go in the last 20 years and a couple of biopsies. All clear for once.
Saw where the guidelines for testing are changing. Did not make sense to test those who are not sick after it was determined the virus is so very widespread. Testing everyone you can who may have been exposed works early in an outbreak when there is a fighting chance to effectively isolate the virus. Not so much now.
My guess is they have so very few tools in the shed to use at this time so they kept on with what had worked in the past. Makes me think of the record keeping and paper grading I kept on doing so I could backup the grades students earned. Even tho no fault could be pointed out in my procedures when several students failed in a semester, the principals would call me in for a conference. When I stood my ground slightly after I got tenure I was basically told to change the grades. After I got time enough in to have a pension I then refused to change the grades myself. The principals would then call me in and tell me if I refused to change the failing grades he/she would do it themselves. In one school system they had a form for changing grades. One semester I had 17 failing students so i went and got 17 forms. I signed all the forms but left them blank. Took them to the principal and let him fix a grade to them . After all I had been working personally with the students for 18 weeks while he likely never met them, so it made sense he knew the grade they deserved. I digress.
