Thread by @cppinvest

1/ Here’s an interesting Covid dilemma brought to you by the fucking idiots in local government that can’t think their way out of a paper bag:

85 year old man falls and breaks hip and requires surgery. Leaving aside for the moment the limited to non-existent visiting hours and

2/ the issue that creates (ask any doctor what the typical elderly reaction is to post surgery anesthesia recovery and how being around familiar faces helps), family of said 85 year old is now faced with a dilemma.

What’s the rehab plan?

3/ Normal course would be some time in a rehab facility immediately after to insure physical therapy is maximized and supervised by pros. However, because of nonsensical and draconian reactions to all things Covid, in NY if a congregate care facility is struck by a single case

4/ the entire facility gets locked down. No visitors and worse, you ain’t getting out in a few days. You are there until the facility is cleared. Which could be weeks. So 85 year old faces the possibility of more time in isolation which is horrendous for morale.

5/ So the obvious but sub/optimal choice is at home rehab. Why risk the lockdown potential?

So. . . how many lives are now being negatively impacted by the hard cost of downstream Covid policies? If masks work so well, what’s the issue? If frequent hand cleaning works

so well, clearly a better action plan can be created? I mean these measures work, I’m told all the time MASKS SAVE LIVES! WEAR A MASK!! So we take all the necessary steps to be safe but it’s still not enough.

Maybe there is something else going on. Hmmmm.