Thread by @gabefabreau

Just finished another >90h week on hospital #GIM service in a #COVID19 pandemic. A few thoughts:
1. Hospitals are still full, but there’s a sense of reprieve, less chaos, anxiety/stress not quite so bad.

Why?

2. Front line #healthcareworkers getting vaccinated

#COVID19AB
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3. Less primary COVID infections = good, but x2 parallel #pandemics now
a. Like in Summer, the collective #Mentalhealth burden is fierce. Intentional overdoses, alcohol, stress, isolation, anxiety/depression, unemployment

b. #COVID related complications: affecting every organ...

5. #publichealth measures are working, but come w sig costs to population health in other forms. #vaccines are coming, but slower than we’d all like so we must double-down on what we have for now

6. We all agree that #COVID is hard, but it’s clearly harder for some in society
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3b. (Cont) a humbling reminder that the virus is new and we are still learning what it does.

4. #variants are spreading in #AB #ON communities & current evidence looks bad. They spread faster, and maybe more virulent (worse disease). 1-2wk doubling time models v. Scary

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6. We must learn from our past mistakes. We’re on a period break/half-time but the game isn’t over

7. Older pts. inspire me when they recount the struggles of WWII & other hard times in #Canada
We can too, but not alone, #bekind21. This too, shall pass.
Kindness Thanks GIF