HIV wasn't discovered until AFTER people started getting rare diseases: CMV, Kaposi sarcoma, fungal infections,toxoplasmosis. Most were initially asymptomatic. Now↗️strep A, fungal infections, reactivated Shingles. All show Immune deficiency .1/
Also ⬆️in diabetes, cancer. Cognitive problems are being seen. Test scores ↘️. Ignore this "cold" at your peril!
New evidence of antiviral drug resistance development, adding to the evolution of new variants. Life expectancy ↘️for the 1st time in modern history. Just don't get iit!!!
C19 hides in macorophages (they eat & kill intruders) & "cloaks" itself, blinding the immune system to its presence. It erases immune memory of other pathogens, which makes U > prone 2 catching them (measles does 2). It reactivates Epstein Barr & Varicella. Am I getting through?
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Lot's in the news of late about the current & worsening healthcare staffing crisis. It's not going 2 get better w/o major changes 2 the way staff r treated & compensated. $ is a start (I just got my whopping 1% "cost of living" increase), but there r other ways 2 improve.
Scheduling: shiftwork is hell & 12-hour shifts leave no time 4 anything but work. Scheduling can make it easier on the body. DDNN is physiologically the worst schedule 4 the body, yet it's the most common hospital schedule. Working blocks of Ds/Ns is less stressful 4 the body.
Hospitals r mostly staffed by women of childbearing age & many r single parents. Childcare is a major impediment: daycare is set up for "9-5ers", not shift workers & certainly not 12-hour shifts. 24/7 daycare should b available @ reasonable $. It could make $ & be a game changer.