Doctors Are Sharing What Happened When They Diagnosed Covid-19 Deniers With Covid-19 (30 Stories)
148 million confirmed novel coronavirus cases worldwide, more than 3 million deaths, and almost 86 million recoveries. Not to mention all the lost jobs and worsening mental health situation for many. That’s the impact that the Covid-19 pandemic has had globally. However, after more than a year of pain, grieving, endless lockdowns, and a medical crisis the likes of which most of us haven’t seen before, there are still people out there who believe that the coronavirus is a hoax.
When redditor IzziSparks asked the doctors of Reddit to share what happened when they diagnosed Covid-19 deniers with the coronavirus, their thread immediately went viral. With nearly 76k upvotes and more than 19k comments, the topic quickly started up a fiery discussion about how some people will never believe the truth. Even if it’s staring them right in the face. Have a read through some of the stories that doctors shared, dear Readers.
Dr. Andrew Carroll, from Arizona, told Bored Panda that there's no surefire way of convincing Covid deniers that they're wrong even when the evidence seems overwhelming. "People believe those charismatic people on television over people who have dedicated their lives to science and saving lives. We even see people who are on oxygen in a hospital, dying, and we’re unable to save them, and there they are telling us that they don’t have Covid because it’s a hoax. While they’re dying. It makes no sense. Yes, there are still many people who believe it’s a government hoax (and it’s not just the US government) and some sort of means at population control," Dr. Carroll explained.
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Medical spouse here. Husband works as a hospitalist in a rural hospital one week a month. He went to help in the ER bc they had patient that needed to be tubed who was Covid positive but didn’t believe in Covid. The patient’s oxygen level got below 70% or 60% (or whatever severely hypoxic is) so they told him he needed to be intubated. The patient screamed at my husband that he was lying and that if he tubed him he’d sue. Husband asked if he could do it if the guy stopped breathing and the dude said “well that’s different”. So he waited 15 minutes for him to pass out from lack of oxygen and then intubated him and walked out.
Sorry had to laugh a bit at this one. Such juvenile behaviour, like when a kid throws a tantrum and holds their breath!
Could be that he thought he wouldn't stop breathing, because he didn't believe it was COVID. "Yeah, whatever, not gonna happen, but do what ya gotta do".
Load More Replies...15% of an oxygen level below 70% would result in brain damage. In this patient's case, I doubt anyone would be able to tell.
Me too! Isn't it just fantastic here in America, where %80 of people are just trying to make a living, mind their own business, care and respect about their fellow humans worldwide from every background, and just want a peaceful and happy existence ; while the other %20 make sure they are seen and heard by the rest of Earth's inhabitants -declaring they represent all 'mericans , as they dance on the world stage in full view. The media loves it, and captures every word, act, belief, and Twinkie they cram in their mouth; while the rest of us, stay mortified , especially when they hate out of ignorance, and mostly embarrassed, because if I saw Americans thru the lens of the %20- I would think what a lot of other pple in the world do:" Americans?! Yuck!" Yes, every place in the world has their small group of "%20", but unfortunately, our %20 think America *is the only place*. Sigh...guess we have to keep them, even other ppls %20 's wont play with them...
Load More Replies...This was used when I was on ski patrol. *Very rarely* people would injure themselves badly but refuse to let anyone touch them and we couldn't do anything. They will eventually pass out from the pain, so you ask again if you can start treatment, no response? Take it as an OK. Really, WTF is wrong with some people??
I am deeply concerned about the psychological damage being done to all the brave frontline medical personnel who are working through this pandemic either through a sense of duty or because of orders. Even those who quit because they felt they needed to protect their families may have survivor guilt. Many, if not most will have PTSD from this, how could they not?
Doctor here.. I was working in a small community hospital in the A&E. This hospital was affiliated to a larger tertiary care center which was out of beds. So it wasn't accepting any more patients. The nearby hospitals were also out of beds. Us being a primary care could only give symptomatic treatment and refer the patient. Once a lady came with severe breathlessness. SpO2 was 68%. We couldn't do anything for her. We were out of O2. It was horrible.
In the UK there have been incidences of people with lung cancers, heart conditions, pneumonia and flu being diagnosed as covid. You can look up the UK Lung Cancer Coalition report and it states that people who presented to their GP with a cough were told to isolate at home and were not referred to a cancer specialist. I have heard doctors use the terms: possible covid, potentially covid, covid like, hard to differentiate, difficult clinical challenge and even put ??? on a patients notes. Patients going into hospital with UTIs and triaged to a covid ward despite testing negative and tests confirming the UTI. People with sepsis being left untreated because they were told they had “potential covid” put in a covid ward “to be on the safe side” and then placed on end of life. When a person died the doctor put it down as a covid death because the symptoms overlap. This is the reality across millions of hospitals around the world. There needs to be a completely independent investigation into this.
Our daughter is a front-line nurse. She had one dying woman Foxbot screaming, between gasping for air, “Tell me what I really have!! Tell me!!! I should know!!!”
“You have COVID-19.”
“COVID does not exist. It’s fake and being used to control us. Tell me what I have!!!”
Sad that the only cure for it seems to be death.
Load More Replies...This is what happens when you elect stupid people who will be on TV all the time saying stupid s**t
I just feel desperately sorry for these people. Imagine the fear she must feel if she believes she is being lied to and deceived as she lays dying. The people that we should be judging are not those that are vulnerable to falling for this stuff . . .
I agree too the biggest blame lies with the propaganda speakers and outright liars, some trying to look strong politically, knowing what will happen to their people
Load More Replies...I was astounded to find out that many educated and normally rational people think that COVID is a universal government ploy to control people. I'm actually quite speechless.
Heroes don't wear capes. They wear full PPE. Health care workers should get medals.
Nah. Medals don't pay the rent. They need better wages. The wage scale for IT workers is often higher than that of RNs doing direct patient care. Go figure.
Load More Replies...One of the best examples of why Fox news should not be allowed to spread untruths about Covid. A recent example from Hannity: “Your response when you see children wearing masks as they play should be no different from your response to seeing someone beat a kid in Walmart,” Carlson said on his Monday show. “Call the police immediately, contact child protective services. Keep calling until someone arrives.” He went on: “What you’re looking at is abuse, it’s child abuse and you are morally obligated to attempt to prevent it.”
These same covidiots believe tRump is a savior sent by god and was the greatest president ever, not to mention that Democrats run a child pedophile ring.
Couple in their mid sixty years. Very and very and very rich. They came with all symptoms. Screaming COVID19 don't exist. For them, it was a flu. Drink hot tea with lemon and honey at home. Some advil for fever. Everything will be alright. Refuse to be hospitalized. Try to sue the hospital with their army of lawyers. It was in June 2020. They signed their papers. Go home. Come two days later on the hospital. Dead. Their son was in Japan. Never come to reclaim body. He just called to confirm the death of his parents. End of the story.
I thought dead would be the climax of this story... but then the son took it to new levels
I bet he had his reasons for this next level indifference. Just imagine growing up with parents like this.
Load More Replies...Ex-pat in Japan here. June 2020, Japan had such a severe entry ban that even people with permanent residency (green cards) weren't allowed to re-enter the country if they left after the beginning of April. For many, going back to their home countries to mourn didn't mean just leaving their livelihoods, but leaving their spouses and kids with absolutely no clue when they could return. It's entirely possible that their son didn't have an intention of returning regardless, but I just don't think it's fair to judge when we don't know his situation. I have difficulty imagining that any option was an easy one.
Thank you for additional information and for putting things in context. I was wondering about but had no idea about Japans travel restrictions back then
Load More Replies...Who goes to the hospital and refuses to be hospitalized? Then why are you there?
Probably thought they'd just get a prescription drug to take home with them.
Load More Replies...i feel bad for the son. either he was raised in such an awful way that he didn't even care when his parents died, or he wanted to come to reclaim the body and such but wasn't able to because of covid. either way, poor guy
I don't know how to feel. Part of me is saying well they brought it on themselves, but a bigger part of me is saying that they were brainwashed thoroughly and the ones to blame are the propaganda artists, and liars.
Oooh my Universe. So sad. I'm crying and I don't even know exactly why. So sad.
The son probably had enough of their covid denial and had probably already washed his hands of them
I would guess that the son had broken off relations long before Covid, for chronic sick and stupid behaviors. He may have been written out of their will, for example. How sad for him.
Load More Replies...Bored Panda wanted to get Dr. Carroll's take on the last few months and whether we can say that we're starting to win the fight against Covid-19. The doctor said that some people are getting a moment of respite, at least in the US, but pointed out that the situation has gone from bad to worse in India. Which might be a ticking time bomb for the rest of the world because of the potential coronavirus mutations there as the situation worsens.
"Here in the US, with the number of people who have contracted the disease, along with a high number of immunizations, the caseload has dropped significantly. We can breathe for now, but the absolute tragedy in India has me very concerned about an escape mutation that may make its way back to the US which infects us once again," he said.
"I believe it’ll infect the unvaccinated first, but may spread and could evade the vaccine immunity. We will need to watch carefully for any new mutations and make sure everyone around the world is vaccinated and boosted adequately to finally quell this once and for all. The death rate from this disease is much higher than the flu, and if it continues to perpetuate year over year, we will decimate our most needy, poor, and marginalized world citizens."
Didn’t diagnose, but I’m sure you’ll appreciate the mental gymnastics..
I worked obs & gynae a few months back. For obstetrics we had an amber ward (confirmed non-covid ward), and a red ward (confirmed covid/no test done).
We’d require mum and partner to both get covid tests done in our clinic the day before the planned admission so we knew which ward to place them in.
One patient refused to have the swab taken because she thought covid was a hoax. So we were told her she’d have to stay in the red ward during her admission as we couldn’t confirm she didn’t have covid if she didn’t have a test. She went absolutely mental saying “you can’t do that!! What if I get covid??!”
Oxymoron should now also describe covid denial. Moron in need of oxygen
Why does this not surprise me, not one bit? Sigh, what can you do, lol
Doctor here: I was working in the COVID ICU as a resident physician. We were getting crushed with new patients and the ICUs were overflowing. I admitted this elderly gentleman around 2am with respiratory failure due to COVID. He was maintaining his oxygen saturation with high flow nasal cannula oxygen, but notably short of breath and unable to speak full sentences without gasping for air. At this point in the night I had been working about 22 hours into my 28 hour call shift. All I want to do is take a quick history and physical and get out of the room to reduce my exposure. He proceeds to tell me all about how COVID is a hoax and starts rambling on about some bible passage. He even told me I needed to read the Bible more. I was beyond emotionally and physically drained by this point to respond to the audacity of his comments. He would later get intubated and spend a week on the ventilator. I think he survived, but it’s hard to remember. To say this pandemic made me cynical is an understatement.
I would slap him in the face for him to wake up for life. The real life.
The idea that you would believe Trump and Fox over a physician telling you that you may die is beyond appalling.
Load More Replies...I'm a Christian I read the Bible, pray, listen to worship music etc. I also wear a face mask, sanitize my hands often when I'm out in public, wash my hands as soon as I get home and I've had my first covid jab. I know this virus isn't a hoax.
I'm a Christian too (still haven't got the shot, I want Johnson and Johnson as I'm afraid of shots), but I sanitize, wear a mask, etc. My mom had 2 extremely popular clients die from covid. I, for a fact, know the virus isn't a joke.
Load More Replies...You know he isn’t. It probably just confirmed his gross beliefs to him.
Load More Replies...Not all Christians are uneducated idiots. Believing in a religion and also science don't have to be mutually exclusive. Unfortunately there are willfully ignorant people out there who will hide behind their religion as an excuse to be intellectually lazy.
It sounds unkind to say this, but supporting faith in a religious story that is not supported by evidence is not far from having faith in a story about a fake crisis, despite the evidence.
Load More Replies...COVID is far more real than god. God in a illusion, whether Muslim Christian or Jew, or indeed, any other God, and viruses are real. Religion and viruses both are ways humans have stumbled upon to kill each other.
TOTALLY AGREE! So many bad experiences killed the whole "God"/heaven/hell/Devil thing for me long ago. Even in the beginning I still had doubts. Like, don't even try that sin/faith bullshit on me, delusional freaks.
Load More Replies...at this point my cynism is so strong that I say let them die... those who are still denying covid while having covid... they are not worth the effort that could be used to save someone better... these asshole will get better and then go out again to spread the disease more
Not a doctor. Each member of my family had Covid and still believe Covid is fake. The problem is they survived having Covid, so in their mind Covid isn't real. They also believe Kamala Harris is going to assassinate Biden, declare Sharia Law, and Obama will seize power with antifa. So there's that.
Do you think the have put all the things they hate into three categories: room, person and weapon, then play some kind of cluedo draw to come up with their newest conspiracy? It was kamala in the Whitehouse with the lead pipe? Or miss Scarlett at a blm rally with a.... teeny tiny 5g chip? I would accuse: the deniers, with the false information, entire world (person/thing/place)
OMFG! What a way to bring Cluedo up to date! The suspects can be Mrs Karen, Mr Kyle, Bill Gates, NASA and the infamous 'They'. The Locations: The White House, Mexico, Iraq-Iran (because, y'know, it's the same place), Europe (the country), Canada, Russia and North Korea. The weapons: Covid, 5g (as you rightly said), chemtrails, Illuminati, indoctrination and Communism!
Load More Replies...Since they also believe that somehow Obama faked his own birth announcement before he was born, I'd say that is a serious long game, lol
Load More Replies...That is so sad. I guess he believes she died of the flu?
Load More Replies...I'm sorry to say, but your family is kinda stupid if you ask me.
Or be allowed in public/breeding even! Maybe banned from the internet.
Load More Replies...Lol. I hope obama seizes the power to be honest. There is so much wrong with this one- how the hell do people get to believe all that crap?
There's nothing wrong with Biden. '45' - that's a different story!
Load More Replies...The development of multiple shots to help people fight off Covid-19 hasn’t put a stop to the pandemic, even though it’s dented its advance in some areas. While some Western countries are slowly breathing a very wary (and weary) sigh of relief after mass vaccination programs have gone underway, other nations are struggling with the massive spread of the virus. Countries like India.
The BBC reports that, at the time of writing, India has seen more Covid cases in the last week than any other country on Earth. “A ferocious second wave has seen the official death toll surpass 200,000,” the BBC writes. However, experts believe that the actual number of fatalities could, in fact, be much higher.
India is in the midst of a medical catastrophe: hospitals have run out of beds in many areas, oxygen supplies are dwindling, and healthcare staff are overworked. Some nations are reaching out to help India deal with this crisis, including the United States.
Our neighbour was a covid denier. So he wanted to prove that his healthy lifestyle of Crossfit would prove it is a bad cold.
He now uses a mobility scooter to reach the mailbox, speaks like Stevie from Malcolm in the middle, takes more pills than people twice his age, and can't taste or smell anything.
No sympathy from me either. I really hope he doesn't reproduce. And the reason I can't generate any sympathy is him and people like him actively helping thousands or more to die with their stupidity. If they only hurt themselves, that would be different but they are a serious and utterly stupid danger to everyone.
Load More Replies...Yeah, it's just a minor flu. But it will be ok in May, than it's going to disappear like magic. It's going to fade away. it's like a miracle, it will disappear. I have this under control.
Load More Replies...Crossfitters are some strange people... but I guess we're all strange
well, my covid was in fact just a bad flu (or maybe even like regular flu, I don't know, I never get flu)... and my lifestyle is as far from healthy as it gets... but I saw and heard of so many people who were in much much better shape than me, some of them even way younger than me and they ended up having it much worse than me... so really it's unpredictable and you can't rely on your healthy lifestyle
This is a conversation I have 3-4 times DAILY. Still. Idiot: Hey doctor Scallion, I dont feel good, I have a fever, cough, cant taste anything and feel like I cant breathe. I think I have pneumonia but its not covid. Scallion: Ok lets get a chest xray and check a covid test Idiot: No I definitely dont gave covid, I couldnt have gotten infected... I dont do anything. Scallion: Ok what did you do today? Idiot: Well I went to work, then watched my son play soccer, then went to dinner at chipotle, then we visited my daughter and her husband. Other than that nOtHiNg. Scallion: Ok you have COVID. Idiot: that test cant be right!?!? i have NO symptoms of covid! Scallion: you have literally every symptom of covid...and your covid test is positive. Idiot: thats crazy, my wife also has covid. What a coincidence!!! Scallion: please euthanize yourself
I sat there and blinked at the screen for a good full 45 seconds just comprehending what i just read
I don't think any amount of time looking at the screen would make a difference to how much sense this makes 😶
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I was a volunteer on the covid ward.
Loads of people who called it the "China virus" but they still took it seriously. Then I had 1 patient who didn't believe it when he was told he was positive so he spit on me. So obviously I got it too (eventhough I was wearing all the protective clothing but the guy was determined) and I got very sick and never went back.
How disgusting. I hope he faces charges for assault with intent to cause bodily harm or something like that.
On top of assault charges, these people need to be charged with bioterrorism. He literally and knowingly infected you with a dangerous disease. It is literal terrorism!
That is assault sir. The police will handcuff you to your bed, and take you into custody IF you live.
President Joe Biden plans to send vaccines to India where, currently, only just under 9 percent of the population has had at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine. In comparison, in the US, over 42 percent of all citizens have had at least one dose of the vaccine; the number stands at around 50 percent in the United Kingdom and a whopping 62 percent in Israel, according to Our World in Data.
Despite all the overwhelming evidence, we still have deniers who trust fishy online sources more than official ones. Earlier on, I interviewed Joseph M. Pierre, a professor of psychiatry at UCLA. We spoke about conspiracy theories and why they’re so popular nowadays.
According to Professor Pierre, conspiracy theories in the current era are political in nature and are rooted in people losing trust in authority figures. “It’s stereotypically liberals that trust science and support mask-wearing, social distancing, and vaccination (although historically there have been many liberal ‘anti-vaxxers’),” he told Bored Panda earlier.
I'm an attending physician at our Triage Unit. On a friday, an older gentleman (60 + years) came in with his entire family (wife, sister, BIL, 2 newphes and 3 children), none of them with a face-mask. All had mild COVID symtoms except him, he was saturating 80% with evident shortness of breath. We insisted in doing PCR and a chest CAT-scan looking for COVID but he and his wife refused saying that COVID wasn't real and it was just a bacterial infection.The more we talked with him the more aggitated he got to the point that his face was red. We suggested hospitalizing him to stabilize him and start treatment, but they accused us of exaggerating his symptoms and that we only wanted to hospitalize him so we could steal the liquid in his knees (a stupid rumor that was going around when this whole thing started).
They both cursed at us and said they were going to a better hospital to get antibiotics. Fastfoward 24 hours later on Saturday, we get a call from the hospital next county over telling us that they intubated one of our patients because he went into respiratory failure when he arrived and they had to transfer him here because they don't have the appropiate equipment. We transfer the patient on Sunday only to find out on the CAT-scan he had 90% of lung damage. He passed away on Monday morning.
Just before the family took the body away, I gave the widow the death certificate (that I filled out) and before walking away, she turns around and waves the certificate yelling "See! I told you it wasn't COVID! It says here: "Death due to pulmonary pneumonia due to SARS-CoV-2! I knew it was a bacteria!". I told her: "SARS-CoV-2 is COVID-19, ma'am".
Americans have become so moronic and stupid, I have stopped feeling sorry for the deaths of the truly ignorant deniers.
Do you truly believe that all of one country can be "moronic and stupid"? Or do you think it more likely that articles like this (albeit very entertaining) enforce misconceptions since they focus on a specific subset of a population and does not represent a population as a whole? Please keep in mind the articles that are taking place in America also have American doctors and nurses that are not being "moronic and stupid" as well as the majority of the population.
Load More Replies...Someone is going to have to explain the stealing liquid from his knees thing!
What's the story about "stealing the liquid in his knees"? I've heard many really strange theories, but nothing about it. Can somebody explain?
Never heard of it, but I want to know what's the story behind that too.
Load More Replies...This is not only for the USA, its everywhere. Those would be stupid or ignorant people who think Covid is just the flu so nothing bad happens. But people like that are everywhere. In my country older people would go in a crowded chruch and come home with Covid,then say they didnt do anything wrong and somehow the younger people are to blame.
Exactly it's everywhere and even though i know the medical staff are under oath and have to help anyone on the other hand i find it not fair that these idiots are occupying ICU beds! If they don't believe in science they should stay at home to die and leave the beds for the rest of us!!!
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I'm an anesthesiologist, and in our institution, we're the ones tasked with intubating covid suspects / positive patients who would otherwise die without ventilatory support. And holy hell, there are a lot of patients who don't believe Covid is real (most of them believe that it's just an elaborate lie that Doctors use to label random patients to mooch money off them). Some of them scream at us (in whatever capacity their diseased lungs can allow them to), some outright refuse intubation (in which case they die several hours later from respiratory failure). It's emotionally taxing having to face that every shift.
I would not be emotionally strong enough to do what they do. I'm eternally grateful that people continue and face this intolerable burden, and keep on going. I think they deserve more pay, like supermarket workers and other essential people who have proven just how essential they are during the pandemic. Thank God or whomever that there are intelligent people willing to become medical staff, knowing they will be treated this way, because they want to help people.
Yeah, I dont think I could put up with the daily toll of trying to save people, who can be saved, but vehemently, do not wish to be saved....
Load More Replies...There's a nurse on our street who has been working the COVID-19 wards, and she has had a lot of these denier claims thrown at her. Even this one, she said to the patient "I'm getting extra money out of faking COVID-19 ? Look around. See all these people with COVID-19? Imagine how much money I'm making off each one. Now wipe that smug grin off your face because do you really think I would be here right now listening to you when I could be sitting in a luxury home sipping champagne in front of a massive TV in a fluffy dressing gown and matching slippers? This is the NHS! You aren't even paying a penny." The patient recovered but hardly said a word while she was recovering. Apparently she got hit pretty hard with it and it changed her whole outlook on COVD-19
At least when that happens, it’s not like you’re losing good people. It’s the people who lost their lives that tried hard to stay healthy that make this sad. The deniers aren’t much of a loss.
What a rough time to be in health care. I wouldn't have the temperament for it. If a patient refused the proven diagnosis and refused the proper care, they can get out and take care of it themselves for all I care. There are plenty of folks who WANT the care waiting. I feel like this makes me a bad person, but geez...
I can almost not feel sorry for the huge number of Covid deaths on reading this. Except for every one person like this, there is one who understood the danger, took every precaution, and still got sick. 😡
It's more of an unnatural selection, given that the means of survival from COVID is not in any way natural. But one thing it definitely is, is cause and effect in full force.
Load More Replies...How many doctors in ICU want to say, "You don't want treatment? Sign this form so I can give care for someone who wants to live."
No need to feel emotionally taxed, they got what they deserved. One less stupid moron. I'm so over the deniers!
My wife’s a nurse, just had to deal with a patient who refused to get tested prior to her surgery so they had to treat her like a covid patient and needed to charge her for all the added PPE like gowns, goggles etc. the kicker is, recovery wouldn’t take her for observation while she was woken up so the anesthesiologist needed to stay and monitor her in the room for nearly 3 hours. They are billed at $400/15 minutes and there is no way her insurance is going to cover the extra cost because she signed a document saying she denied a covid test.
Maybe she can get ex-president #45 to pay it for her. Of course, they'll have to get in line behind the other debt collectors trying to collect the monies he still owes for his rallies. Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-campaign-bill-mar-a-lago-albuquerque-collections-agency-2021-4?op=1
“Wearing masks, unfortunately, has become a kind of political debate, at least here in the US. That is, it’s stereotypically conservatives or Trump supporters that refute the science on masks and Covid-19 more generally, continuing an undermining of science as an institution of authority that’s been ongoing for some years now and was played out before Covid-19 with climate change,” Pierre explained that parts of the debate related to Covid-19 (and avoiding it) have become completely political.
What’s more, Professor Pierre from UCLA suggests not debating conspiracy theorists because they’ll keep “moving the goalposts” in order to protect their beliefs. “Often with conspiracy theories that involve scientific facts, there’s a tendency to focus on some obscure example of experimental minutia (e.g. the temperature of combusted jet fuel and the melting point of the WTC columns), and then moving onto another if that’s refuted, rather than addressing the big picture questions that make the conspiracy theory so ridiculous.”
I work on a COVID unit and I ran into a patient like this. They'd tell me over and over again about how they weren't really sick and about how I didn't need to be gowned up in PPE. They even tried to take my face shield off. If you test positive for COVID two times then you have COVID! People are crazy.
Not only American states. In Germany cities have also demonstration from people who don't accept the restrictions from government because corona don't exist and we are all over reacting and some more non senses.
Load More Replies...Trying to take the doctors mask off is next level crazy denial
If all these idiots don't believe, then stay the f**k out of the hospitals for people who are "really" sick
The cult of trump and his crap really ran this train off the tracks.
Rather like being assaulted, having your face shield ripped off! Did they not understand that you were protecting yourself and the est of the public from them? How stupid can you get?
I became disturbed when a take out restaurant allowed unmasked customers to come in. This was when the pandemic was at its most dangerous. I voiced my concern and told the employee that they were participating in perpetuating the contagion. When my order was ready, I took it home and opened it. The amount of food was about a quarter of what I normally got. I decided they were angry with me and ate it anyway. The next day, I developed severe stomach cramps and a type of dysentery that lasted several days. I am positive they put something in my food to punish me for speaking out about their adding to the longevity of the pandemic. Cannot prove it so I won't go back there again.
There have been many times during this pandemic that I have been, let's say, less than proud to be an American. OK, that's a major understatement. I am, however, very proud of the essential workers who have battled through this and I thank them every day for their hard work. Is it horrible of me to think this is God's way of weeding out the stupid in my country??? Edit: No disrespect meant toward those that have died that were not Covid deniers. I feel sorry that they had to endure such a horrible disease and offer my condolences to their families. I am blessed to have only 2 members of my (extended) family that had Covid and followed proper procedures and have recovered.
There may be remedies or a cure for covid, but there is none for stupidity...
YOU’RE A LIAR! THIS VIRUS IS A HOAX! I’LL GET YOUR LICENCE PULLED FOR THIS! They later died refusing their dying breath that COVID was a hoax.
The Darwin Awards are going to be HUGE this year. So many nominees...
I'm a (student) funeral director and I see families go to the funeral of someone who died of covid-19 and still deny it. They started out shrieking at the doctors to change the cause of death on the death certificate. Now FEMA is helping with funeral expenses for covid deaths. Suddenly there's changes of heart.
The text above this photo - the percentage of people who have had their first vaccine is 64% in the UK.
I jumped the queue -- I was at the drug store late one afternoon when the pharmacist asked if I wanted the shot (Pfizer) as there were no-shows that day. Of course I took it, I'm not as dumb as I look.
Load More Replies...The almighty f*****g dollar. Love of money is the root of all evil, proven over and over again.
Meanwhile, at the start of the pandemic, I also had a chat with Dr. Claudia Pastides, from Babylon Health, about why people believe conspiracy theories about the coronavirus. She said that, at the time, there was a lack of substantial and verified information to explain why the virus behaves as it does. “As a result, it is easy to fill this void with untruths about the virus’s effects and the prevention of its symptoms,” she said. Since then, there’s been more and more information about the coronavirus.
“As people are desperate for more knowledge and information about the virus, they are more prone to believe these misconceptions. It is instinctive in humans to seek solutions to problems, and when there is a crisis, such as this pandemic, they might be willing to believe anything they hear without verifying it first,” Dr. Pastides explained why some people turned to conspiracies at the start of the pandemic last year.
My worst experience was when a 2 year old kid got diagnosed with COVID. His mother had brought him with c/o fever and diarrhea. The child was severely dehydrated and so we had to do a mandatory swab test since we planned to admit him. It came positive and the mother refused to admit it. We were ready to perform a repeat test and we even advised for the parents to get tested. Her defense was " The child never left the house. Its just I and the father who go to work daily. The grandmother babysits while we are away. How can he even get COVID without leaving the house." She had called her husband, he came with 10-15 relatives in a car, they broke a few chairs and then left with the baby. We just informed about the case to the COVID control centre.
They left with the baby? That's enough reason to take the child from them for me.
Yeah, if he was severely dehydrated, and they had told the parents (and the boy was admitted already), I would think this could be child endangerment
Load More Replies...Poor child. That's so unfair. It's not possible to call the police, child protection and refuse to let child go home with parents ??
Shocking.... I have always thought the Brits were much more intelligent that we Americans
If the child was not officially admitted to the hospital yet the workers had no choice but to let them go. They didn't have standing to force them to stay until police arrived.
Load More Replies...ER doctor here. I diagnose people with COVID on the daily. Some people are actually really great about it, others are... more difficult. I'll tell you a tale that occurred during my most recent shift. Back to back rooms and patients. Patient A, in room #4, is a 23 yo male, no medical history, comes in with body aches, malaise, and fatigue. Also had some mild nausea without abdominal pain or vomiting. Patient B, in room #5, is a 51 yo female, medical history of intermittent asthma - so she uses a puffer infrequently, comes in with shortness of breath, has some possible fevers at home. In triage it was noted that this patient's Oxygen sats were in the 88 range and her heart rate wasn't elevated. Interestingly, when asked if she thought she had covid she said "I can't have it, I tested negative two weeks ago when my son tested positive. He's been sick at home." You guessed it. Both people covid +. Patient A went home. He's doing great. Was extremely remorseful and before he'd even left the ED he called his work to let them know he was positive and to get everyone there tested because he figured he had gotten the illness at work (IIRC he worked in a small family-owned warehouse as a foreman). He also called his parents and they were getting him setup to sleep in the garage until his quarantine was up. I respected this guy. Patient B got admitted to the hospital because her O2 sats weren't great. When I went back to tell her she was covid + she called me a liar and told me I must have made a mistake. She threatened to sign out AMA (against medical advice) but when she got up to leave she got so short of breath the nurse used that to convince her to stay. People are strange sometimes. I try not to let stuff bother me, but covid deniers come very close to crossing that line
Covid+ deniers aren't different from HIV+ in the 90s that would have unprotected sex without informing partners.
That's a crime in many countries and states now
Load More Replies...It is a waste of breath and time and energy to try to reason with deniers. Like talking to a brick wall. Save it for for someone/something that you can actually help.
I still had to treat her despite her accusing me of hiding the real diagnosis from her and doing something to make her sicker. Love my job.
*Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesh
Load More Replies...Tell her she's pregnant with an alien child,and the 2 species are not agreeing with each other. like her body is rejecting it.
You are a hero. I know it doesn't help now, but millions of us appreciate what you and your colleagues are doing. Including President Joe Biden and VP Kamala Harris. Thank You.
You can get sued for malpractice, but can you sue the patient for stupidity, or refuse to treat based on their denial as they may be a risk to themselves and you?
Sorry but this pic only scream: "Belgian chocolate!" to me. That "L". Sad that Covid patients can't smell it... it's a torture stethoscope. leonidas-6...b2984d.jpg
The pic caught my attention too! “Mask Tehran.” I bet the doctor is gorgeous lol. And he has a chocolate stethoscope!
Load More Replies...One thing that hasn’t changed is that we should do our best to verify if a source is trustworthy or not. Try to get your news from reliable sources, not niche websites, conspiracy theory groups, and your Facebook feed.
“The World Health Organization has a dedicated coronavirus myth-busting page on their website, where they sum up the majority of the misconceptions flourishing on the internet at the minute. This is a great place to start to verify whether what you’ve heard is correct,” Dr. Pastides said. “[Another option] is to contact a medical professional, who will be able to tell you quickly if the theories you’ve heard are false or not.” And from what we’ve read about the enduring patience of doctors, we’re sure that they’ll be more than happy to help you out with your query, exhausted as they are.
I had a patient struggling to breathe and admitted on oxygen and her husband still maintained it was a liberal hoax. She was pissed (at him).
Yes, because dying is the best way to "own the libs." Me (a lib), fully vaccinated and STILL wear a face mask in public.
Helped tube her.
I explained she had covid and that her sats with High Flow Nasal Oxygen at an FiO2 of 90% and 60L per minute with a 15LNRB over the top for good measure was still only 82-85%. She maintained it was a lie the entire time, even when her sats were in the 90s earlier in the admission to ITU.
I explained we had to tube her to keep her alive. In the end I had to bargain with her that I was tubing her because she had a bad pneumonia but that COVID wasn’t the cause. I just agreed and so off we went.
She actually survived and on her way out of ITU to a covid ward she just looked at myself and the consultant and said “told you it wasn’t covid”
They should just let them sign a paper, that they confirm to deny covid and it's therapy measures, then let them go home and let nature take care of the rest. Those people will be a risk for every person which will not be able to get vaxxed, since they will surely deny this as well and I don't see how this contributes to society.
I have a question: if a patient does not want treatment, why not just...not give it to them? I know medical people must do all they can to save lives but this all seems not only a tremendous waste, but also something being forced upon someone who does not want it. The effort is being wasted on people who do not want treatment when there are people who desperately need it and want it.
I don't know that I'd change my story just to get them to accept treatment. At the end of the day regardless of the cause your symptoms need treatment. If you refuae the trwatment then that is on you. Get a second opinion if you must, but I said what I said. Kudos to the doc though for taking the higher road. They deserve a lot of gratitude for dealing with this past year.
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I am an emergency doctor and diagnosed a older white gentleman (60, probably) with covid. He came in with obvious symptoms but was obviously a Trump type guy with an attitude. When the swab came back positive he got visibly angry and asked me what I was going to do about it. He wasn't sick enough to need any treatment so I told him to just go home and stay hydrated and gave him my usual spiel about following up and yada yada. He then proceeded to scream at me that CNN told him this was the most horrible thing in the world and how could I possibly not do anything about it!!!! I politely told him I was not intending to have a political conversation with him and then walked out of the room. The nurse handed him his discharge paperwork and he walked out.
I think he came in just to show off his minimal symptoms to prove that the virus wasn't that bad. There was a patient in the next room with an oxygen saturation of 55 but I didn't bother telling him. That's not a hill I'm going to die on to convince some jerk of facts he'll never believe.
It has taken me quite some time to figure out that I should not get worked up over people who are willfully, openly, and just blatantly, stupid and/or ignorant! and proud of it. I must maintain my blood pressure.
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My mom works for an OBGYN who specializes in high-risk pregnancies and births, and he was called into the hospital to check out a woman whose due date was about 2 weeks away and who was very sick.. He confirmed she had COVID and admitted her to the hospital until she gave birth, but she insisted it was a hoax and ended up checking herself out AMA, but not before she spat in the face of the nurse, who coincidentally had just completed chemo. That was near the beginning of the pandemic, and I'm so curious what happened to that lady. The nurse is okay, thank goodness.
Intentionally spitting on someone, generally, can be considered assault, especially if you spit in someone’s face.
Kiwi here and I remember near the start of it all, a woman raged and spat at some supermarket workers. And she was charged and convicted (of assault but slightly more serious, can't remember the specifics)
Load More Replies...Such a rude behavior should be punished. Medic team need to be protected
How “good Christian “ people can think spitting on anyone for any reason is acceptable behavior is beyond me.
Sometimes they would but honestly, sometimes they are so used to shitty people that it becomes a regular thing. Also, a lot of the time people just don't want to take the time to deal with calling the police, waiting for them to come, then all of the crap that comes after when a lot of the time the person who assaulted them ends up getting in minimal or no trouble.
Load More Replies...Thank god the nurse is okay, because I was about to say "why is she working around sick people while going through chemo?!'.
That is considered a physical assault. She could be arrested, jailed and sued.
Well, this happened in the UK, at the beginning, and the person who was spat at, died. In the news, it said they were looking for the perpetrator for manslaughter. But I don't know how hte sotry ended. I do know that I would sue naybody who knows he/she is positiv and still comes to work or similar and infects me. Probably won't come to much becuase how could I prove it, but at least they woudl get the letter that I pressed charges.
There's a lot I would put up with . . . Being spat upon is NOT one of them. I think I would lose my 💩 if someone did that to me.
My wife and I travel for work and she happens to work in medical labs, usually large hospitals. I’ve been shocked by the sheer amount of lab techs and the like who refuse to wear masks and nonchalantly go about life as if COVID weren’t real.
Yeah there are way too many trashbag people in the medical field, which just help regular people maintain their stupidity about covid. They shouldn’t be allowed to work in hospitals and clinics.
I've been shocked at the number of DOCTORS who don't know how to wear a damned mask properly. Humans are pretty much too stupid to survive much longer.
it should be! COVID samples should be processed in a BSL-2 lab at a minimum! those labs require goggles and face shields, lab coats, stuff like that.
Load More Replies...Wait until you hear about those doctors and nurses who try to convince you on the spot not to have the vaccine 😖😖😖 (it happened to a friend)
Just think for a moment. Places like these are normally safe BECAUSE people wear protective gear. Covid has been downplayed to the point even those who know its real don't take precautions seriously enough. If the situation described were Ebola, I think you wouldn't think the lab to be safe just because its a lab, but you'd think those people to be reckless, dangerous and posed a risk of outbreak, and you'd be right. Because they ARE being reckless, dangerous and DO pose a risk of outbreak.
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I had a lady who was maxed out on high flow (next step is breathing tube) who still refused she had Covid and was holding a negative test in her hand that she had taken a week prior.
Don't think any amount of education would help these people. You can't force information into an unwilling mind. Or, you can, but only by using highly unethical methods, like Clockwork Orange-style techniques.
Load More Replies...People are idiots, but the media and the government's don't help, either. People believe (because it has been repeated a million times) a negative test is "safe": "I tested negative six months ago so I'm OK". But the only thing a negative test proves is that you didn't have the virus there and then, and not even 100%. If you caught the virus the previous day it may not appear in the test. Also, you can test negative one day and catch it the following day... Just act sensibly, protect yourself and others and try not to be an idiot. What do these people think is killing thousands of people all over the world? Or do they think the deaths are fake, too? I have doubts about many things related to the pandemic, but why anybody doubts the existence of the virus is totally beyond my understanding.
Lady, y'know results can change. It's not when you do it once, the results stay forever
People like this just don't get it. They forget that even with "ordinary" flu you can feel fine one day and be wiped out two days later. This is what viruses are like. It's the exponential growth that causes the body to react, not simply being exposed.
I love these "I had tested negative two weeks ago!" Yeah, and this comment box was empty till it got "infected" with this comment...
Physician here. The willful cognitive dissonance is real. It never ceases to amaze me how many patients will refuse assistance from me to register to get vaccinated, make claims that vaccines are harmful, but then accept my medical care on anything else that suits their whim. Patients absolutely have autonomy to refuse care, but why would you continue to see a physician and accept their medical advice and care if you think they would simultaneously recommend something to you that would be harmful?
I've posed this question to patients who are vaccine hesitant: "Why would you let me manage your diabetes and hypertension if you think I would harm you by recommending vaccinations?" You cannot get any kind of thoughtful response aside from, "I just don't want to be vaccinated."
Give them 2 aspirin, send them home, and then concentrate of caring for those who will LISTEN
I have wondered about this myself. It makes no sense at all. I'm glad to see someone finally say something about it.
Fear of the unknown. They are familiar with treatments for previous problems. There were no political issues related with Diabetes, etc.... And, the world has become so crazy that some will believe just about anything.
If that makes sense to you, then you're an idiot. Don't go anywhere without a minder.
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They just kept denying they had it, stated they had something else, and tried to leave against medical advice while on high flow nasal canula which we didn't let him do because he would have died within minutes. Before he was admitted to the hospital, he was symptomatic but refused to isolate at home. He gave it to his wife who ended up in the ICU.
"Probably just the raw chicken I gave her because I'm too stupid to cook it"
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I doubt the authenticity of this particular story. High-flow oxygen is not delivered via nasal cannula. High-flow oxygen is administered via a non-rebreather mask. If a patient were in such a need for a level of oxygen that they would have died within minutes (clear visual indicators that the body is compensating ie cyanosis, pursed lips, tripoding, etc), a nasal cannula would have been ineffective. They would have required a non-rebreather, but most likely intubation.
ER doc chiming in. They told me I was wrong. Obviously, there’s no way they had COVID despite coming in to the ER for shortness of breath, cough, and fevers.
When I mentioned that their wife who was several rooms down also had COVID, their response was: oh, that makes sense because she always gets sick.
When I asked how it made sense that they wouldn’t have COVID with the same symptoms I was told that it was because they were overall healthy and only took their mask off to eat and drink in the casino
Well, that is where people go to gamble, isn't it?
Load More Replies...Those totally arent symptoms (this is sarcasm I know it's hard to sound sarcastic over the internet.)
Okay. In Quebec, Canada, we had to confine, shut down non-essential activities, follow distanciation rules etc and such just to get groceries but those guys kept casinos open? We'll never get out of this sh..
I have treated a young male in our ICU with critical COVID19 with severe diabetic ketoacidosis. He did not believe in insulin (yes, you are reading this right) or other antidiabetics, even though insulin is inexpensive in our country. He tried to treat his type 2 diabetes with herbs, his HbA1C (the lab value showing the state of his diabetes on the longer run) was off the roof. He did not vaccinate (he was offered), did not wear a mask, did not distance, and did not believe in any of this coronabullshit. Most of this information was obtained from his 20 year old daughter, as he was quite disoriented at presentation and was intubated urgently. She was sobbing through the phone every day for 1.5 months until he died. I held the phone with his daughter on call to his ears multiple times when he was still intubated but his mind cleared up and his sedation was optimal. I was quite convinced that he realised his mistake on the ventilator, with lines and tubes inserted into his body everywhere and in his last clear moments, when his mind allowed, but I cannot be absolutely sure. I often think about the last conversation and last mental images people have before their death.
Depressing but I keep thinking that in these cases, it at least kills the right person and not some innocent bystander.
Who knows who they have given it to while out living like they don't have it. There might be thousands of cases that trace back to him. If he gives it to two people, and they give it to people, who then also spread it....
Load More Replies...It is people like this that must absolutely make the medical professionals wonder why they are in their chosen field.
Oh well. His fault. The more of these idiots that die, the better off we all will be
This one really scares me. I'm a type 1 diabetic and a kidney transplant patient. I've spent the entire time dreading getting Covid and wanting to slap every denier I read about. I didn't leave my house for months. I'm now fully vaccinated so I'm less worried. I've been through diabetic ketoacidosis. Those times were some of the absolute worst. I can't understand denying I sumlin or other anti diabetics. In truth very few people can control type 2 diabetes without some medication and type 1s MIST have insulin.
A young woman in one of the Western states had a father who was a denier. On his deathbed, he told her, "trump lied" True story.
This starts with speaking of a young male...imagine my confusion (picturing a guy in his late teens-mid twenties) when the patient then has a 20 yr. old daughter :-O
Family members have come in with a sick family member and lied about exposure and/or symptoms (despite a member(s) testing positive). This can/has lead to inappropriate management, delay in treatment, and exposure of staff and other families. The family members then get angry when told to isolate.
About 3 years ago before COVID re@red it’s ugly head, I had a lady come into our aged car facility to visit her 98 yo father. She asked me for a mask and admitted she had a really bad cold. There are and we’re signs on the front door telling people to stay away if ill. Hadn’t read them and was shocked when I showed her the door and suggested she go home. I am the charge nurse after hours. I have a duty of ace for my residents.
Superspreaders and deniers. They seem to be everywhere, especially in the South & in the heartland of America.
AJ is correct. I feel that is is possible that the stiffest deniers are more likely to be technology-challenged. They might be unwilling or just flat unable to use Instacart or other delivery system. After all, don't all online transactions "lead directly to identity theft or worse?"
I have isolated since March of 2020. I am in a high risk health situation. I always wear a KN95 mask when I must leave for an appointment. My food and other necessities are delivered to my door. I have just recently been vaccinated. I K19. NOW I will not get Covid 19, It has not been a hardship. I work via my computer at home. I decided it is easier to NOT get it than to have to get properly dressed to go out in the public for shopping and bringing stuff home.
Infectious disease doctor here. Seen about 450-500 COVID patients in the hospital since it all started. Only one patient ever accused me of using the nasal swab to give him COVID (along with a microchip). A handful have (EDIT) ranted nonstop about China. Everyone else has been sick enough to accept it, but lots still refuse the idea of vaccination even after being in the ICU.
I am SO ggreatful, and praise all of the Healthcare workers ESPECIALLY during this pandemic. I cannot fathom working through something like this, dealing with it on an hourly, minute by minute basis & the fear you guy must have of getting infected yourselves... God bless you all. But, dealing with these covidiots, how the hell do you keep your cool, continue to diagnosis and treat these people so blind and stupid to what's really going on around them? Then wake up the next day & go back for more abuse from those who are covid+ ! I have nothing but respect and love for each & every one of you
Very sad and very frustrating. It's so hard to read these stories of people still not believing Covid is real when they are being intubated bcs they can't breathe. And the doctors and nurses have to suffer along with them. These stories of covid deniers show us the power of sources like Fox News and InfoWars, certain religious figures and churches, Tr**p and his minions lying about the pandemic from day one. Some might say these covid deniers are stupid but i wouldn't call them stupid; i'd say they have been grossly misled and are ignorant of the truth.
I've been confrontational to these patients out of respect for my ICU colleagues and nurses. They put their lives on the line for stupidity. Essentially I ask all these patients to cure heart disease, stroke, ulcerative colitis and crohn's since they've figured out COVID is fake. I ask them if they have any thoughts on recent stenting medications or immunomodulatory meds. If they're aware of any medications down the pipeline since they're ahead of me and have more knowledge than me. I also ask them how well they did in math in school so I could better understand probabilities.
Could you give them my phone number please, I could really do with a cure for Crohn's!! S/
Tell them to call me too - I'm tired of taking these stupid Colitis meds every day for the rest of my life! They're expensive!
Load More Replies...Nurse neighbour told me about a young doctor who has had enough of deniers and asked the bosses if he was allowed to slap them or would he get into trouble. The response? "How are they going to press charges from the grave? But no, you can't slap them. We have to provide care even if they don't"
I didn't know she was a Covid denier at the time. I work in the ICU, so she was already in a bad condition and experienced very real symptoms. She was scared, wanted to know exactly how her chances were, how long it would take to get healthy, if we were doing everything we could to make sure she'd be fine... It was only after her passing that colleagues who knew her told me she'd been a vocal Covid denier. She must have made a 180 once she experienced the symptoms herself.
Patient - “What!?! No... No! No! No! Someone had to hit a button to make mine result as positive. There’s no way I have it!” Me - :|
Hit a button. How the fuçk did these people even make it this long alive to begin with?
Had multiple patients go “this is just the flu I’ll be better in a few days” many of them died. Not a patient but had a family member demand to visit their son (a minor) we had to let them. Explained that they had Covid and wear protective equipment. They said they didn’t need it because Covid doesn’t exist.... they were admitted ~3 weeks later. Can’t win with some people.
Doctors and nurses are far better people than me, I would have gone how's that non-existent covid working out for you then?
Not a doctor but an EMT. Said patient had already been diagnosed and was being transferred to a different hospital. During the trip he kept insisting he “wasn’t sick!” And at one point even tried to rip off my respirator.... so yeah.... fun times
Possibly off their face on meds. Some people do the oddest things that are totally out of their normal character.
I was telling my employee (who's a covid denier) how my cousins husband died of covid unexpectedly. Her response was that they labeled it covid but it was probably something else... Didn't know how to respond so I just left
One of the only times I'd consider the US "fire at will" laws a usuable tool.
RN here. We have had many patients diagnosed, some entire families. One such family refused to adhere to recommendations re masking, etc., and both kids and parents were diagnosed. One child was 11 months old. Makes me sad and very mad at the same time. They are all symptomatic.
I was in a ward for new mums 3 weeks ago and a girl was asking to be released with her new baby that was hours old and hadn't fed yet as she was scared about Covid and the midwife said to her if she was so worried why wasn't she wearing her mask and the girl just sat stumped. Still didn't put on a mask.
“Just sat stumped.” People like that need to answer for their stupidity. Not just sit there drooling.
One of my brother's friends is a denier idiot and she caught it after she kept meeting up with people at cafes and parties and whatnot Had mild symptoms only and was out of the house within a week Another girl in my friend group had it, can't smell, can't taste anything anymore. Still cries about how "completely locked out from everyone and everything" she is, even though she never followed any rules anyway AND STILL DOESN'T and is convinced that feeling sO depressed is way worse. Why boohoo, shut up.
It was my ex-doctor that was feeding me conspiracy theories. He said that the American government was killing doctors who spoke up about COVID not being real.
Ok scary. I thought all educated medical people would understand about viruses. I mean c'mon.
Notice they didn't say, medical doctor. Could be a doctor of earthworms!
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Guess ex-doctor as in had his licence pulled for some similar stunt in the past
Not a doctor, but my youngest daughter is an RN at a busy medical center. She told me about a guy who had Covid, but kept denying it, even as his organs were shutting down. That was a super rough day for her.
Back in the summer, we had a guy come in for bad COVID-19 pneumonia. Both him and his wife denied it was COVID-19. He was feeling sick but still decided to go to the casino. He was found unresponsive a few hours later by his wife in the hotel. The guy was intubated and died a week later.
And I'm sure he made quite a few people sick at the casino, too. Ugh!
My manager didn't take it seriously and kept going about her usual routine. She went out partying with her friends in Dallas and went to the casino a lot with her boyfriend. She got Covid and had to be quarantined for two weeks with her daughters. Her four year old daughter was really upset because she couldn't see her grandma. My mother and my manager's mother, who I also work with, had to take on manager duties for the two weeks. She still gets sick now from time to time because she has a weakened immune system.
Covid deniers with children really piss me off. Parents are supposed to protect their children.
Really shouldn't have them! Let someone smart keep these poor kids.
Load More Replies...Some dude in our neighbourhood said it was a hoax. Refused to wear a mask. Got it. Refused to take the prescribed medicines and took medications HE thought would help. Had to be scolded by his whole family to set him right.
At least someone managed to straighten him out... So many morons....
I don't care if I get downvoted, but idiots like these deserve not only covid, but some sort of punishment because their stupidity affects so many others... And something that amazes me, is the fact that 'muricans can refuse to wear a mask. WTF? Where I live, you can't get into any kind of business without a mask. They just don't let you in. period. You wear the fckn mask in the middle of a fckn pandemic, you dipshït.
For me and in this level of stupidity we should let Darwing natural selection take over, and they deny and refuse to go to the hospital...well...do it be...the only problem its the people around them that they going to get it as well and it's not fair...otherwise I would dy let it go ....go my child and never return!
Load More Replies...These are painful to read. The tension between having vowed to help but having people who deem themselves entitled to receiving help yet show no respect at all must be tearing.
We've had two suicides, three attempted, and a sharp increase in alcohol abuse where I am. We're not in a big city, so there are no back-up systems. It's us and that's it. it's demolished us all, emotionally, mentally. I'm at the vax clinic the next few weeks, and that's .... not better than the hospital. random people walk in for the shot, but really to trash the place, scream about god, blah blah blah. We can't even get angry anymore. Too burned out. We just slog through it, brains like heaps of ashes in our skulls.
Load More Replies...Whomever stated at the beginning of all this that "Covid is just like flu" should be forever incarcerated in a solitary cell.
In the United States that person's name is Donald Trump.
Load More Replies...I gave up my career as a healthcare professional because of this. By the time the last unmasked idiot spat at me and told me I was doing Satan's work for asking them to wear a mask, I had been quarantined from my family for 11 weeks. That's 11 weeks of staying in an out room, away from my family, only going to work and back. 11 weeks without touching or being touched by anyone. 11 weeks of consoling my kids through a closed door while they were scared of what was happening. 11 weeks of crying on the phone with my mom, my husband and my best friend. 11 weeks of me sacrificing my mental health, my life to serve the community while keeping my loved ones safe from an inbred OEDIPUS THAT REFUSED TO WEAR A PIECE OF CLOTH OVER HIS MOUTH AND NOSE! And to have the audacity to tell me that I am going to Hell for conforming to regulations! Look around you! THIS IS HELL!!
I'm so sorry about your horrible experience...I'm not cying..yes I am.
Load More Replies...I'm on a different shift volunteering at the hospital right now, and this is my life for a year now. I am not as patient as I was last year. I am not as able to stay calm. Right now I'm "bouncer" at the vax clinic. We tell each other, "Anyone who doesn't get a shot should never get medicare/medicaid or any health insurance ever for Covid-related complications or Covid treatment, b/c we already lost 500K people to these a**holes, let 'em rot." Yeah. Front lines of Covid ------ you're treated like crap by people who demand to be treated like God, and the families.... God save us from the families. "What're you doing to grandpa!" SAVING HIS LIFE AFTER YOUR SUPER_SPREADER EVENT FAMILY PICNIC!!!.... OK, we don't say that to the patient or the families, but when we decompress.... Well, we don't anymore. We're too burned out by this sh*t. So: WEAR YOUR MASK, SOCIAL DISTANCE, STOP COMPLAINING. Your right to go to WalMart does not supersede anyone else's right to LIVE. .... UGH.
My cousin is currently in a rehab hospital learning to walk again after getting COVID. He was a denier and his wife still doesn't believe COVID caused his multiple organ failure that resulted in his inability to walk. Right now, the cousin has zero kidney function, get dialysis daily and stays on oxygen or bi-pap 24/7 in order to keep him alive. The doctors aren't sure what to do with him because his wife has POA and since she doesn't believe he had COVID, she often refuses recommended medical treatment. She has hired a team of attorneys to get to the bottom of what is wrong with him and sue. Oh, he is currently on day 98 of being in the hospital and in the fourth hospital. Since his wife refuses medical treatment for him, the hospitals transfer him out because they can't just have him laying bed. The next step for him is a nursing home and wait for him to die. His father is going to court to get the POA moved from the wife to him.
I read the first ten of these stories, and I had to stop. It got too depressing to realize that so many of our fellow humans are just so...dumb and callous, and the abuse that health care workers have to endure seems endless.
Same. The stupidest conspiracy theory is the one that goes "People are dying of other things and they just put Covid on the death certificate because they get paid more for that." If you ask "Paid more by WHO???" they either don't have an answer or insist that it's some plot by "the liberals".
Load More Replies...Why do people even go to the hospital, then? They're lucky that doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals aren't allowed to turn them away.
Some show up specifically to taunt us, spit, cough, etc., and mock. It's been a real treat. UGH
Load More Replies...I took my mother to the doctor yesterday. I went through three layers of people asking about cough, shortness of breath, etc, and I answered, "No, and we are both fully vaccinated." Before the end of the visit, the doc asked if I had thought about the vaccine. I said, "Not much, since the second shot." She sighed with relief and said that's wonderful. She told us she had to be very careful bringing up the subject because she's gotten yelled at quite a few times. It's not an easy time to be a doctor.
I don't care if I get downvoted, but idiots like these deserve not only covid, but some sort of punishment because their stupidity affects so many others... And something that amazes me, is the fact that 'muricans can refuse to wear a mask. WTF? Where I live, you can't get into any kind of business without a mask. They just don't let you in. period. You wear the fckn mask in the middle of a fckn pandemic, you dipshït.
For me and in this level of stupidity we should let Darwing natural selection take over, and they deny and refuse to go to the hospital...well...do it be...the only problem its the people around them that they going to get it as well and it's not fair...otherwise I would dy let it go ....go my child and never return!
Load More Replies...These are painful to read. The tension between having vowed to help but having people who deem themselves entitled to receiving help yet show no respect at all must be tearing.
We've had two suicides, three attempted, and a sharp increase in alcohol abuse where I am. We're not in a big city, so there are no back-up systems. It's us and that's it. it's demolished us all, emotionally, mentally. I'm at the vax clinic the next few weeks, and that's .... not better than the hospital. random people walk in for the shot, but really to trash the place, scream about god, blah blah blah. We can't even get angry anymore. Too burned out. We just slog through it, brains like heaps of ashes in our skulls.
Load More Replies...Whomever stated at the beginning of all this that "Covid is just like flu" should be forever incarcerated in a solitary cell.
In the United States that person's name is Donald Trump.
Load More Replies...I gave up my career as a healthcare professional because of this. By the time the last unmasked idiot spat at me and told me I was doing Satan's work for asking them to wear a mask, I had been quarantined from my family for 11 weeks. That's 11 weeks of staying in an out room, away from my family, only going to work and back. 11 weeks without touching or being touched by anyone. 11 weeks of consoling my kids through a closed door while they were scared of what was happening. 11 weeks of crying on the phone with my mom, my husband and my best friend. 11 weeks of me sacrificing my mental health, my life to serve the community while keeping my loved ones safe from an inbred OEDIPUS THAT REFUSED TO WEAR A PIECE OF CLOTH OVER HIS MOUTH AND NOSE! And to have the audacity to tell me that I am going to Hell for conforming to regulations! Look around you! THIS IS HELL!!
I'm so sorry about your horrible experience...I'm not cying..yes I am.
Load More Replies...I'm on a different shift volunteering at the hospital right now, and this is my life for a year now. I am not as patient as I was last year. I am not as able to stay calm. Right now I'm "bouncer" at the vax clinic. We tell each other, "Anyone who doesn't get a shot should never get medicare/medicaid or any health insurance ever for Covid-related complications or Covid treatment, b/c we already lost 500K people to these a**holes, let 'em rot." Yeah. Front lines of Covid ------ you're treated like crap by people who demand to be treated like God, and the families.... God save us from the families. "What're you doing to grandpa!" SAVING HIS LIFE AFTER YOUR SUPER_SPREADER EVENT FAMILY PICNIC!!!.... OK, we don't say that to the patient or the families, but when we decompress.... Well, we don't anymore. We're too burned out by this sh*t. So: WEAR YOUR MASK, SOCIAL DISTANCE, STOP COMPLAINING. Your right to go to WalMart does not supersede anyone else's right to LIVE. .... UGH.
My cousin is currently in a rehab hospital learning to walk again after getting COVID. He was a denier and his wife still doesn't believe COVID caused his multiple organ failure that resulted in his inability to walk. Right now, the cousin has zero kidney function, get dialysis daily and stays on oxygen or bi-pap 24/7 in order to keep him alive. The doctors aren't sure what to do with him because his wife has POA and since she doesn't believe he had COVID, she often refuses recommended medical treatment. She has hired a team of attorneys to get to the bottom of what is wrong with him and sue. Oh, he is currently on day 98 of being in the hospital and in the fourth hospital. Since his wife refuses medical treatment for him, the hospitals transfer him out because they can't just have him laying bed. The next step for him is a nursing home and wait for him to die. His father is going to court to get the POA moved from the wife to him.
I read the first ten of these stories, and I had to stop. It got too depressing to realize that so many of our fellow humans are just so...dumb and callous, and the abuse that health care workers have to endure seems endless.
Same. The stupidest conspiracy theory is the one that goes "People are dying of other things and they just put Covid on the death certificate because they get paid more for that." If you ask "Paid more by WHO???" they either don't have an answer or insist that it's some plot by "the liberals".
Load More Replies...Why do people even go to the hospital, then? They're lucky that doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals aren't allowed to turn them away.
Some show up specifically to taunt us, spit, cough, etc., and mock. It's been a real treat. UGH
Load More Replies...I took my mother to the doctor yesterday. I went through three layers of people asking about cough, shortness of breath, etc, and I answered, "No, and we are both fully vaccinated." Before the end of the visit, the doc asked if I had thought about the vaccine. I said, "Not much, since the second shot." She sighed with relief and said that's wonderful. She told us she had to be very careful bringing up the subject because she's gotten yelled at quite a few times. It's not an easy time to be a doctor.
