You enjoy a good rectal temp check, dontcha?

Afternoon asshats... or evening... whatever.

I type "Rectal" and you appear?
Odd.

It's even easier than that! Initially they had the charge nurses on each unit taking temps. I would put out the rectal thermometer at my desk and when people came in I said I gotta take your temp. They'd note that it was the red thermometer and I said yup, you can choose accurate temps or flavored temps. I got no takers.

There's a row of iPads with temp sensors on them at the entrance. Everyone that comes in puts their face in the screen, it displays and calls out a temp, and I give them a green sticker to put on their badge for the shift.

I can do that for time and a half. Most of the shift will be spent watching youtube videos on my phone. Beats the hell outta working covidtown.

We have one of the scanner thingys set up here as well. We come in, stand on the feet stickers, answer the "Are you sick? Is anyone in your home sick? Have you been exposed?" then they tell us our temp.

I answer the questions every day with "Ok dumbasses, if I knew I was at risk, and came in to work anyway, would I tell you? What kind of fuckery is this?"

They don't like that. But I pass. 👍

dumfuckery?

^^Yep... again, it's a placebo. You'd be infected and contagious before you showed any signs.

Oh.. okay.

Early on in the pandemic, several staff members were exposed to an initially asymptomatic patient who was in for unrelated issues.

They continued to come into work not knowing the exposure. It was concurrent with our first known case who came in clearly symptomatic and appropriately isolated.

About 10 days after that patient was admitted, the hospital implemented the temp check stations and universal mask policy. Several staff members were found coming in with symptoms and temps and sent home. Then a huge number of call offs and entry-rejected due to temps and symptoms. They were already exposed, and now infected but trying to come in to work because they need the paycheck. I get it. I've gone to work sick as fxck innumerable times. If I call off, it affects my annual raise and ability to use vacation time. So fxck em, I'm working. Hell, I've barfed out my truck window and chit my pants en route to work before. Normal annual raise is 2%, but if you have no call offs and work overtime you can get 3%. If you have call offs and stuff it gets reduced to 1 or 0 depending on the number. And if you have call offs, they cancel approved vacation time.

Something around 100 people were quarantined and 3 units in the hospital completely closed. Many were still working after the temp stations were implemented, showing no signs. But the mask policy cut down on transmission, didn't see much after that was implemented. I don't know how many patients got it from our staff. There's several who were in prior to our first two who were in for unrelated issues that developed covid during their stay or came back after discharge with a positive swab.

Patient zero eventually got worse and ultimately died (I was in the room with that patient when they died). As did a staff member who got it from the asymptomatic patient, and their kid, and ther mother. The other staff who ended up on vents have made it off, with only one kinda in limbo on how or if they're going to recover fully.

Universal masking is much more effective than temp screens. But, we're still doing temp screens and if they want to pay me overtime to write temps on green stickers to hand to staff, I'm down.

I'd consider selective rectal temps on those I deem necessary. 😇

But I'd probably end up in HR..

I'mma head to bed early. Probably be up before the sun but whatever.

HHD Ram n dudes.

Been hot lately. Ocean water is warm.

Totally regret selling my boat and my truck right now. 🤦

FIFY

Drove almost 1800 miles in two days. Tired but not sleepy. Home sweet home

Glad you made the trip safely, bruh. Hope all was good news.

I could totally post a buncha times and finish this before anyone gets up for coffee.

If only I wasn't so lazy.

Morning, peoples. Time to get to humping again

That's called matzoh!

Good morning,folks

Just brand your action “the new normal” and thermoassrape as you see fit.