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Several years ago some friends went to Ceylon/Sri Lanka for a vacation - during one of the revolutions/rebellions. They stayed at a five star hotel on a beautiful, almost empty beach, had the best room and the best service you could imagine. The flights were cheap, the hotel was cheaper. All the hotel staff were happy to be there rather than out in the street. My friends went for a walk into town and the fighting stopped to let them by - they thought it was a street party with fireworks at first. Both sides knew that the island depended on tourism for it's economy so shooting or upsetting tourists was strictly forbidden - hence the temporary ceasefire - and the hotel was itself a haven not to be touched. They had a great time - although they decided a tour of the local beauty spots was pushing it so they spent almost the whole time on the beach.
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Forogar wrote: the fighting stopped to let them by - they thought it was a street party with fireworks at first
That's funny.
To some extent. I wouldn't make light of a situation like that.
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Most ER/ICU workers see people die all the time. If they could not handle it, they would have quit a long, long time ago.
What I have been reading is that health care workers suffer more from exhaustion and fatigue and stress of the job, and from working longer hours with shorter rest periods due to under staffing, rather than PTSD related symptoms.
PTSD is a term that is used too much by the media, and usually to describe the wrong symptoms.
So, no fund needed for PTSD for health care workers. More sleep and rest, now that would be nice.
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George Carlin did a good sketch on how shell shock evolved into PTSD over time.
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Slacker007 wrote: What I have been reading is that health care workers suffer more from exhaustion and fatigue and stress of the job, and from working longer hours with shorter rest periods due to under staffing, rather than PTSD related symptoms.
My wife was not in ER, just working upstairs in the "normal" stations... She already had those symptoms of overexhaustion / fatigue, so I don't want to imagine what the ER-People would actually suffer...
Slacker007 wrote: More sleep and rest, now that would be nice.
And a sincere THANK YOU from time to time would help A LOT too
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It depends upon how each country's medical system is set up, but buy and large, the medical staffs are kept too small.
In some cases, like the US, the medical schools limit the number of students they take in to make sure there's enough money to be made - or maybe just a desire to consider themselves "special".
In other countries, it comes down to a matter of budgets - even when there's a national health system. Cutting corners to cut budgets.
In these times, everyone's doffing their hats for the work the medical community is involved in - the foot-soldiers in the war. They fight the battles. In particular, I like that nurses are finally getting their due praise as they do the most work most of the time.
Only last night, for the first time, did anyone thank the scientists, also working excessive hours, for their work. The pressure's on them too: just think about it.
The "doctors and nurses" may be fighting the battles but the scientist are the only hope for winning the war. Our current world, with its many "medical miracles", supplies the thanks to the medical community . . . but it's the scientist who made the miracles - the drugs, the equipment, really, all of it.
This is not intended as a critique of people who now are indeed working their asses off in dangerous and difficult conditions - but it is a critique of the long-standing worship they receive with little to no Kudos going to those who made it possible for them.
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W∴ Balboos, GHB wrote: It depends upon how each country's medical system is set up, but buy and large, the medical staffs are kept too small.
it only depends how small, but I would say no country in the world has enough health workers to cope with usual work, don't start thinking to cope with such a situation as the current one.
W∴ Balboos, GHB wrote: In particular, I like that nurses are finally getting their due praise as they do the most work most of the time.
I can ensure you that they really do a big lot, but not the most work.
That there are many lazy asses within the medical staff... OK, I can agree with this.
But there are a lot of medics / doctors that are working over normal human limits, and I know it first hand (several family members and a lot of known people working in hospitals and a part of them already got it / are now affected)
W∴ Balboos, GHB wrote: The "doctors and nurses" may be fighting the battles but the scientist are the only hope for winning the war. Our current world, with its many "medical miracles", supplies the thanks to the medical community . . . but it's the scientist who made the miracles - the drugs, the equipment, really, all of it.
This is not intended as a critique of people who now are indeed working their asses off in dangerous and difficult conditions - but it is a critique of the long-standing worship they receive with little to no Kudos going to those who made it possible for them.
Totally agree
I don't know who exactly told it, but she was in a science related position:
A bit free quotation, I don't remember the exact words and I have to translate from spanish: You have been paying football players millions to entertain you 90 minutes a week. Now you desperate for scienctists to get a cure... go and ask Cristiano Ronaldo or Messi for that cure.
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MehreenTahir wrote: PTSD therapy that all front line healthcare worker will need after this pandemic?
Pretty sure it's your average citizen that will need that more. I've seen lots of people claim that not wearing a mask outside is the same as murder, so we'll need to get those people signed up first.
Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other.
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ZurdoDev wrote: I've seen lots of people claim that not wearing a mask outside is the same as murder, so we'll need to get those people signed up first.
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Aleah - My Will[^]
This SOTW is a sad one...
The music is beautiful.
It's downtempo and Aleah's beautiful voice sounds almost ethereal.
The genre could be labeled as shoegaze I guess.
So, why so sad?
Aleah is Aleah Stanbridge, singer in Trees of Eternity, a doom metal band.
She also had guest appearances on albums of Swallow The Sun, Amorphis and other bands.
This is her solo debut... And her swan song.
She died of cancer in 2016 and it was her husband that finished and released the album.
Really sad we won't hear any more of this amazing singer 
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The voice is pretty/very nice but the background sound to thin
It does not solve my Problem, but it answers my question
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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Really? I think the sounds fits the music just right 
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Joining activity? Sounds like it'll do. (8)
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woodwork ?
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And very quickly, too!
Well done - you are up Monday! 
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Wood have been quicker if I'd seen it earlier
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You'll have to work on that.
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It is a bit too advanced for my kids right now, but I am keeping it for the future.
It might give some nice distractions for primary school children that are a bit curious about the world.
The book is a bit old but it is really nicely explained and with a lot of illustrations.
The download is free and you can find it in the word "PDF" in the last sentence of this text.
Download the Golden Book of Chemistry Experiments[^] or
here the direct link[^] :
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Wow this is old ! I am missing the page where you can turn lead in gold 
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Rage wrote: Wow this is old !
Yes it is, but basics in chemistry don't change that fast, making it still valid 
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If I were you, I'd try to turn pee into gold instead. Then you might be lucky enough to discover a new element[^] 
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Johnny J. wrote: I'd try to turn pee into gold instead.
Unfortunately, this would be copyright infringement to the Kardashians.
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yep: this is old.
most of the ingredients you will require to do the experiments are on the restricted and/or watch list.
you know, cancer causing, mercury poisoning, explosive...
- all the good stuff that never used to bother us back when we still had our own hair and teeth.
pestilence [ pes-tl-uh ns ] noun
1. a deadly or virulent epidemic disease. especially bubonic plague.
2. something that is considered harmful, destructive, or evil.
Synonyms: pest, plague, CCP
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I have a similar book about scouting for kids I got from my father, which contains interesting handling of hatchets, setting fire, building traps with pointy sticks, etc... My wife would probably kill me if she knew that I gave it to our kids.
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