• Apytele@sh.itjust.works
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      2 months ago

      Had an micro teacher a long time ago at community college where 90% of his students were in healthcare career tracks. He told us when we’re home to roll in the dirt, eat food straight off the vine after a quick polish with your shirt and for the most part only wash our hands after the toilet and before eating / prepping food or anything specifically medical like wound care or putting on contracts and that you should basically never use hand sanitizer at home. …then at work you wash your hands every time you touch pretty much anything. Said that was the key to a strong immune system.

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      2 months ago

      I sat in a German emergency room for about eight hours total with a broken eye socket and radius for initial diagnosis and treatment a couple of years ago, and the only inquiry into my ability to manage the pain was one doctor asking if I had paracetamol at home right before I left. When I said I did, the doctor nodded and left the room.

      In fairness to them, it was a Sunday and they wanted to do a full scan of my head (it wasn’t an MRI and I don’t think it was an X-ray, but I don’t remember what it was called- it looked like an MRI machine, just giant) and I needed to have a bunch of different types of doctor check me out. I was also able to manage the pain and didn’t actually need painkillers, but I was really surprised they didn’t at least check in about it.

  • Sergio@piefed.social
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    2 months ago

    1619:

    • learned their trade on corpses stolen from graveyards
    • collaborates with alchemists and exorcists
    • pay what you can, takes 10 minutes to either cure you or kill you

    2019:

    • might be able to see you 10 months from now in a virtual visit
    • “your insurance probably won’t cover that!”
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    1 month ago

    Were the masks really phallic? More like a bird’s beak.

    And I seem to recall there being a practical purpose too. Something about stuffing it with something to overcome the smell of putrid death.