I was off to deliver my daughter to University. A day long road trip. The day after arriving I didn't feel well. Went to get tested (again) for Covid. Tested positive. The Delta really kicked in 2 days later. Flew the Wife out to take over and got another hotel room so that I could isolate.
After daughter was settled in and all details attended to, Wife drove us home.
So Delta hit me. 2 days in I was flat on my back with raging headaches and transitory fevers. Combatted it with heavy hydration and Ibuprofen. It was like I had been kicked in the head.
Upon arrival home, made contact with my medical ppl. Had me tested again. Still actively positive with the Delta. Doc ordered up a chest x-ray due to my restricted breathing. Came back pos for pnuemonia as well. Z pack for the pnuemonia, hydration and Ibu for the Delta.
Have a telemed with doc today for clearance to return to work. Can't see a doc face to face for two weeks as they, the doc's office, are going to telemed as primary.
Asked why the telemed approach? Answer was that they are trying to avoid contagion and due to being overworked due to long hours this was the best approach. I asked, that in this once in a, hopefully, life time event the medical professionals are not ready to do, or up to doing, the job they signed up for? Got a long winded answer and called 'selfish' re: my line of questioning.
Wow. Maybe I was a little confrontational in my questions. But this IS the job they all signed up for. Am I wrong? As a Marine, if I decided that tomorrow Mohammed and the boyz might shoot me so I am not going out on patrol, would that be okay? As a cop, I answer a domestic violence call and decided not to go in because wife beater might shoot me. Is that okay?
My understanding is that these are the jobs we signed up for. You don't get to pick and choose under what circumstances you do your job. Am I wrong in this viewpoint? And while the 'rona is a bitch of a cold. Most everybody who gets it, recovers. Not everybody recovers fm a sucking chest wound.
Opinions any one?