"I spent 20 min being yelled at by a patient because I recommended a COVID-19 test."

[Nevilledog]

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Dr. Rob Davidson #GetVaccinated
@DrRobDavidson
I spent 20 min being yelled at by a patient because I recommended a #COVID19 test. Told we were giving people COVID with the vaccine. These interactions are because of @FoxNews and @TuckerCarlson. Their lies are making doctors’ jobs harder and killing our patients.


5:00 AM · Jul 26, 2021

[Aristus]

1. Twenty minutes?

I would have kicked his ass out of my clinic after twenty seconds.

You want to yell and scream stupid shit? You do it away from my clinic and away from my patients.

[dalton99a]

9. +1

[Xipe Totec]

22. One more than the covid number. nt

[oldsoftie]

25. Nice to see this is the FIRST post!! Agreed. nt

[GoCubsGo]

33. According to his profile, he's an ER doc.

They can't really turn anyone away from ERs, unfortunately. Which sucks, because Screaming Mimi more than deserved to be tossed out of there. ER doctors already have to deal with a ton of assholes, even without these Covidiots. I feel bad for them.

[Demovictory9]

39. glad to hear that you wouldn't allow 20 minutes of abuse

[Aristus]

40. Well, I just admitted to allowing twenty seconds...

[lagomorph777]

42. Send the asshole home to die.

[3catwoman3]

2. He should have just walked away.

Let’s guess that the patient was not wearing a mask.

[leftieNanner]

15. I don't know of any medical facility that doesn't require masks

Even though mask requirements in businesses have been eased in our county (I still wear mine anyway), if I want to go to the doctor, I am required to mask up.

[3catwoman3]

28. Actually, neither do I, but I just have this mental...

…picture of someone that angry ripping of their mask during their rant.

I retired in March from the peds office where I was a nurse practitioner for the past almost 25 years. I don’t know if they have relaxed any of the restrictions since I left. We were doing well only visits in the mornings.

No matter what the circumstances, there is no way I would have leta patient or parent yell at me for 20 minutes.

[wnylib]

32. My doctor's office will not allow

anyone inside the door without a mask.

[Meadowoak]

3. Tell that jerk to find a new Dr.

[kacekwl]

18. Bingo.

[roamer65]

4. Anyone resisting COVID care should be thrown of out the ER.

There are others who need it and want it.

[lindysalsagal]

5. Docs should be given permission to reply, "If you know more than I do, why are you here?"

Normally, that would be considered inappropriate, because you never know when a patient isn't rational or able to communicate. But at this point, I think Docs should be given a pass if they are confronted with a moron who thinks they know more than the doc.

I'd like to say to these idiots: "Ok. You know more than docs. So, go home an treat yourself. Stop wasting my time."

[gratuitous]

6. Remember folks cheering first responders at 7 each evening?

They'd come out of their houses, stand on balconies, and clap or bang pots and pans together to make a big noise, cheering for the doctors, nurses, and other medical personnel who were putting in round-the-clock shifts, trying to bring sick people back from the brink of death. Remember that? It was pretty uplifting.

What are people doing today to show their appreciation for these dedicated professionals? Refusing to take any precautions, refusing to get vaccinated, and generally just pissing all over their efforts to save lives.

[maxsolomon]

17. not the same people

the 1st responder-applauders have their jabs.

[hadEnuf]

26. Kind of like the "Thank you for your service" and Chinese made Walmart flags

for the returning Iraqi vets. Better than resentment, but a lot of it seemed very canned because they were parroting the conservative flavor of the day.

Now they are all "suckers" because Fuhrer Donald says so.

[catbyte]

7. Poor man looks exhausted and over it.

That's one of the worst parts of this whole anti-vax clusterfuck -- the unnecessary physical and psychological strain it is putting on health care workers.

[Retired Engineer Bob]

8. My doctor is retiring early because of these idiots

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215640007

[Aristus]

11. I've been looking into going to 32 hours a week, instead of forty.

At this point, a cut in pay might be worth the overwork, the stress, and the burnout...

[Retired Engineer Bob]

12. I tried reducing to 32/week

Didn’t work for me. Ended up working more than 40 anyways, with the benefit of reduced pay and fewer accrued vacation hours. Changed to going to an on-call, as-needed basis. Billed 14 hours on last week’s timesheet. I’m seriously thinking about dumping this as well.

I hope you can do better than me in this regard.

[dalton99a]

10. If they want to die, let them

There's no point in arguing with these fuckers anymore

[Native]

19. +1

[radicalleft]

41. Where have I heard that before?

“If they would rather die,” said Scrooge, “they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population.”

[Tadpole Raisin]

13. I don't think I could take that day after day

I’m getting ptsd just thinking about it.

Hats off to all those in the trenches!!!!!

[Traildogbob]

14. Hurry up and die.

Go to church and pray it away. Leave health care pros to take care of us that want to live. Fuck them. Give em a bottle of bleach and kick em out. Don’t waste a perfect test? Send em to local GQP headquarters and let em mouth breathe on em all.

[Chainfire]

16. I wouldn't have listened to if for 20 seconds before giving the guy the bum's rush.

[Lonestarblue]

20. What is infuriating is that people in other countries are begging for vaccines.

Doctors and health care workers in many parts of Africa are dying because they have no vaccines for themselves or their patients. Meanwhile, people here are refusing to get free shots and are leaving vaccines on the shelf to be wasted while those in other countries die. Covid is a global pandemic. We will not be safe until almost everyone is vaccinated.

I’m ready to isolate those here who will not be vaccinated because they choose politics over heath—not allowed to work in person, not allowed to fly, not allowed in public stores, restaurants, bars, etc. Send the vaccines they have refused to poor countries where people are desperate to be vaccinated.

[RainCaster]

21. The good news - it's the stupid ones dying

[sinkingfeeling]

23. I'd tell them to take 2 aspirins and go home.

[SergeStorms]

24. Write on his chart....

DO NOT TREAT. DO NOT RESUSCITATE.

Discharge his stupid ass and let the virus do it's job.

I realize no sane physician would ever do that, but damn, some people are just too stupid to be saved from themselves.

[hadEnuf]

27. Maybe Tucker Carlson will do a diagnosis for the patient over the phone.

For a fee, of course.

[Rebl2]

29. I don't

think I would put up with it. After two minutes I would tell them to leave the office and don’t ever come back.

[Deuxcents]

37. I'm thinking that, too

[kskiska]

30. It's not even Fox or Tucker Carlson. It's the former guy.

It's so obvious there's something not right with him. Will he ever go away? Why can't SOMEONE order a mental evaluation. Why do we have to continue to indulge him indefinitely when he's destroying the country?

[Windy City Charlie]

31. Sad thing is

Sad thing is this very same patient could very well be back begging the Dr to find a way to save his life if he gets sick enough from it.

[LiberatedUSA]

35. At that point the response is...

...”it’s too late”.

[Dukkha]

34. To quote the literary figure Ebeneezer Scrooge

“If they would rather die they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population.”

I for one after twice vaccinated sheltered in place for months at great hardship, refuse to mask up again and go back into lock down to save a few worthless decrepit old curmudgeon fox news jockeys who contribute nothing to society. I did more than my part so fuck them if they keep digging in to tribalism and stubbornly cling to wilful stupidity. Good riddance to them all.

[AverageOldGuy]

36. So, doc . . .

. . . administer around 50 mg of morphine sulfate and report an overdose death.

When the cops ask, tell them: "Beats the shit out of me where he got the stuff. "

[smirkymonkey]

38. Poor guy. He just seems exhausted and so over it.

I can't blame him. I really worry about the healthcare workers more than anyone. If they get to the point where they can't take it anymore and just walk off the job, where does that leave the rest of us? It's not the type of job where just anyone can step in and pinch hit.

FFS, I wish these selfish assholes would just think about what they are putting these people through! And what they are putting the rest of us through. I have never seen such outrageous self-absorption in my entire life. These people do not give a damn about anyone but themselves. Not their families, their neighbors, their co-workers, nobody. They are so immature!.