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nuxvomica

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29. Our brains are supposedly wired for survival

Sat Aug 15, 2020, 09:52 AM

Aug 2020

So I guess when Anna Freud articulated the concept of "identification with the aggressor", she wasn't describing just a phenomenon but an actual disease. As a health-care provider, it is probably especially sad for you to see the conditions that are not only preventable, but easily so. Wearing a mask outside the house is just so much easier than even regular brushing and flossing are. Peace to you and to his family.

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Well it eventually had to happen in my practice: [View all] PCIntern Aug 2020 OP

Jesus! 11,000! That's astonishing. And that's just the dead and not the permanently maimed, right Squinch Aug 2020 #1

Maimed is about 75000 PCIntern Aug 2020 #3

My beloved doctor has a very small practice and she is visibly devastated when she talks about the Squinch Aug 2020 #5

I'm a disaster area PCIntern Aug 2020 #6

I don't even know what to say. You have taken on the burden of the ills of our society, really, Squinch Aug 2020 #8

I'm sorry for how this is affecting you. yardwork Aug 2020 #24

i believe you. barbtries Aug 2020 #36

I, too, am in awe GeoWilliam750 Aug 2020 #55

I know what you mean. Ilsa Aug 2020 #66

I'm ok actually PCIntern Aug 2020 #68

every damned one of these deaths is trumps fault... samnsara Aug 2020 #2

Republicans live like life is forever? pwb Aug 2020 #4

Your stories are gut-wrenching PJMcK Aug 2020 #7

As a previous medical professional, he is fortunate he went quick mitch96 Aug 2020 #9

You're right about that PCIntern Aug 2020 #11

My close friends father was on a vent after a botched bowel surgery. He got a bad case of mitch96 Aug 2020 #13

No kidding. My late husband had been a brittle Type I Diabetic from age 4. About twice a year catbyte Aug 2020 #16

Indeed. paleotn Aug 2020 #17

The trick is to die as young as possible at a very old age!! nt mitch96 Aug 2020 #39

Step daughter, R.N. in a Newark hospital. When the virus hit, all nurses were 3Hotdogs Aug 2020 #10

! JudyM Aug 2020 #42

Wow, poor soul. LittleGirl Aug 2020 #12

Wow. BumRushDaShow Aug 2020 #14

One click on google mnhtnbb Aug 2020 #27

Or BumRushDaShow Aug 2020 #28

He seemed nice.... Marcuse Aug 2020 #44

Sounds like good riddance to me. Hassin Bin Sober Aug 2020 #65

Well, yeah, but if people get too far into this detective game, the OP will have to self-delete Hekate Aug 2020 #60

I think I know who this is as well. smirkymonkey Aug 2020 #61

I am sorry for your loss, Doctor. Kid Berwyn Aug 2020 #15

Thank you for sharing that story, good Doctor. We need to hear those stories..... KY_EnviroGuy Aug 2020 #18

its amaizing how immune from things that these people feel. AllaN01Bear Aug 2020 #19

We all eventually die malaise Aug 2020 #20

He embraced a poisonous ideology Martin Eden Aug 2020 #21

Sad story. UserNotFound Aug 2020 #22

Branch Covidians. (Branch Davidian: Waco) So star trek! lindysalsagal Aug 2020 #35

There are not enough words to thank you for your incredible service. niyad Aug 2020 #23

Oh my dear niyad... CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2020 #43

Thank you so much, Peggy. He was the third person I know personally. niyad Aug 2020 #57

This is a terrible time. PCIntern Aug 2020 #69

The one's that get me are the "It's my choice" crowd. appleannie1 Aug 2020 #25

Bet most of that choice doesn't apply to women's bodies. OMGWTF Aug 2020 #34

I never under stood the logic. It's all about the life of the fetus but after the kid is born... mitch96 Aug 2020 #40

Exactly. jmowreader Aug 2020 #58

Thank you, doc. Stay safe. Joinfortmill Aug 2020 #26

Our brains are supposedly wired for survival nuxvomica Aug 2020 #29

11K lost from C19?? wow. Demovictory9 Aug 2020 #30

No. He means that over the years he's lost about 11,000 altogether. PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2020 #37

three days. that's dizzying Roc2020 Aug 2020 #31

Thank you, Doctor Larissa Aug 2020 #32

"respect." I'm not sure that's a concept that is possible for a Trumpkin to grasp. soldierant Aug 2020 #51

... Wawannabe Aug 2020 #33

Somehow I can't work up any sympathy for someone PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2020 #38

Try again. Kacy Aug 2020 #54

Hugs to you! lunatica Aug 2020 #41

I am sorry for you VA_Jill Aug 2020 #45

Well, that took me about a minute to figure out who you were talking about. GoneOffShore Aug 2020 #46

Figured it wouldn't take long PCIntern Aug 2020 #47

Absolutely - I only knew about the bad stuff - the obit did mention the good he'd done. GoneOffShore Aug 2020 #49

Wow! What a story! Thanks for sharing..."3 days from initial symptoms to termination"? He Illumination Aug 2020 #48

Thank you for sharing the story of the insidiousness of this disease. cayugafalls Aug 2020 #50

Note to self Kacy Aug 2020 #52

I'm so sorry; this has been especially hard on members of the medical community... Hekate Aug 2020 #53

'No Man is an Island' Javaman Aug 2020 #56

Awful. elleng Aug 2020 #59

One wonders if he had a moment during the illness Warpy Aug 2020 #62

I'm sorry to hear that mvd Aug 2020 #63

I'm sometimes tempted to move to Philly just so I can have you for a doctor. ZZenith Aug 2020 #64

Awww. PCIntern Aug 2020 #67

11000? LeftishBrit Aug 2020 #70

Thank you... PCIntern Aug 2020 #71