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Mabel

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49. Nothing new to report here

Thu Dec 30, 2021, 04:24 PM

Dec 2021

I'm sure many people can tell almost the exact same story. I have a niece who is a nurse working for a major hospital, she proudly proclaimed to me when I asked when she was getting the vaccine, that she wasn't going to put that sh*t in her veins. We no longer talk, between the anti-vax BS and Trump I've lost my patience with half my family and half the US population.

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I'm "sofa king" angry... [View all] PCIntern Dec 2021 OP

Convincing the devil to take the high road has never been more difficult bucolic_frolic Dec 2021 #1

I stopped going to our dentist because he doesn't wear a mask and the hygienist is a MAGAt. TheBlackAdder Dec 2021 #29

I would have walked right out Evolve Dammit Dec 2021 #63

So, would it have been rude to mention that people who had it before are still getting it? 2Gingersnaps Dec 2021 #74

Talked with my friend this morning who works in the grocery business here in St.Louis Sherman A1 Dec 2021 #2

I'm with you Old Crank Dec 2021 #3

Isn't it the law to report covid cases? riverbendviewgal Dec 2021 #4

Generally, yes on infectious diseases. And then there's OSHA regs.... paleotn Dec 2021 #11

So nothing gets done? riverbendviewgal Dec 2021 #17

Depends.... paleotn Dec 2021 #21

Generally, no. Ms. Toad Dec 2021 #28

We are not doomed, we are vaccinated. Phoenix61 Dec 2021 #5

THAT is why I continue to hope that the twinges from and rough edge on Atticus Dec 2021 #6

I am astounded at the number of people I know, whom I previously thought were sensible types, Earth-shine Dec 2021 #7

Besides the people who have TOLD you they will not get vaxxed, 70sEraVet Dec 2021 #15

Same here. paleotn Dec 2021 #22

I know some respiratory therapists TexasTowelie Dec 2021 #8

The receptionists and hygienists at my dentist were not vaccinated MyMission Dec 2021 #9

Invoked hipaa keithbvadu2 Dec 2021 #16

They would not disclose the vaccination status of their staff MyMission Dec 2021 #34

I am so glad that NY requires vaccination for all health care workers wnylib Dec 2021 #48

YES Grasswire2 Dec 2021 #60

Good for you. Evolve Dammit Dec 2021 #64

My dentist's office confirmed that everyone in their office was vaccinated csziggy Dec 2021 #36

Yeah, we're doomed. Haggard Celine Dec 2021 #10

They are not getting the vaccine because of politics!!! The Jungle 1 Dec 2021 #12

Politics yes, but deeper and darker, the deliberate summer_in_TX Dec 2021 #75

We are socialist, so are the republicans. The Jungle 1 Dec 2021 #76

True, that. summer_in_TX Dec 2021 #77

I guess I never gave any thought to the "common good" in our Constitution. The Jungle 1 Jan 2022 #78

The loud voices on the Right ensure "socialism" is summer_in_TX Jan 2022 #79

Please use the socialist corporate welfare line every chance you get. The Jungle 1 Jan 2022 #80

Allowing the stupid and selfish to The Wizard Dec 2021 #13

Your employer isn't in compliance with OSHA regs.... paleotn Dec 2021 #14

You are in a terrible spot. I feel for you. Stay well. Scrivener7 Dec 2021 #18

Wow, so sorry. Please try to stay safe. Joinfortmill Dec 2021 #19

This situation is far more common in health care than most would guess... Trueblue Texan Dec 2021 #20

I wish more would do like the WA governor, Inslee HariSeldon Dec 2021 #30

I need to get dental work done but refuse to go to offices that aren't vaccinated Farmer-Rick Dec 2021 #23

Shouldn't they have notified mgardener Dec 2021 #24

Shouldn't they have notified mgardener Dec 2021 #25

the chief cook and bottle washer Locrian Dec 2021 #26

You know what he means. Or has the generation gap really gotten that wide? It was very common... Hekate Dec 2021 #47

No - I seriously had no idea what it meant -nt Locrian Dec 2021 #55

Okay -- now you do Hekate Dec 2021 #57

I feel for you PCIntern. I am headed to my dentist for completion of a root canal, and the . c-rational Dec 2021 #27

With free dumb comes great irresponsibility. iscooterliberally Dec 2021 #31

My saying is: 2naSalit Dec 2021 #32

I'd retire in a heartbeat, but guess what? PatrickforB Dec 2021 #33

I'm pretty sure that HIPAA privacy thing only applies PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2021 #35

BWAHAHAHA... PCIntern Dec 2021 #37

Shocking, not shocking. hay rick Dec 2021 #38

Can your office have a vaccine mandate for all its employees? Poiuyt Dec 2021 #39

It's impossible to replace hygienists now. PCIntern Dec 2021 #42

Yikes! Poiuyt Dec 2021 #43

$55 an hour in some offices PCIntern Dec 2021 #44

I picked the wrong profession! Poiuyt Dec 2021 #50

This message was self-deleted by its author traitorsgalore Dec 2021 #40

Any NOLA folks remember Sid Noel colorado_ufo Dec 2021 #41

PCI, I am so damn sorry... Hekate Dec 2021 #45

Bring out your dead. sarcasmo Dec 2021 #46

Nothing new to report here Mabel Dec 2021 #49

Is this in Northeast Philly? uberblonde Dec 2021 #51

Yes. Exactly. PCIntern Dec 2021 #58

You ought to be angry malaise Dec 2021 #52

If you have Medicare DownriverDem Dec 2021 #53

Do you have exposure notifications in your state? druidity33 Dec 2021 #54

I have become convinced that civilization will die from stupidity. TNNurse Dec 2021 #56

I've felt that way since the Iraq invasion and Hurrican Katrina response. And Vietnam. Evolve Dammit Dec 2021 #65

The fact that there is no national requirement for everyone working in Dark n Stormy Knight Dec 2021 #59

What if the dentist's office finds itself empty because patients call in and find out that LuckyLib Dec 2021 #61

Right you are! PCIntern Dec 2021 #62

Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2021 #66

You again??? GP6971 Dec 2021 #67

That was something else... PCIntern Dec 2021 #68

Frequent troll. GP6971 Dec 2021 #70

Yup! Rhiannon12866 Dec 2021 #69

They sure are a pain!! GP6971 Dec 2021 #71

And never anything new! Rhiannon12866 Dec 2021 #72

Same old, Same old. GP6971 Dec 2021 #73