Mayo Clinic plans

[rickinAZ]

I volunteer three shifts a week at Mayo so I get some (small) insight into their pandemic plans. Today they told us to tentatively plan on getting back to our work assignments in September. [We've been furloughed since March 16th.] I ferry patients/guests around campus on a tram, so I'll miss the peak Summer heat (my personal record is 116 degrees while driving), but truthfully, I enjoy the heat.

So...right now Mayo thinks that we have four more months. And, they are in a unique position of being both a large business and a well-respected healthcare facility, so I think that their crystal ball has some credibility. That said, they were clear that even September is a moving target.

BTW, what the heck was the VP doing at Mayo - Rochester without a mask? That sends a mixed message to all of us.

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[GreyFox]

Wow I hope it doesn't take people that long to get back to work

 

[nerubi]

I was to start with the Census Bureau this month but now they are saying sometime between June and August.

 

[Avar928]

Has Mayo exclusively shifted to treating Covid and what are their drops in treating patients with other conditions, do you happen to know? I'm curious regarding this. Doctors in CA are reporting decreases of over 50% in heart attack and strokes because people aren't coming in and just dealing with it, slowly dying from their conditions afraid of contracting disease.

I'm a state volunteer for our pandemic response organization and we're getting a lot of nurses, PAs, therapists, etc... who have been furloughed because their services are not needed. Good in the sense that our hospitals are not overrun, bad in the sense you have sidelined healthcare professionals that aren't being used and not being paid. The common concern among them is that their patients aren't reaching out and telemedicine is still on the rise of adoption. Even so, many are still afraid of going to the hospital or doctor's office even though our state is supposedly on the road to a mid-to-late May reopening.

I think there is mixed messages for everything. The people with the highest risk are told to stay in their homes, even as states open up, but at the same time you need them to get treated for conditions that left alone or ignored have a higher chance of death or disability. Some clinics are reversing course and trying to get their patients to leave their homes to come to the hospital stating "while the message of staying home to save lives was effective, it was too effective" and they have to deal with the consequences of high-risk patients dying of their conditions at home...a so-called second wave of indirect Covid deaths. The road to recovery for healthcare will be a long one for sure, even as hospitals and doctor's office allay concerns of spread by instituting social distancing, disinfecting, masks, staggered arrivals, etc... I hope it's enough in time.

 

[Notorious]

...I think there is mixed messages for everything....Some clinics are ... stating "while the message of staying home to save lives was effective, it was too effective" ...a so-called second wave of indirect Covid deaths...etc... I hope it's enough in time.

You’re right. There’s lots of information and misinformation that may be compounding fears and shaping behaviors.

Minds will be put at ease when there’s a proven, effective vaccine with reassurance that everything will be fine.

 

[rickinAZ]

Has Mayo exclusively shifted to treating Covid and what are their drops in treating patients with other conditions, do you happen to know? I'm curious regarding this. Doctors in CA are reporting decreases of over 50% in heart attack and strokes because people aren't coming in and just dealing with it, slowly dying from their conditions afraid of contracting disease.

They are still open for non-elective treatment, but they also have a large elective practice that's closed. My wife has therapy there every week and she said that basically only the hospital (one of three major buildings) is fully open. As an aside, I just had my first facetime medical appointment with my primary care physician. I was strangely hesitant, but I was came out of it liking the experience.

 

[viper88]

I volunteer three shifts a week at Mayo so I get some (small) insight into their pandemic plans. Today they told us to tentatively plan on getting back to our work assignments in September. [We've been furloughed since March 16th.] I ferry patients/guests around campus on a tram, so I'll miss the peak Summer heat (my personal record is 116 degrees while driving), but truthfully, I enjoy the heat.

So...right now Mayo thinks that we have four more months. And, they are in a unique position of being both a large business and a well-respected healthcare facility, so I think that their crystal ball has some credibility. That said, they were clear that even September is a moving target.

BTW, what the heck was the VP doing at Mayo - Rochester without a mask? That sends a mixed message to all of us.

I might be mistaken but didn't you say in a earlier post staff at the hospital you worked at did not think covid19 was as serious as it is? Something to the effect of it being overblown or something? I apologize in advanced if I am mistaken?

 

[rickinAZ]

I might be mistaken but didn't you say in a earlier post staff at the hospital you worked at did not think covid19 was as serious as it is? Something to the effect of it being overblown or something? I apologize in advanced if I am mistaken?

Not me. I’ve tended to err to caution. And, Mayo has been way ahead of the official response - they closed up 6 weeks ago. Non-covid that is

 

[roaniecowpony]

I'm banking (literally) on the scientific community providing our elected officials with the data they need to make informed decisions that are best for the majority. I believe it's going to get down to that decision.

 

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[GreyFox]

There are studies that have shown that up to 30% of random people on the street have antibodies to Covid. They never showed any symptoms. But yet they had been exposed and developed a degree of resistance. What degree has yet to be determined.

 

[viper88]

Not me. I’ve tended to err to caution. And, Mayo has been way ahead of the official response - they closed up 6 weeks ago. Non-covid that is

I had you confused with another forum member from Fountain Hills AZ who said they worked at one of the best hospitals in the world. Sorry about that. Stay safe!

 

[weeitsmikelee]

There are studies that have shown that up to 30% of random people on the street have antibodies to Covid. They never showed any symptoms. But yet they had been exposed and developed a degree of resistance. What degree has yet to be determined.

Do you have a link to that? Just for my curiosity

 

[roaniecowpony]

Do you have a link to that? Just for my curiosity

I found this article mainly based on NY data.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/heal...c215d8-87f7-11ea-ac8a-fe9b8088e101_story.html

 

[GreyFox]

Do you have a link to that? Just for my curiosity

Here's a quick Google one.
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/202...ount-coronavirus-infections-may-be-unreliable

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