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Post by Lizard Queen on May 4, 2021 9:34:22 GMT -5
Around her elderly care facilities pay $7.25 per hour to start. You could not get me to do what they have to do for that amount of money. That is absolutely outrageous. I think it's probably around $12 here, which is also ridiculously low.
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Post by minnesotapaintlady on May 4, 2021 9:37:34 GMT -5
I'm ok that Carrot won't make the 12 year old cut. Besides his extreme needle phobia I'm not quite ready to make that call yet. Perfect example of why those who have no legitimate reason to not be vaccinated need to join the herd and get one. huh? He's only 10.
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Post by anciana on May 4, 2021 9:37:50 GMT -5
I'm ok that Carrot won't make the 12 year old cut. Besides his extreme needle phobia I'm not quite ready to make that call yet. I've read that the vaccine manufacturers are looking into a pill or a patch instead of injections. I'll be keeping my fingers crossed for all those that need it.
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Post by Lizard Queen on May 4, 2021 9:43:28 GMT -5
Perfect example of why those who have no legitimate reason to not be vaccinated need to join the herd and get one. huh? He's only 10. Yeah, I worry a bit about my 8 year old, and really, if the freaking adults would get their shots, I could wait for him to get older/more mature/heavier before he gets the vaccine. (I was reading a story about a kid in the trials fainting.)
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Post by billisonboard on May 4, 2021 9:44:29 GMT -5
Perfect example of why those who have no legitimate reason to not be vaccinated need to join the herd and get one. huh? He's only 10. Whoops. Sorry. I was obviously not clear. If adults without legitimate reason to not would just get vaccinated, we would reach herd immunity before you have to make the call of putting him through the trauma of having to get the shot.
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Post by Tennesseer on May 4, 2021 10:11:57 GMT -5
Around her elderly care facilities pay $7.25 per hour to start. You could not get me to do what they have to do for that amount of money. That is absolutely outrageous. I think it's probably around $12 here, which is also ridiculously low.Which is why employers, regardless of their political leanings, close one eye to the legal status of their employees to be here and to work in the United States. Somebody has to do it. Those forced to do it because they are unemployed would take out their anger and frustration on those who need the most tender of care.
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Post by chiver78 on May 4, 2021 10:15:34 GMT -5
I get shot #2 on Thursday, yay. I punted from last Thursday to only have to drive ~35min each way instead of 2h.
I've taken Friday off, hopefully I don't get hit by too large a truck. I also pick up my pup from having knee surgery on Friday morning. we'll all be out of commission for the weekend.
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Post by TheOtherMe on May 4, 2021 10:30:20 GMT -5
Around her elderly care facilities pay $7.25 per hour to start. You could not get me to do what they have to do for that amount of money. I'm not sure I could do what they do for any amount of money. I feel the same way after seeing what CNAs did for me when I was hospitalized. No amount of money would get me to work that job.
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Post by mollyanna58 on May 4, 2021 10:45:10 GMT -5
Pfizer #2 done
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Post by ken a.k.a OMK on May 4, 2021 10:45:50 GMT -5
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Post by Miss Tequila on May 4, 2021 11:58:14 GMT -5
I'm not sure I could do what they do for any amount of money. I feel the same way after seeing what CNAs did for me when I was hospitalized. No amount of money would get me to work that job. That’s crazy. I live in a lcola and ours make $15/hr. I asked our aide what she makes and our agency starts then at $15/hr. That was before Covid so I’m not sure what they will be paying. I haven’t had any aides in my house since I got sick
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Post by minnesotapaintlady on May 4, 2021 12:10:43 GMT -5
Well, my coworker friend is in a tizzy. Work just sent out a voting email about the covid vaccine and she's sure she signed her pink slip by choosing what she did (I'm assuming either the "I'm not getting vaccinated" or "I decline to respond"). She is ranting about HIPPA and how they don't need to know this and are just looking to fire people.
Uh...no..there's not a chance in hell they would let people go for this, not even newbies and she is basically the entire labor quoting team. I don't know how many times I've had my boss tell me I need to train on her job because if anything ever happened to her we were screwed, and this is a LARGE company, not a mom and pop. You've been here 30+ years I'm pretty sure you're safe.
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Post by steph08 on May 4, 2021 12:11:55 GMT -5
DH had Pfizer #2 on Friday. Absolutely no side effects - a slightly, slightly sore arm for 12 hours. We had all sorts of contingency plans because we had a t-ball and softball games for the kids going on in different locations Saturday morning, but he was/is fine.
My second is next Friday.
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Post by minnesotapaintlady on May 4, 2021 12:17:10 GMT -5
I feel the same way after seeing what CNAs did for me when I was hospitalized. No amount of money would get me to work that job. That’s crazy. I live in a lcola and ours make $15/hr. I asked our aide what she makes and our agency starts then at $15/hr. That was before Covid so I’m not sure what they will be paying. I haven’t had any aides in my house since I got sick When I was in nursing school the CNAs were making $10/hour here, but that was 16 years ago. No idea what they make now, but that two months was all I needed to know that there was 1. No way in hell I was ever going to do that, and 2. No way in hell I was ever going into a nursing home if I could help it.
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Post by billisonboard on May 4, 2021 12:33:22 GMT -5
Well, my coworker friend is in a tizzy. Work just sent out a voting email about the covid vaccine and she's sure she signed her pink slip by choosing what she did (I'm assuming either the "I'm not getting vaccinated" or "I decline to respond"). She is ranting about HIPPA and how they don't need to know this and are just looking to fire people.
Uh...no..there's not a chance in hell they would let people go for this, not even newbies and she is basically the entire labor quoting team. I don't know how many times I've had my boss tell me I need to train on her job because if anything ever happened to her we were screwed, and this is a LARGE company, not a mom and pop. You've been here 30+ years I'm pretty sure you're safe. FWIW, HIPPA doesn't apply. www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-individuals/guidance-materials-for-consumers/index.html
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Post by minnesotapaintlady on May 4, 2021 12:39:51 GMT -5
Well, my coworker friend is in a tizzy. Work just sent out a voting email about the covid vaccine and she's sure she signed her pink slip by choosing what she did (I'm assuming either the "I'm not getting vaccinated" or "I decline to respond"). She is ranting about HIPPA and how they don't need to know this and are just looking to fire people.
Uh...no..there's not a chance in hell they would let people go for this, not even newbies and she is basically the entire labor quoting team. I don't know how many times I've had my boss tell me I need to train on her job because if anything ever happened to her we were screwed, and this is a LARGE company, not a mom and pop. You've been here 30+ years I'm pretty sure you're safe. FWIW, HIPPA doesn't apply. www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-individuals/guidance-materials-for-consumers/index.htmlYeah, I figured they would have consulted with their legal team and made sure all their i's were dotted before they sent this request. Complying to federal rules and regulations is kind of what we do all the time with the FDA and ITAR.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on May 4, 2021 12:39:53 GMT -5
So 3+ weeks ago, my niece got covid a second time. She caught it last spring and got sick. The second time she tested positive from exposure (transporting one of her clients with covid), she tested positive and negative via the rapid test, and was positive via PCR. She was asymptomatic from round 2.
So 2 weeks after she tested positive the second time, she got vaccinated and wound up getting sicker than a dog from vaccination. I imagine her first vaccination was probably the equivalent to second vaccination. I hope this doesn’t put her off getting #2.
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Post by Miss Tequila on May 4, 2021 12:55:04 GMT -5
That’s crazy. I live in a lcola and ours make $15/hr. I asked our aide what she makes and our agency starts then at $15/hr. That was before Covid so I’m not sure what they will be paying. I haven’t had any aides in my house since I got sick When I was in nursing school the CNAs were making $10/hour here, but that was 16 years ago. No idea what they make now, but that two months was all I needed to know that there was 1. No way in hell I was ever going to do that, and 2. No way in hell I was ever going into a nursing home if I could help it. I couldn’t do anything in healthcare, regardless of salary. I have a weak stomach and I’m a cryer. Not a good thing for someone in healthcare!lol
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Post by wvugurl26 on May 4, 2021 13:00:11 GMT -5
I'm watching a presentation on Medicaid from a conference earlier this spring. They had the top 10 industries for adults who qualify for Medicaid under the expansion. Hospitals and nursing homes are two of the top 10. I'm sure both depend on large amounts of low paid staff.
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Lizard Queen
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Post by Lizard Queen on May 4, 2021 13:07:11 GMT -5
When I was in nursing school the CNAs were making $10/hour here, but that was 16 years ago. No idea what they make now, but that two months was all I needed to know that there was 1. No way in hell I was ever going to do that, and 2. No way in hell I was ever going into a nursing home if I could help it. I couldn’t do anything in healthcare, regardless of salary. I have a weak stomach and I’m a cryer. Not a good thing for someone in healthcare!lol Same, though I was pretty much forced to care for my mother. I was not great at it, and it was perhaps more traumatic for me because I am so ill-suited to it I did learn a lot, though, and I agree with MPL--never want to be in a nursing home, working or patient.
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2021 15:06:43 GMT -5
A school chum of DD got the J&J vaccine three weeks ago just before its use was paused. Yesterday he was diagnosed with covid. It's a mild case, and his doc prescribed meds and sent him home to rest and recuperate.
DS and his DH got their second dose of Pfizer today.
Now everybody in our immediate family living down here has been vaccinated, except DSIL who's an anti-vaxxer because...his mother is an anti-vaxxer. Funny how she wasn't an anti-vaxxer when her kids were little. They all got all the shots and got oral polio vaccine as well. She only became an anti-vaxxer when she became a trumper. Never mind that djt got the vaccine.
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Post by wvugurl26 on May 4, 2021 16:43:00 GMT -5
We got our second Moderna tonight. My BIL and SIL got their second dose 5 minutes before us. They moved it to the old Sears. Very efficient.
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Post by TheOtherMe on May 4, 2021 18:31:41 GMT -5
That is absolutely outrageous. I think it's probably around $12 here, which is also ridiculously low.Which is why employers, regardless of their political leanings, close one eye to the legal status of their employees to be here and to work in the United States. Somebody has to do it. Those forced to do it because they are unemployed would take out their anger and frustration on those who need the most tender of care. I seriously doubt the Iowa farmers who hire migrant workers, who may or may not be here legally, every year to work their fields. They provide "housing" and pay them. By the time they pay the "rent", there is hardly enough left to feed the family.
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Post by teen persuasion on May 5, 2021 7:48:19 GMT -5
Great article looking at this long term systemic problem. I like this quote from the article: I saw a discussion on Twitter yesterday - a local businessman was trying to promote OTR training, due to a forecasted shortage of gas because of lack of drivers. Every response was - no way, don't want that job, don't you know the self driving vehicles will put you out of work, too much surveillance...
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2021 8:06:29 GMT -5
TheOtherMe And one of those "Iowa farms", a big one, is owned by none other than Devin Nuñes. He moved it there probably a decade ago. He represents a congressional district in California.
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Post by swamp on May 5, 2021 8:25:52 GMT -5
TheOtherMe And one of those "Iowa farms", a big one, is owned by none other than Devin Nuñes. He moved it there probably a decade ago. He represents a congressional district in California. So Devin Nunes’s cow tweets from Iowa?
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2021 8:27:09 GMT -5
Probably the whole herd.
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Post by billisonboard on May 5, 2021 9:08:41 GMT -5
To qualify for that max amount, how much did you have to be making prior to being laid off? Here is the calculator: Benefits Estimator
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Post by jerseygirl on May 5, 2021 9:11:15 GMT -5
To qualify for that max amount, how much did you have to be making prior to being laid off? Here is the calculator: Benefits EstimatorDon’t know what qualified for Max rate in Montana but added it as other posts had the max rate of other states
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